Injuries often play as big a role in your success in fantasy leagues as your decisions on roster moves. They are often unpredictable and can wipe out a key player for the entire year, leaving you scrambling for solutions. This can be very discouraging as you may feel you are the favorite to win the [...]
Leagues that count peripheral categories such as blocks, hits, penalty minutes, and faceoff percentage often require that teams search a bit harder for depth options. Players that score goals and dish assists are often already well-known based on traditional value, but players who contribute to peripheral categories traditionally lack fantasy value. Many such players [...]
On the 133rd episode of the Keeping Karlsson Fantasy Hockey Podcast, we're trying something for the first time. With the All-Star Break upon us and the NHL schedule quiet, Elan and Brian take the opportunity to do a lap around the entire NHL, serving up one fresh, organic, ethically sourced, fair-trade, handcrafted and piping hot fantasy [...]
This season's Top 10 power-play disappointments... The difference between great and good fantasy players often comes down to power play production. Many leagues use power play points as a category. Even those leagues that don’t use it, savvy GMs keep track of how players are utilized with the man advantage. A player who [...]
Rookies trending upward may provide a second-half boost to your fantasy team. […]
Digging into the numbers to see what's gone wrong for Johnny Gaudreau. […]
All fantasy owners need help in the short term AND the long term. The Looking Ahead feature identifies one player to plug into lineups in the short term, a second to invest in for the long term, a third to bench for the coming week and a fourth who will struggle to meet expectations for [...]
This week's Capped discusses the 2017 RFA goalies, or should we say, goalie. […]
The latest NHL injury news on Roman Josi, Kris Letang, Matt Duchene, Jakob Silfverberg and more... The Big Guns (>80% owned in Yahoo Leagues) Roman Josi – The Predators defenseman won’t be returning to the lineup before the All-Star break, making the earliest possible date for his return on January 31st against the Penguins. [...]
This week we take a break from the usual battle to cover a question that’s come to the forefront of fantasy hockey due to the production of Sam Gagner. Thanks to Gagner’s 60-point scoring pace over his first 45 games - despite averaging only 13:38 of Total Ice Time per contest - he’s been [...]
