Capped: The Rising Cost of Multi-Category Production
This week's Capped discusses the rising cost of peripheral categories. […]
NHL Injuries: Latest on McDonagh, Crawford, Quick, Vlasic and others
The latest injury news on Jonathan Quick, Mark Streit, Semyon Varlamov, Marc-Edouard Vlasic, Pavel Buchnevich and more... The hockey gods seemed to show your fantasy teams mercy this week, leaving few injuries to report. Enjoy! The Big Guns (>80% owned in Yahoo Leagues) Ryan McDonagh- Hand injury? Nope. Leg injury? Nope. Concussion? Nope. [...]
The Better Fantasy Own – James van Riemsdyk vs. Kyle Okposo?
Cage Match: James van Riemsdyk of the Toronto Maple Leafs vs. Kyle Okposo of the Buffalo Sabres It’s time to analyze two players who entered 2016-17 with more uncertainty than in past years – James van Riemsdyk and Kyle Okposo. Would there still be a prominent place for van Riemsdyk amid Toronto’s youth movement? [...]
Lining Up: The latest line combos and duos of note (Dec 13)
A look at the hottest lines in the NHL over the last couple of weeks, including a few defensemen producing some big numbers. Hot forwards Carl Hagelin - Evgeni Malkin - Phil Kessel (Pittsburgh) So far so good for Malkin as he has yet to get injured this season, having played in every [...]
Real or Imagined? Eastern Conference Defensemen
Buy, sell, or hold? Your stock report on the defensemen of the Eastern Conference. […]
Top 50 Fantasy Prospect Defensemen – December 2016
Here are this month's top 50 prospect defensemen to own in point-only fantasy leagues The following are a list of prospect forwards to own in a points-only keeper league. The list balances upside, wait time, likelihood of making the NHL, and the depth chart ahead of them. On Tuesday I will post the Top [...]
West: Real or Imagined – Defensemen Part 2 (2016)
The third installment of the Real or Imagined series focuses on the defensemen of Los Angeles, Minnesota, Nashville, St.Louis, San Jose, Vancouver and Winnipeg. It is time to evaluate the second half of the Western Conference defensemen. As always the evaluation is based on their ability to generate shots, the amount of power-play time [...]
Fantasy Hockey Podcast: Raanta Awes
Too early for a holiday-related episode title? This brand new episode of the Keeping Karlsson Fantasy Hockey Podcast makes no apologies! This week's edition kicks off with injuries, where we pause to consider how the Montreal Canadiens put up a ten-spot without two of their top three centremen, as well as how anything good can happen [...]
Top 10 Sell-High Players (2016)
The Top 10 players you should "sell high" on. These players are overvalued right now... Sell high. Buy low. It sounds so simple. But it’s always tough to trade away players when they are playing so well. We convince ourselves that this unprecedented hot streak can last for the whole year. But it usually [...]
Top 200 Fantasy Prospect Forwards – December 2016
The Top 200 prospect forwards to own in your keeper league, December edition The following are a list of prospect forwards to own in a points-only keeper league. The list balances upside, wait time, likelihood of making the NHL, and the depth chart ahead of them. On Tuesday I will post the Top 50 [...]