Daily Fantasy (DFS) Advice

Lightning in a bottle If you are reading this column, you play fantasy hockey. What you’re looking for is that magical hot streak that you can grab on the free agent market. Sure, they’re not worth Connor McDavid or Connor Bedard, but maybe a Connor McMichael?  Through mid-to-late February, the Capitals’ third-line center had five [...]

Tonight’s matchups What a wonderful collection of games to occur at 7 or 8 PM!  Dallas at Carolina, Boston at Vancouver, and Toronto at Colorado. It will be hard to choose one, and I suspect many of us will be flipping channels. Of these, my recommendation will be to pass on the Stars/Canes contest.  Dallas [...]

Straight to the DFS this weekend - again, there are plenty of earlier options to fill my platter of prop bets, but for a DraftKings lineup I’ll focus on the six matchups that drop the pucks at 7 pm Eastern or later.  Anchors away! Columbus Blue Jackets @ San Jose Sharks.  No, these teams don’t [...]

A little extra time on my hands over the All-Star break and with this week's slow start, this is probably a dangerous thing for a part-time hockey writer. I’ve taken to look at one of my favorite topics: fantasy defensemen. Dobber came out with his monthly ranking of keeper/dynasty D-men. I’d point out that his [...]

Matthew Tkachuk is pretty good these days.  I remember writing about his shot percentage when he had five goals on 119 shots on net, or 4.2%.  That wasn’t sustainable, and my prediction was that the Panthers would become a scary team when - not if - the correction happened. Yeah. Since the calendar rolled over [...]

All-star observations Since being named to the 2024 NHL All-star “event” in Toronto, how are some of the guys doing?  Alexandar Georgiev, 0-2, 4 goals surrendered in each start, save percentage of .875.  Not that his save percentage was stellar before his selection - under .900 for the season, Georgiev leads the league in wins [...]

Offense wins games, defense wins championships. And yes, fantasy sports is a game, and we get points, categories, and weekly matchups from offensive stats. But let’s not get beyond ourselves here. Defense matters. Which just might be why the Winnipeg Jets lead the Central Division.  From November 9 until this morning, there have been ZERO [...]

I’m honestly not a fan of the Tuesday-Thursday-Saturday schedule that had fantasy managers suddenly able to - gasp! - talk with their significant others, and maybe interact with family members who are still returning Christmas presents. Honey-do lists? Out to dinner? Something ELSE on television - OMG, Lifetime Channel? Thank goodness we had the IIHF [...]

Ilya Samsonov shut out the Nashville Predators on December 9.  Why does this make the news today? Because there’s at least a shred of evidence that he is an NHL-caliber goalie. However, since that effort he’s been caught in a nightmare - both for himself and for the Toronto Maple Leafs. Samsonov, in his last [...]

All I want for Christmas - some players coming off absence this week were Dylan Larkin, Andrei Svechnikov, Auston Matthews, Cale Makar, Jacob Markstrom, Aaron Ekblad, Charlie McAvoy, Jack Quinn  - injuries are inevitable, but the NHL is better to have these men playing.  Now my January wishes will be for Kyle Connor, Jake Oettinger,  [...]