The Wild West

There have been a few GMs that have given out no-movement clauses (NMC), no-trade clauses (NTC) or modified no-trade clauses (M-NTC) like candy over the past two decades. An NMC protects the player from being traded or sent to the minors while the clause in effect, while an NTC protects a player from being traded [...]

I’m never sure when to unload an ageing player on my roster and in looking over the past five seasons, skaters over the age of 30 are still pretty well represented in the scoring leaders of the NHL but it is sporadic because of the risk of injury and decline in ability increase with age. [...]

Focusing on Keeper pools, one of the most important factors to consider is stocking your roster with players that are on the rise and not on their way down. If your team is competing for the league title, you should limit the number of players that you will need to be rid of sooner than [...]

Last year, during bubble week I focused on the format I know and that is a 26-team salary cap ($81.5 million) keeper pool with 27 players on each roster (20 active and seven in reserve, but all salaries count). As it is the off-season, we allow each team to carry 28 players if one of [...]

For most hockey fantasy pools, the man advantage is an important key to success as most top players get 20-30 points on the power play. We will look at all the teams in the Western Conference and see how they fared last season and what players should be expected to be on the top units [...]

With only a handful of prominent free agents still on the market (Mikael Granlund, Mike Hoffman, Alex Galchenyuk, Travis Hamonic and perhaps Anthony Duclair), here are the notable additions and subtractions from each roster in the Western Conference (not including 2020 draft picks). This week we will look at the last five teams in the [...]

We are now ten days into free agency, and here are the notable additions and subtractions from each roster in the Western Conference (not including 2020 draft picks). This week we will look at the next five teams in the West in alphabetical order. Dallas Stars Additions: Mark Pysyk - The Stars have been very [...]

Now that the entry draft is done and we are a few days into free agency, here are the notable additions and subtractions from each roster in the Western Conference (not including 2020 draft picks). We will start with the first five teams of the Western Conference and update the rest each week.  Anaheim Ducks [...]

Final Playoff Western Leaders Goals – 13 – Joe Pavelski - Dallas Assists – 20 – Miro Heiskanen - Dallas Points – 26 – Miro Heiskanen - Dallas PPP – 10 – Elias Pettersson - Vancouver Shots on Goal – 80 – Shea Theodore - Vegas PIM – 46 – Antoine Roussel - Vancouver Best [...]

Playoff Western Leaders Goals – 13 – Joe Pavelski - Dallas Assists – 20 – Miro Heiskanen - Dallas Points – 26 – Miro Heiskanen - Dallas PPP – 10 – Elias Pettersson - Vancouver Shots on Goal – 80 – Shea Theodore - Vegas PIM – 46 – Antoine Roussel - Vancouver Best plus/minus [...]