The Wild West

  In part two of our mini-series I wanted to take a look at multi-cat defensemen. Again, like with forwards, I started with guys that are typically valued very highly in those formats. We are of course talking about guys like Brent Burns, Dustin Byfuglien, Shea Weber etc. It turns out those three guys don’t [...]

  This week I spent some time poking around the old Wild West Columns to see what types of things kept coming up. One theme that emerged was depth, particularly in leagues that count more categories (things like hits and blocks). The fabled multi-category stud. I struggled a bit with the definition of who that [...]

  So this week I wanted to start with a slight deviation. I had something happen last week in one of my leagues that I am sure everyone who plays head-to-head category leagues is familiar with: I had a great week and got killed. This is a 12-team Yahoo League that uses 11 categories, and [...]

With our first month in the rearview, let’s take a quick look at how our goalies in the West are stacking up. We are using the Fantasy Hockey Geek (FHG) tool for rankings and the categories of save percentage, saves, goals against average, and wins. In our rankings below we have a player rank which [...]

Welcome to another week of the Wild West column. During the last week we have had goalie injuries, superstars returning, and some incredible goals from human highlight reel Connor McDavid. Let’s assume you know all of that and jump right in to some players.   Potential Streaming Pickups: No teams in the west play four [...]

  Celebrations in Anaheim this week as Ryan Getzlaf returns to join recently un-injured Ryan Kesler and the Ducks. The returns just serve to highlight the incredible number of man games lost to injuries so far for the Ducks. The Ducks have played nine games so far and we are looking at 38 man games [...]

  So I am sure everyone as heard/seen the update that Elias Pettersson is out. It was recently confirmed a concussion with 7-10 days the minimum missed time. If you didn’t know, well, sorry to be the bearer of bad news. I did just want to take a moment and second what I have seen [...]

On to the regular season! For the Wild West Column we are going to take a look at a few potentially recurring segments that will keep you up to date with some of the fantasy comings and goings in the Western Conference. If you see something you like, or want a new segment feel free [...]

  We have arrived at the final off-season article, and this week we are taking a look at Winnipeg. After this we will be diving back into the action with some live stats. Hear about the injuries to Seth Jones and Corey Perry? Dobber’s got you covered in the Guide. Also make sure you are [...]

I suppose we are officially into preseason at this point, but for continuity’s sake we can keep calling it the summer series. This week we are taking a look at Las Vegas. Vegas has been at the center of a few trades recently so if you want the most up to date projections make sure [...]