The Wild West

Just which defensemen are tops in fantasy depends on your league. It’s a very close call for many. Sometimes top scorers have poor plus/minus, penalty, hits or blocked shots stats rendering them less valuable in multi-category leagues. There is frequent overlap though, as the top ones often excel at many facets of the game. I’ll [...]

In traditional Internet journalistic fashion here’s a top-11 countdown of next year’s fantasy goalies in the Western Conference. Your opinions will vary. There are others wholly worth mentioning, but we’ll save those for a future column on sleepers, bargain buys and prospects so I can pick them up myself before my Dobber Prospects League opponents [...]

  The free-agent market brought both surprises and predictable signings, along some salary cap adjustments and a few related trades and other transactions. In the second of a two-part piece, let’s take a look at how new free-agent additions have altered the Pacific Division, emphasizing points-only pool production with some peripheral considerations.   [...]

The free agent market has brought a few surprises and some predictable signings, along with much salary cap adjustment, and a few related trades and other transactions. In the first of a two-part piece, let’s take a look at how free agency has altered the Western Conference’s Central Division, emphasizing points-only pool production with some [...]

Kevin gives us a detailed breakdown as to what the Golden Knights' roster will look like. […]

After all the expansion prognosticating and endless mock entry drafts the results are in. Again, we remember that, while we might (?) have sound logic and hockey knowledge we’re rarely going to nail the vast majority of picks. Many had the Golden Knights going for more of a win-now scheme than building for the future. [...]

Leading up to the NHL Entry Draft we’ve been examining each Western Conference squad’s offseason priorities, emphasizing points-only pool production with some peripheral considerations, and highlighting potential breakout candidates. We started in the cellar points-wise and are moving up as we go. We’ll tackle Vegas shortly after the expansion and entry drafts. Last week was [...]

Following the draft lottery, we’ve been examining each Western Conference squad’s offseason priorities, emphasizing points-only pool production with some peripheral considerations and highlighting potential breakout candidates. We started in the cellar points-wise and are moving up as we go. We’ll tackle Vegas shortly after the June expansion draft. Last week was St. Louis and Edmonton. [...]

Following the draft lottery, we’ve been examining each Western Conference squad’s offseason priorities, emphasizing points-only pool production with some peripheral considerations and highlighting potential breakout candidates. We started in the cellar points-wise and are moving up as we go. We’ll tackle Vegas shortly after the June expansion draft. Last week was San Jose and Calgary. [...]

This week Kevin makes stops in Calgary and San Jose to look at offseason needs. […]