Lucas Main breaks down the latest fantasy information from the Western Conference – the streaks, the slumps, the line combinations and much more.
Kevin continues his offseason tour around the Western Conference with stops in Los Angeles and Winnipeg […]
The 2017 Offseason Outlook for the Arizona Coyotes and Dallas Stars Following the lottery draft order/disorder we’ve been examining each Western Conference squad’s offseason outlook, 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 [...]
With the ping pong balls’ erratic behavior complete we’ll now examine the offseason outlook of each Western Conference squad, starting at the bottom points-wise. We’ll tackle Vegas shortly after the late June expansion draft brings Vadim Shipachyov and Reid Duke some teammates. This week we look at the Colorado Avalanche and Vancouver Canucks. Colorado [...]
With the regular season behind us it’s a good time to look at our preseason predictions to see where we hit and where we missed. Last week we examined how several top-end rookies and breakout candidates fared against our prognostications. This week we’ll look at those we thought might rebound from a less-than-stellar 2015-16 as [...]
With the regular season behind us it’s a good time to look at our preseason predictions to see where we hit and where we missed. This week we’ll examine how several top-end rookies and breakout candidates we examined fared. Next week we’ll look at those we thought might rebound from a less-than-stellar 2015-16 as well [...]
The Wild West - Western Conference Fantasy MVPs Following Eric Daoust’s excellent Eastern Edge piece, here are my thoughts on the 2016-17 Western Conference fantasy MVPs. With the 82-game schedule complete let’s look back at this year’s best in the West fantasy-wise at each positon. It’s impossible to factor in all the various league scoring [...]
Chasing the Cup - Regular vs. Postseason Production Although most fantasy seasons have ended by this week, the onset of the NHL playoffs brings new opportunities for serious owners. Playoff pool participants often draft players from teams they believe will be in the postseason for the long run, thus maximizing playing time and associated [...]
Both Alberta teams are playoff-bound, and a Battle of Alberta appears to be on the horizon. **** This final week of Pacific playoff positioning is going to be good. In addition to ending their 11-year playoff drought, with an overtime victory over the Ducks Saturday night, Edmonton has a decent shot at taking the [...]
Blackhawks Strong-Arm Central – Anatomy of a Late Season Run The Blackhawks got absolutely shellacked in Sunrise this weekend. Their 7-0 loss to the Panthers Saturday night was their worst since a 9-2 beating at the hands of Edmonton in November of 2011, and ended a week also featuring uninspired efforts against lowly Colorado [...]
The Wild West Desert Dogs Rising - Arizona’s Future is (Almost) Upon Us Apologizes for the obvious pun but these are the dog days for teams out of the playoff hunt. The last few weeks of the season we tend to speculate if certain of their players have given up, if others are ducking games [...]
