The Wild West

Following the same footsteps as last year, here’s a list of some of the Western Conference underachieving veterans from last season. Many of them underachieved or were simply injured which resulted in them churning out horrible overall numbers for 2009-10. Those low numbers could lead them to be undervalued, so make sure you make a mental note of these players and don’t fall into the trap of undervaluing them like some of your competitors might on draft day.

Continuing the series started a few weeks ago on the breakdown of each Western Conference team. For the final week we’ll take a deeper look into the Sharks, Blues, and Canucks.

Continuing the series on the breakdown of each Western Conference team. This week we’ll take a deeper look into the Red Wings, Oilers and Kings.

Last season I wrote a few columns breaking down each of the Western Conference team’s top-six and bottom-six, so I’ll go back to the well once again and give you better insight into this season.

If you are an avid reader of the DobberHockey website you probably are familiar with the popular mantra the “magical fourth year”. Just as Russ and I have done last year, we’ll take a deeper look at the numbers to de-bunk or confirm the myth once again.

Sorry for the brief hiatus the last couple of weeks, I’ve been roughing it in Europe and enjoying some time off. Anyways, back this week with a ripper of an article. At the end of last season I wrote a similar column which was very well received by my fellow Dobberites, so I figured I’d go back to the well once again this off-season. It’s a great add-on to give you a decent recap of what went on this past fantasy season and what to expect for the upcoming season especially if you are trying to get a head start on your competition next campaign.

Writing from the beautiful city of Paris, I’ll follow along the same lines as my Eastern Conference counterpart and dish out some end-of-year fantasy awards.

Sorry I missed last week’s article. I’m taking a vacation and doing a bit of backpacking in Europe and couldn’t scramble to get an article together. Hopefully you are still alive this week so that I can make it up to you.

Depending on your league settings you could be heading down a few different paths. Among them: those who are gunning for a money spot in Roto leagues, or those in the playoffs for H2H leagues. If you are in a tight league where every little stat matters, making the smart adds/drops could definitely determine whether you are the league champion or just another one of the nine to 13 disappointed losers in your fantasy pool. .