Ramblings: Converted Touchdowns for Stars and Islanders, an Avalanche of Wins (Jan 21)
Converted Touchdowns for Stars and Islanders, an Avalanche of Wins […]
The Journey: Fastest-Rising Prospect Defencemen
Adam Fox, CAL – Up to 47 from 66 Excuse me while I gush. Making his debut on the top-50 list is one of my favourites, and he should be one of yours too, Calgary prospect Adam Fox. In his draft season of 2015-16, Fox played for the US National U18 team where he not [...]
Saturday NHL Game Picks – January 20
And... I'm back. Sorry for missing you all last week, I had a personal matter and had to shift focus for a few days It's things such as this that remind me that hockey players are people too, and not just assets within fantasy leagues. I'm always impressed when players play through, or come back [...]
Ramblings: Barkov Is Unstoppable; Pacioretty Keeps Scoring; Improving Players – January 20
There was significant injury news that came out Friday, Dobber heads. The first bit of news was the revelation of a knee injury to Rangers defenceman Kevin Shattenkirk. He’s apparently been playing through a meniscus tear in his left knee through all season and it’s gotten to the point where he needs surgery. As reported [...]
Fantasy Goaltending Studs (Jan 2018)
If anything seems to ever impede what is a juggernaut of a fantasy squad from winning a title, it’s satisfactory goaltending. Many a team has fallen when it matters most in the playoffs because their goaltending just was not sufficient enough to capture those all too important categories. In many leagues like some of [...]
Timo Meier and the Sharks Offer Value in the Week Ahead
All fantasy owners need help in the short term AND the long term. The Looking Ahead feature identifies one player to plug into lineups in the short term, a second to invest in for the long term, a third to bench for the coming week, and a fourth who will struggle to meet expectations [...]
Ramblings: Blues Riding Hutton’s Hot Hand (Jan 19)
As much as the condensed bye week setup was supposed to spare teams from having to go against active opponents coming off their bye we saw five games pitting rusty teams against active teams. Tampa Bay, Ottawa, Buffalo, Washington and Columbus all came off their bye last night and faced teams that had their [...]
Capped: Projecting Player Salaries (Part 3)
This week's Capped continues our series looking into how to project player salaries by focusing on bridge deals and extensions. **** The toughest part of projecting salaries is not the big free agents, we know that they are going to get paid (and in fact they are usually overpaid). The hardest contracts to project [...]
Ramblings: What to do With Murray and Crawford Out? (Jan 18)
The latest attempt by the Canadiens to fill their void at the center position saw Jacob de la Rose between Alex Galchenyuk and Jonathan Drouin. It was only one game, against a quality opponent, but it’s no surprise that this didn’t work. De la Rose was once a promising prospect, but in over 80 [...]
Cage Match: Has Brad Marchand Surpassed Jamie Benn?
Has Brad Marchand surpassed Jamie Benn in terms of fantasy value? […]