Wild West: Tortoises and Hares on the Blue Line

Wild West: Tortoises and Hares on the Blue Line

By |2017-10-30T10:27:23-04:00October 30th, 2017|The Wild West|

Here’s our latest installment of tortoises and hares, featuring those having the hottest and coldest starts among Western Conference defensemen as October turns into November.   Tortoises   Oscar Klefbom – Edmonton (0 goals, 2 assists in 10 games) The Oilers top defenseman is having rough early going. A key member as quarterback of their [...]

Fantasy Top-10: Fast Starters

By |2017-10-30T10:16:43-04:00October 30th, 2017|Fantasy Hockey Top 10|

It’s never a good thing to overreact to early-season returns in fantasy hockey. Every season is littered with players that start off hot before quickly fading. Remember when Sven Andrighetto started the season with six points in five games? He went pointless in his next five games and was a minus-eight in the span before [...]

Keeping Karlsson no. 162 – Ka$e

By |2017-10-30T09:57:30-04:00October 30th, 2017|Keeping Karlsson|

Top line takeovers abound this week, with some lesser-knowns getting chances to put their names on scoresheets. Who are the top line newbs you can and can't count on in Vancouver, Philadelphia, St Louis, Los Angeles, Washington, Edmonton, and Long Island? Also, how old is Cam Atkinson? Those answers and more await you on this [...]

Ramblings: Jets Topple Penguins; Getzlaf Injured in Ducks Win; Scary Stats – October 30

By |2017-10-29T23:43:17-04:00October 29th, 2017|Hockey Rambling|

There were just three games in the NHL on Sunday so let’s get right to it. Winnipeg absolutely laid the wood to Pittsburgh, toppling the defending Cup champs 7-1. Leading the way was Blake Wheeler, who had just one goal in his first nine games but managed a first-period hat trick yesterday, and added an [...]

Saturday’s NHL Picks – October 28

By |2017-10-28T07:17:10-04:00October 28th, 2017|NHL Picks/Props|

Trusting your gut when you’re losing is often a difficult task. It’s understandable to think that changing things up will offer better results, and easy to to make rash decisions. That’s where experience and data comes in to act as your rock. How many GM’s have you seen thus far cut loose of players like [...]

Ramblings: Golden Knights Stomp; Rinne Shines; Fowler Update – October 28

By |2017-10-27T22:50:02-04:00October 27th, 2017|Hockey Rambling|

Maybe Vegas is never going to lose again? A 7-0 throttling of the Colorado Avalanche on Friday night (afternoon?) pushed the Golden Knights to an 8-1-0 record, tying them for the second-most wins in the league and moving them into third in goal differential. It was a relatively even first period between the Avalanche and [...]

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