Here are the top goalies to own in your keeper league - October edition. Considered are: history of success, likelihood of quality starts this season and next, how many years away they are (if a prospect), projected wins, proneness to injury, position on the depth chart, quality of the team they are on, and [...]
Jason Zucker is a great pickup because of the Wild's injury situation and upcoming schedule. […]
Carter Off, Devil Is In the Details, rookies, plus more… […]
Early season results are great for overreactions to small sample sizes. Toronto putting Mitch Marner on the fourth line, Cam Talbot having a couple of bad games, Jamie Benn and Tyler Seguin combining for fewer total points than Alex Ovechkin has goals. What do these things all have in common? They aren’t going to last [...]
It didn’t take long for the Leafs to start laying the wood to Detroit. Nazem Kadri went short-side on Jimmy Howard less than six minutes into the game, and Zach Hyman had a puck deflect in off of him less than a minute later. Henrik Zetterberg would reply, but goals from Connor Brown and Auston [...]
Another installment of bad puns and injuries you wish you didn’t have to deal with! If you’re looking for injury updates as soon as they happen follow me on twitter @BrennanDeSouza. The Big Guns (>75% owned in Yahoo Leagues) Jaden Schwartz – Hockey is a physically demanding game, some of these athletes experience [...]
In this first instalment, we’re going to be looking at some team’s top lines and how they have been producing to start the year. Although we’re working with a small sample size, these players have been spending most of their time on ice together and as a result their production as a unit can be used to predict their future [...]
Our first defenseman battle of 2017-18 features two who, despite their young ages, are arguably the most important rearguards on their respective teams – Cam Fowler and Morgan Rielly. What poolies want to know is whether one, both, or neither will eventually post fantasy stats rivaling their real-world skill and value. Cage Match is here to find out! Career Path and Contract Status Fowler, 25, was the tenth [...]
As Dimitri Filipovich said, “It’s Nikita Kucherov’s world, we’re all just lucky enough to live in it.” The 24-year-old Russian superstar has scored a goal in each of his first seven games of the season, joining Mario Lemieux as the only players to accomplish that feat in the past 30 years. Before [...]
In most of my fantasy leagues, I am known as a guy who places a premium on defensemen. This week, I’ll try to see if the pace of some of the defenders from the Eastern Conference can sustain their early season pace or are destined to take a step back. Kris Letang The Penguins’ [...]
