Roto league stud Darnell Nurse has been placed on IR, as he is expected to miss the next 2-3 weeks with a broken finger. Nurse’s 26:05 TOI is the fifth-highest total in the league, and his 53 SOG is the second-highest total among defensemen. He also has the second-highest hits total among blueliners (66 Hits), [...]
The Immediate Fix (Grab this guy and use him for the next several days)Mikael Granlund, C/RW, Nashville Predators (Available in 75% of ESPN leagues, 40% Fantrax, 64% Yahoo) – Coming into this season I don’t think that any of us saw Mikael Granlund as a 20-minute-a-night top-line center, but this season has been full of [...]
The beginning of the NHL season is always a fascinating time. So many players seem to do very unexpected things. A lot of them end up being flashes in the pan that get way overhyped, but some are actually much more representative of things to come. In this column we try to tackle some of [...]
Cole Caufield will get another chance to make a run at the Calder Trophy, as was recalled from the AHL on Thursday. Caufield made the most of his time there, scoring two goals and adding three assists in six AHL games. If he was dropped in your single-season league, he is definitely worth a speculative [...]
With the final part of our series on defenceman contracts we’ll take a look at the ones that make us pump our fists and help us sleep at night. Those defenceman whicih have surprised almost everyone, including their agents. Those value players that bring us back year after year and help you win championships. If [...]
The New York Islanders have been a fascinating team to start the season. They came into the campaign as Cup contenders, but are 5-6-2 following their monster road trip to begin the season. Remember that this team still has not played a game at home yet, with their first coming Saturday against Calgary. They only [...]
Here’s the latest injury news from across the NHL! If you’re looking for information about a specific player and don’t see their name in this article, there probably haven’t been any significant updates about their progress since last week’s article. If you ever need injury updates for a specific player, shoot me a message on Twitter @BrennanDeSouza. Craig Smith – [...]
Welcome back to Goldipucks and the Three Skaters, a play on words of the Goldilocks and the Three Bears story. Instead of there being three bowls of porridge though, I cover three skaters and declare one too hot (i.e., doing unsustainably better than he should), another too cold (i.e., doing unsustainably worse), and a third [...]
Ottawa and New Jersey were supposed to be playing tonight. Take a look on the waiver wire and see if any mid-tier players from either team were dropped as a result of the lighter week (and keep an eye out for Predators or Rangers players for the same reason). If you’re able to hold on [...]
In this week’s Eastern Edge, we’ll discuss players who have surprised us with their goal-scoring ability this season. Chris Kreider Across the league, Leon Draisaitl and Alex Ovechkin are currently the only players with more goals than Chris Kreider. The Rangers winger is off to a red-hot start this year with 11 goals in his [...]
