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 [...]
My updated top-200 contract projections are below. This is a Ramblings article though, so there are a few other thoughts I want to touch on before I get to the contract numbers. * The Vezina nominees were revealed yesterday: https://twitter.com/NHL/status/1399746429116207107 In my (perhaps slightly biased) opinion, Juuse Saros should have been nominated here. No offence [...]
Here are the Top 300 skaters to own in your points-only keeper leagues - June edition! As always - players within +/-5.0 rating points of each other should be considered equal. So no scoffing about how the guy ranked 186 should be ahead of the guy ranked 161. (admit it - you just checked the [...]
In this week’s Eastern Edge, we’ll discuss Montreal’s first-round victory over Toronto, paying particular attention to Auston Matthews, Mitch Marner, Phillip Danault and Erik Gustafsson. As you’ve probably seen by now, the Montreal Canadiens stormed back from a 3-1 series deficit to defeat the Toronto Maple Leafs in seven games. A major headline from this [...]
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Craig Smith was out for Game 2 between Boston and New York while Jake DeBrusk was on the second line. It is a reminder that while DeBrusk had a bad year, he has had good years before and was Boston’s staple on the second line with David Krejci. Do not give up on him just [...]
Here are the Top 100 goaltenders to own in your points-only dynasty leagues - May edition! Go by Tiers. Do not bother quibbling over the Ranking spot (Dobber's note: People are already quibbling over ranking spot - a goalie isn't 25th... he's Tier 3, meaning he is the same as other goalies in Tier 3). [...]
Teams in the Wild West were under-represented this year with only seven squads in the playoffs and now it is down to three remaining after the first round. Winnipeg, Colorado and Vegas remain in their quest for the Stanley Cup but only two of those can get through to the next round. Colorado can’t win [...]
Your fantasy hockey team is the same as an NHL team. While you need your elite players to perform, it’s your late-round draft picks that will win you the championship. There are players you can draft in the later rounds that produce better than a third-round pick. Trading for a player because you have a [...]
Carolina hung in there, but in the end the Tampa team is just too strong. But the Lightning seriously shortened the bench. In fact, just four forwards saw more than 16:10 of ice time: Nikita Kucherov, Alex Killorn, Brayden Point and Barclay Goodrow. Steven Stamkos was seventh in ice time, as Coach Jon Cooper tried [...]
