Wild West: Western Conference – Defense Tiers
This week and next, Brennan Des and I will tier defense and forwards from the East and West. I will start with the West today on defense but just a reminder that these tiers are [...]
Top-200 Cap League Skater Rankings – September 2023
We’re in the middle of training camp, and that also means fantasy draft season. To reiterate, the Rating column below is closer to how I would try to draft all of these players, while the [...]
Top 10 potential first-time 70-point defensemen
Each preseason, one of my favorite columns to write tries to point out potential first-time 70-point players. Last year saw eight defensemen reach the 70-point mark. It could have potentially been 10 players to reach [...]
Ramblings: Thoughts on Fantilli, Thrun, Benson, Nikishin, Andrae, Kovalenko, Bedard and More … (Sep 25)
The 18th annual Fantasy Guide is available for immediate download in the shop. Last week, camps opened! The Guide and Draft List were updated about a dozen times each. Sometimes the projections were tweaked, but [...]
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The Journey: May Sink-Or-Swim (Dugan, Turcotte, Beckman)
It's the end of the month again, which means it's time for another edition of sink-or-swim. We’ll examine three former blue-chip prospects whose values have taken a hit and whose futures now seem uncertain. Should [...]
Saturday’s Game Picks: Hurricanes Will Blow Into Eastern Conference Final
As I’m writing this, only four teams still stand in this second round of the playoffs (I must finish the article before the Avs-Blues game tonight). It’s been a controversial round to say the least. [...]
DFS Saturday: Showdown Time
Sad times for NHL DFS as in all likelihood the days of multiple games on a single slate are over. I’d expect the two Conference Final series to alternate days, giving us one game per [...]
Ramblings: Avs Move On, Marchand Surgery, Down in Flames, Power-Play Time (May 28)
Well, that was quite an ending to the sixth game of Colorado/St. Louis. Just when you were about to get up to go to the fridge for a refill or another snack in anticipation of [...]
Frozen Tool Forensics: Most Valuable Defensemen
This week we are finishing up our most valuable skater series. We have already touched on centers, left wings, and right wings and those articles can be viewed here. So now we are on to [...]
Ramblings: Carolina’s Home Dominance Continues; Minnesota’s Future in Addison and Rossi; Buffalo’s Goaltending – May 27
The Carolina Hurricanes had the run of play in Game 5 and skated out with a 3-1 win over the New York Rangers to take a 3-2 series lead. Igor Shesterkin had a very solid [...]