Rambling: McDonagh Back to the Bolts: Conference Finals Picks; WC Recap; Tsyplakov; Berube & More (May 22)
A couple of quick thoughts for the leagues where you get to replace eliminated players. In leagues where you cannot double-up on replacement players, then Edmonton is the last team I would like to select [...]
Fantasy Take: McDonagh Returns to Tampa Bay
Following a successful season with the Nashville Predators, Ryan McDonagh is heading back to Tampa Bay as the Lightning re-acquired one of their stalwarts from their two Stanley Cup runs. He had 32 points in [...]
Eastern Edge: Key Matchups in the Conference Final Between New York and Florida
After closely monitoring the eastern fantasy hockey newsreel all season long we’ve arrived at the conference final with clearly the two best teams out east. The Florida Panthers and New York Rangers deserve to be [...]
Ramblings: Reviewing Buffalo’s Season, Including Thompson, Skinner, Cozens, Peterka, Dahlin, and More – May 21
Frank Seravalli reported that Brock Boeser’s blood clot issue is going to make him miss the rest of the playoffs regardless of the result of Game 7. That is just a brutal circumstance for the [...]
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Ramblings: Swayman Saves the Day; Oilers Remain Alive; Early 2024 Draft Thoughts (May 15)
I would have thought that Valeri Nichushkin’s suspension (discussed by Cliffy yesterday) would have made room in the lineup for another black-ace scorer on the wing in Nikolai Kovalenko. Kovalenko put up excellent numbers in [...]
Eastern Edge: Fantasy Breakouts Looming for Benson, Knies, Marchenko, and Hughes
Last week’s iteration of Eastern Edge featured a retrospective into some of the best under-the-radar fantasy hockey performances of the previous regular season from players on non-playoff teams. As mentioned, sometimes in the fantasy game [...]
Ramblings: Soucy and Nichushkin Suspended; Reviewing Calgary’s Season, Including Kadri, Pospisil, Huberdeau, Weegar, Andersson, and More – May 14
The NHL announced Carson Soucy is suspended one game for his cross-check on Connor McDavid on Sunday night while Nikita Zadorov got a $5000 fine for another cross-check on McDavid a split-second before the Soucy [...]
Fading Assets: Top 10 Players Who’ve Hurt Their Fantasy Value This Postseason
Regardless of what series you’re talking about, all teams remaining in the playoffs clearly have talented rosters with fantasy-relevant pieces up-and-down their lineups. However, just like with any team sport and a prolonged postseason push, [...]
Wild West: History of Trading First & Second Round Draft Picks – Part 1 (2015-2018)
This week, I will go back to 2015 and look at Western teams and see if they dealt their first or second-round pick and if the pick was worth more than the roster player or [...]
Free Agency 2024: Salary Projections for the Top-100 Free Agents
With the draft lottery in the recent past now, the world championships underway, and the NHL playoffs not even half over, there aren’t many eyes already turned to July first. However, as I always do [...]