Fantasy Take: Leafs acquire Campbell, Clifford from Kings for Moore, picks
We got a fairly significant trade late Wednesday night (or early Thursday morning for some) as the Toronto Maple Leafs went and acquired their much-needed backup goalie in Jack Campbell, as well as winger Kyle Clifford, from the Los Angeles Kings for forward Trevor Moore and a pair of third-round picks. There are conditions [...]
Capped: Defencemen to look into ahead of the trade deadline
Defencemen are a very interesting part of fantasy hockey, as some leagues know that they should be valuable, and have made them so, some leagues still undervalue how much they can do for you, while others have created a setup that make defencemen very hard to wring any value from. As a result, they [...]
Ramblings: Updates on Patrick, Ghost, Ryan, and Mantha; Beauvillier and Pulock; Campbell to Leafs- February 6
Big news for the Flyers as Nolan Patrick was practicing with the team on Wednesday, and he was cleared for contact. He was skating with what would be called the fourth line/scratches unit, indicating that he’s still not near ready to return. The young centre has been dealing with a migraine problem that has [...]
Injury Ward: Dahlin, Ellis, Hart, Giordano, Olofsson, Zadina, Barkov, & Andersen
Here’s this week’s latest in the injury world. If you don’t see a certain player below, there probably haven’t been any major developments in their progress. Once there is a significant update, I’ll be sure to have it for you on Twitter @BrennanDeSouza! Oliver Ekman Larsson – The Coyotes captain is currently day-to-day with a [...]
Top 100 Keeper League Defensemen – February 2020
Here are the Top 100 defensemen to own in your points-only keeper leagues - February edition! Players within +/- 5.0 rating points should be considered equal value and at that point become a matter of personal preference or team needs. This list was curated from the full Top 300 skaters list (my list [...]
Fantasy Mailbag: Hughes vs Dahlin, Price, Patty Kane, Kubalik, & Any Life Left in Jones?
As crazy as it sounds, by the time you read this there are now less than two months left in the 2019-20 regular season. With that being the case, even if these questions didn’t come from you they're likely to be relevant to your players or those of your chief rivals. In other words, [...]
Ramblings: Andersen on the Shelf, Ovechkin on a Bender, Merzlikins, Vrana, Bernier, & Bratt (Feb 5)
The Canucks continued their road trip in Boston on Tuesday. For the second consecutive game, The Lotto Line was back together. That’s a big sigh of relief for Brock Boeser owners who were not loving the exile to line three and the lack of production that came along with it. However, Boeser, Elias [...]
Eastern Edge: Top performers since turning to 2020
In this week’s Eastern Edge, we’ll take a look at the league’s top-50 scorers since the beginning of 2020 and I’ll share some thoughts about a few players from the Eastern Conference. As always, shoot me a message on Twitter @BrennanDeSouza if there’s ever a topic you want me to cover in one of these [...]