You the hockey fan were gifted not one, but two Game 7’s on Friday. One went to overtime, while the other one nearly made it there. Dallas 5, Colorado 4 OT (Dallas wins series 4-3) You’ve heard of Cinderella teams… what about Cinderella players? Meet Joel Kiviranta. Kiviranta’s insertion into the Dallas lineup as an [...]
Here are the top defensemen to own in your points-only keeper leagues - September edition! Curated directly from the overall Top 300 skaters list (posted Thursday here), these defensemen are valuable based on their ability to either reach at least 35 points in the year ahead, have 'some' odds of doing so, or could potentially [...]
The Islanders and the Golden Knights have looked like the better teams in their respective series. Yet the Flyers and Canucks have both clawed back from 3-1 series deficits to force Game 7. And you should know by now than in a Game 7, anything can happen. Here’s what happened in an incredible night of [...]
Here are the top skaters to own in your points-only keeper leagues - September edition! Some tweaks based on play over the last month, as well as injury news, plus I removed a handful of the bottom guys on my chart who I felt would never gain or regain value in these types of keeper [...]
It’s Thursday again, that means it’s time to read some weekly thoughts on players, their salaries, and whatever else crosses my mind. Let’s get to it. The bubble presents a weird in-between season. Do we call this a separate season of development for the youngsters that are getting closer to a breakout? Should the 2019-2020 [...]
The Florida Panthers have hired Bill Zito to be their new general manager, a few weeks after Dale Tallon was let go. Tallon’s era was marked by a lot of turmoil between hiring, firing, re-hiring and plethora of terrible moves that sunk a team that had Aleksander Barkov, Jonathan Huberdeau, and Aaron Ekblad under contract [...]
The Montreal Canadiens traded 2020 third and seventh-round picks to the St. Louis Blues in exchange for goaltender Jake Allen. Montreal Receives: A competent backup netminder to fill the bridge until Cayden Primeau is ready to take the job. The 30-year-old, Allen posted a 12-6-3 record with a .927 save percentage in 24 regular-season games [...]
It’s hard to believe, but the last time the mailbag was emptied the NHL had yet to resume play! The return of NHL games doesn’t change the mission of the mailbag though, which is to answer your fantasy hockey questions while also giving advice that should be useful to all poolies even if they don’t [...]
The Islanders and Flyers got things rolling on Tuesday with their Game 5 matchup. Philly was on the brink but gave up the first tally of the game in a scramble early in the second frame. Mat Barzal banged it home. With the way the Isles clog things up, that wasn’t a fortuitous bounce, but [...]
Here are the Top 100 goaltenders to own in your fantasy hockey keeper leagues - August edition! (Yes, we're a day past August, but better late than never!) As always, please focus on the Tiers. The goalie position is very volatile in fantasy hockey and in most cases it is fruitless to forecast their performance [...]
