Pop quiz – other than Alex Ovechkin, how many players have scored 50+ goals in a regular-season since 2010-11? Would you believe just four, three of whom (Corey Perry, Steven Stamkos and Evgeni Malkin) did so in the first two seasons of the decade, with the fourth (Leon Draisaitl) having accomplished the feat in [...]
With a light NHL lineup on Tuesday evening, let's dive into a few other topics. First up is just how dominant offensively Cale Makar has been as a first-year player. We're talking historically good. Digging through 30 years of stats, here are the most productive first 40-career games by a blueliner: Niklas [...]
Here are the Top 31 goaltenders to own in your keeper leagues - January edition! With link to the full Top 100... Fantasy goalies are a fickle project - from greatness to horrible, and back again in a matter of months. I do what I can to stabilize the value, putting emphasis on track [...]
Good day everyone. I hope you were able to take in some of the all-star festivities this past weekend. I was able to watch all the games on Saturday and even though it was the all-star game, three-on-three sure is a lot of fun to watch when there are a bunch of high caliber [...]
Kyle Palmieri was back in the lineup for New Jersey on Monday night, skating in his usual spot on the top line with Nico Hischier. He should remain there for the balance of the season unless they decide to trade him, and he should get lots of minutes. * Both Brendan Gallagher and Jonathan [...]
Western Leaders at All-Star Break (Leaders at break in 2018-2019) Goals – 30 – Nathan MacKinnon – Colorado (29 – Connor McDavid – Edmonton, Johnny Gaudreau – Calgary, Patrick Kane – Chicago, Gabriel Landeskog - Colorado) Assists – 49 – Connor McDavid – Edmonton (52 – Blake Wheeler – Winnipeg) Points – 76 [...]
I’ve always been a big believer that you can have more success in some keeper pools if you forgo the youth movement and instead focus on the older players. After all, while other fantasy general managers will overpay for rookies and anyone under the age of 25, you can pick up guys in their [...]
Here are the top 200 skaters to own in your salary cap league - January version. There has been some definite movement in the rankings, and we have a new number two. Cale Makar is jumping quickly upwards while the young defencemen continue to dominate the value ladder. This is the last update [...]
On this episode of the Keeping Karlsson Fantasy Hockey Podcast: How many relevant Red Wing forwards can there be in the second half of the season? How eager should Kuemper owners be to get him into their lineups? With outjuries across the league after a restful week, which returning skaters are immediately wroth [...]
Ramblings: Midseason fantasy draft and trade musings (this guy…or that guy?) (Jan 27) *** The fantasy hockey world mourns with the rest of the world of sports, on the tragic deaths of basketball legend Kobe Bryan and his beautiful daughter Gianna, baseball coach John Altobelli, his wife Keri and daughter Alyssa. This stunned me [...]
