There was a big boost to the Hurricane lineup as both Andrei Svechnikov and Jordan Martinook returned in Game 3, with Svech on the third line and Martinook on the fourth. They’re still without Trevor van Riemsdyk and Micheal Ferland, but getting the two forwards back is a big boost for them. More on Game [...]
When Carolina traded Elias Lindholm and Noah Hanifin to Calgary, getting back Dougie Hamilton, Micheal Ferland, and prospect defenceman Adam Fox, it appeared pretty obvious that Fox would be the crux of the trade, and which team would end up the winner would depend on Carolina’s ability to sign Fox. Well, we can forget [...]
It’s been a fun start to the fantasy offseason so far identifying the easy draft day steals for next year. For a summary of those articles check out these links RW-Metro, RW-Atlantic, LW-Atlantic. All you really need to know is that you should be smashing the draft button on Anthony Mantha and Brendan Gallagher [...]
Carolina has called up goaltender Alex Nedeljkovic from the AHL. This is in response to Petr Mrazek’s injury in Game 2, where he seemed to take a shot at an awkward angle and looked to be favouring his lower body. He tried to gut it out but eventually left and was replaced by Curtis [...]
For part two of this series we are going to look at Centers in the West. We will be using the Fantasy Hockey Geek ranking tool to get a ranking that combines all of a player’s stats for the searched categories. For the purposes of this series, the ranks are based on a 12 [...]
Easily the most frustrating aspect of fantasy hockey is having to deal with injuries. You can draft a flawless team and make the perfect trades, and it can all blow up with injuries to a few key players. It can easily turn a championship team to a draft lottery squad. Every year normally sees [...]
Ramblings: Some more post-mortems (TOR, VGK, NSH, WSH), Babcock, “The Penalty”, Mrazek and more (Apr 29) *** Four more teams were eliminated last week. Here are my thoughts on those teams, the players, and what the future holds… Toronto Maple Leafs The Mike Babcock issue – I’ve heard from a lot of Leafs fans (I [...]
Here are the Top 100 goaltenders to own in your keeper leagues - April edition. We're in the midst of the fun months, where I just go team-by-team and tweak without going deep into analysis. The next two months will see a lot of movement among prospects as I work through the Fantasy [...]
