Part of the beauty of this column is two very different players can be rightfully compared. Take this week’s battle, pitting Evander Kane against Yanni Gourde. Although Kane is a veteran of almost 500 more NHL games than Gourde, the two are almost identical in age and have points outputs since last season which [...]
Here are the Top 100 goalies to own in your keeper league - November edition As always, goalies within the same tier should be considered about equal value, and would depend on your needs (immediate help, long-term help, late-season help). This takes a look at the current year, plus the next two years. [...]
Many of us awoke on Tuesday to see that two coaches were relieved of their duties. Mike Yeo in St Louis and Todd McLellan in Edmonton. There will be fantasy fallout from both of these moves, however, it’s the most likely in Edmonton where Ken Hitchcock will be tightening the reigns. I’d [...]
Mike Yeo's time in St. Louis has come to an end. After replacing Ken Hitchcock as the head coach back in 2015-16, it's interesting that he's out of a job today and Hitch takes a new one in Edmonton. Yeo was given a team that was deep in talent but never had a strong [...]
Tuesday morning saw the axe finally fall in Edmonton. It wasn't the complete house-cleaning that many forecasted, but Todd McLellan was shown the door after three years as the bench boss. Enter Ken Hitchcock. Many felt that Hitch had coached his last game in the NHL when he announced his retirement last April. [...]
Andrei Vasilevskiy. Kim Klement / USA Today Sports Images The injuries are starting to pile up in the East. Matthews is still out, Bergeron is in an “a lot of pain” and on the shelf, Kuznetsov missed a game, Panarin, Vaseilevskiy, and Crosby is out. Judging by the horrific scenes in Florida [...]
Patrik Laine. Isaiah Downing / USA Today Sports Images Nine games were on tap Monday evening, and there was no shortage of goals. The Panthers defeated the Senators 7-5 in one of the early affairs. Florida was led by perennial all-star and fantasy stalwart, Juho Lammikko and his four assists. Wait, do [...]
This week I spent some time poking around the old Wild West Columns to see what types of things kept coming up. One theme that emerged was depth, particularly in leagues that count more categories (things like hits and blocks). The fabled multi-category stud. I struggled a bit with the definition of who that [...]
On this episode of the Keeping Karlsson Fantasy Hockey Podcast, Elan and Brian debate whether Tom Wilson is or isn't a good guy, whether Mike Hoffman's points outweigh his 'locker room' effects, and whether you should gloat on twitter via infinite retweeting when you might not even be right about Max Domi. But it's chock [...]
While most fantasy hockey leagues are based solely on points, you can find leagues that will use almost any statistical category. Years ago, I was in a league that not only counted shootout goals, it also included shootout-winning goals. Which is just insane when you consider that at the time, the league decided the person [...]
