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Move Stud Rearguards up Your Playoff List

By Dobber Sports|2007-04-04T12:16:47-04:00April 4th, 2007|The Dobotomy|

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It is no secret that the power play is the most important element of offense in the playoffs. This makes the participants of the power play the most fantasy worthy in terms of playoff pools. Defensemen who quarterback the PP actually see their production rise by as much as 40 per cent. This makes moving them up your draft list a no-brainer. Today, FPL will take a look at the Western Conference quarterbacks. Wednesday I will take a look at the East.

A Case for the Defense

By Dobber Sports|2007-03-11T15:48:25-04:00March 11th, 2007|The Dobotomy|

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We are starting to see a little bit of the potential from a handful of solid fantasy blue-chip defensemen these past few weeks. Nicklas Lidstrom, Sergei Gonchar and Scott Niedermayer won’t be around forever you know.