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Line Change on the Fly: The Invaluable Daniel Sedin
‘Line Change on the Fly’ is the feature where we re-rank our current player rankings. This edition ranks left wings and their counterparts for the first time since the preseason. Feel free to go nuts in the comments. Good morning, fantasy hockey gamers. For the last couple of weeks we’ve heard clamoring over our current rankings. [...]
Continue reading...Fantasy Hockey Spin on Coaching Changes, Stars
Monday, November 28, 2011
Dale Hunter Hired, Bruce Boudreau Fired At approximately 8:17 AM, a press release from Sergey Kocharov hit our inbox, announcing the Washington Capitals hired Dale Hunter as their head coach. The former legend and icon in the Nation’s capitol, Hunter left the London Knights for a prestigious job on his former club. As my colleague [...]
Continue reading...Fantasy or Fiction: Do They Finish With 30 Goals?
Friday, November 18, 2011
After an inspiring column this week from our esteemed Editor-in-chief, Alexander Monaghan, entitled “Do They Finish With 50 Goals?”, I decided to take a closer look at some of the great underachieving performances from 2011-12 , to ask the question: will a number of the league’s perennial goal scorers be able to shake off their [...]
Continue reading...Top 10 Most Productive Fantasy Hockey Lines
Wednesday, November 9, 2011
By Alexander Monaghan Editor-in-chief Less than a month ago we discussed the most dominant lines in hockey. Just two weeks in, it was hard to determine what worked and what didn’t. Eighty two percent of voters liked either the Anaheim Ducks or the Vancouver Canucks but thus far one of these things is not like [...]
Continue reading...Fantasy or Fiction: Will Boudreau’s Benching Spark Ovechkin?
Thursday, November 3, 2011
I was sitting on my couch last night, taking in the final few minutes of the Anaheim Ducks and Washington Capitals game Tuesday night, when all hell broke lose. Not the typical kind you’re thinking, with fighting majors and misconducts being dolled out in double figures of a game whose result is no longer in [...]
Continue reading...Saturday Discussion: Most Dominant Line in Hockey
Saturday, October 15, 2011
The 2011-2012 NHL season is just kicking off but there are already some trends worth watching. Right now we all our trying to justify our first round picks with the hopes that they all get going and spare us a season of scrambling to the waiver wire. Let’s take a look at the current most [...]
Continue reading...Looking at the Beasts of the East
Thursday, April 28, 2011
The Eastern Conference, much like the Western Conference, displayed a few entertaining battles. Unlike the wild wild west, three of the four series went to seven games with only my hometown New York Rangers taking a bow in less. Last night we saw both the Montreal Canadiens and Pittsburgh Penguins eliminated even though they were [...]
Continue reading...Correlation Between Keeper and Calder
Tuesday, April 26, 2011
The Calder Trophy essentially states the best first-year player in the League but does it weigh into the best first-year player in fantasy hockey? This year’s nominees — Michael Grabner, Jeff Skinner and Logan Couture — all represent young snipers who all broke 30 goals. Last season we failed to see any rookie break that [...]
Continue reading...NHL Playoff Pool Position Primer: Left Wing
Monday, April 11, 2011
The NHL regular season may be over, but that is no reason to stop being a fantasy addict now! Several excellent websites such as Office Pools, Rinkotology and HockeyDraft.ca offer tailored pools that satisfy the need of the biggest hockey-crazed addicts, so stop biting your nails get your playoff draft on. We currently offer a [...]
Continue reading...Crashing the Net – Week 15 Waiver Wire
Monday, January 17, 2011
As the NHL season marches closer and closer towards the month of April, fantasy owners know what holes need to be filled in order for their team to reach the playoffs. If your team is already out of contention, then you are hopefully making a strategy towards acquiring keepers. While trades with other fantasy general [...]
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Thursday, December 8, 2011
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