Welcome to this week’s edition of Crashing the Net. For this 17th week of the season we’re going to take a look at the top five players that you might want to add to your roster this week. We hope you will be able to utilize this article in order to gain a competitive advantage [...]
Continue reading...Friday, September 16, 2011
By Alexander Monaghan Editor-in-chief We touched upon this concept in our Part I but it bears repeating: improving your team via free agency continues to become a trend of the past. Today, we will take a look at 10 players who improved their fantasy hockey game after leaving their previous organizations via free agency. Most [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, April 7, 2011
What’s the distinction between a winning and losing fantasy season? The answer often lies in a manager’s ability to draft the player(s) who will not merely match their previous seasons’ output, but will exceed it in a big way. Having that knack for shrewdly selecting a sleeper in a later round, or predicting which scorer [...]
Continue reading...Saturday, March 5, 2011
This week’s edition of Crashing the Net is focused on the trade deadline and the impact it left on teams around the League. On Monday we did a great deal of writing, putting together a piece on essentially every big trade of the day. Now, after a few days passed, we can analyze the settling [...]
Continue reading...Saturday, November 20, 2010
The Atlanta Thrashers beat the Washington Capitals 5-0 last night in one of many upset victories. Not only were the Thrashers heavily favored to lose the contest but it was even more unlikely that they would win via shutout, especially after allowing six goals against just a week ago versus these same Caps. Starting goalie [...]
Continue reading...Saturday, November 13, 2010
Ilya Kovalchuk scored the game winning goal just two days after flubbing a shootout attempt and ending the Devils’ attempt for a win. However, most of the credit for the team’s win has to go to getting some fresh legs in the lineup as Brian Rolston, Mattias Tedenby and Alexander Vasyunov all potted their first goals [...]
Continue reading...Monday, October 25, 2010
During last week’s Crashing the Net, we reviewed players such as Tomas Kopecky, Tim Thomas, and Tomas Fleischman. Hopefully you were able to scoop one of these guys up in your leagues before someone else snagged them. By now you should have a strong feel for your team that you drafted, which will now allow [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, July 15, 2010
Offensive Corps: The captain Jarome Iginla led the team in scoring for the ninth straight season but did not display the same scoring tenacity he showed earlier in his career. His 69 points were his lowest point totals since the lockout began and at age 33, one has to wonder if this will be a [...]
Continue reading...Saturday, June 12, 2010
Offensive Corps: Standout sophomore Steven Stamkos scored early and scored often thanks to his gifted playmaking linemate Martin St. Louis. The 19-year-old center pushed Vincent Lecavalier to a second line role with his dynamic goal scoring and energy. Both St. Louis and Stamkos finished in the top tier of point producers with 94 and 95 [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, November 19, 2009
Posted in the Star-Ledger is a story that New Jersey Devil’s winger Patrick Elias doesn’t think he will be 100% healthy at any point during this season. He says his groin and hip are bothering him, and he is fatigued very easily. While New Jersey is giving him every chance to succeed on the first [...]
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