It’s becoming an all-too-familiar pattern in Washington. Another great regular season, followed by another playoff catastrophe for the Capitals. Let the finger pointing begin. The easiest and most obvious target seemingly is captain Alex Ovechkin. After taking a week off near the end of March, Ovechkin vowed to be ready to lead Washington deep into [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, April 13, 2011
It’s playoff time baby, the best time of the year! It’s okay for all of us to grow big beards, over-consume alcohol and chirp our friends who cheer for rival teams. Fantasy playoff pools are being chosen as we speak and hopefully the following analysis helps you with some of those tough decisions you need to make. [...]
Continue reading...Sunday, April 3, 2011
The cycle spans the internet for intelligent, well-thought out articles which either help your fantasy team or will give you some better incite on your favorite team. If you feel we should add your link, feel free to contact us at contact at dailyfaceoff dot com or on twitter @DailyFaceoff. One look at last night’s [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, March 24, 2011
Is there anything more frustrating as a Fantasy Hockey GM then working hard all year to earn a playoff berth, only then to lose one of your top guns to injury when it counts the most? Owners in h2h pools, many of whom start their playoffs this week, have been forced to deal with major [...]
Continue reading...Saturday, February 19, 2011
When the Capitals entered this season without acquiring a proven center to fill a void on the second line, they were doing so with the understanding that those who might take the spot most often — particularly Marcus Johansson and Mathieu Perreault after Tomas Fleischman was traded — would have their inconsistencies [Capitals Insider] Let’s [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, February 8, 2011
According to Sky Kerstein at 106.7 The Fan, right wing Alexander Semin will return to the Washington Capitals’ lineup tonight. Shortly following practice head coach Bruce Boudreau confirmed his talented forward would return after missing 12 games and exactly a month. To make room for Semin, the club reassigned forward Jay Beagle to the Hershey Bears [...]
Continue reading...Friday, February 4, 2011
The cycle spans the internet for intelligent, well-thought out articles which either help your fantasy team or will give you some better incite on your favorite team. If you feel we should add your link, feel free to contact us at contact at dailyfaceoff dot com or on twitter @dailyfaceoff. No article here but how [...]
Continue reading...Saturday, January 29, 2011
Fantasy draft? We did that back in September/October. When I think of All-Stars I think of the ‘First Team’ and the ‘Second Team’– aka the true cut-off between the superstars and the players who needed to represent their team as a rule. Although the League previously only broke the teams down into first and second [...]
Continue reading...Friday, November 19, 2010
The Washington Capitals and Chicago Blackhawks both hit the road tonight in search of their third consecutive win. Thanks to solid goaltending and plenty of offense, both teams are playing extremely well right now. Alexander Semin has a nine game points streak, which included nine goals and eight assists. He along with Alex Ovechkin continue [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, November 18, 2010
Jonathan Toews and the Chicago Blackhawks finally beat the Edmonton Oilers the way they know they could, via blowout. Toews would score three followed by Patrick Sharp and Bryan Bickell en route to a 5-0 win over the Oilers. In addition, Marty Turco shutout the opposition and got his first as a Blackhawk while Nikolai [...]
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