The best way to describe this list is if you go to the waiver wire in your individual fantasy league (personally, I use Yahoo!) and find that Alexei Ponikarovsky, Tim Connolly, or Ryan Clowe are all available, this list is not for you. The Value 25 is a watch list intended for deep fantasy [...]
Continue reading...Saturday, March 6, 2010
Tim Thomas just won his second straight start since counterpart Tuukka Rask went down with a knee injury in a spirited effort over a hungry New York Islanders team. The Olympian turned away a lofty 37 shots, including a full five minute penalty kill, en route to a 3-2 victory. Why is this fantasy relevant? First, a [...]
Continue reading...Saturday, March 6, 2010
After being acquired from the Toronto Maple Leafs on Tuesday in exchange for Luca Caputi and Martin Skoula, Alexei Ponikarovsky is expected to make his debut today in a Pittsburgh uniform. It could be said that “Poni” was the biggest name traded in the last week, in a Trade deadline that saw just how little [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, March 4, 2010
Michael Farber of Sports Illustrated wrote yesterday that the NHL’s trade deadline lacked star power and only two players, Wojtek Wolski and Fredrik Modin, could comfortably play a top-six role in the current game. At this point I would like to urge Farber to see outside the box as numerous trades created holes likely to [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, March 3, 2010
Last year Derek Morris moved from the Phoenix Coyotes to the New York Rangers at the trade deadline. Today, the Boston Bruins moved him for a 4th round draft pick in 2011. The 31-year-old moves back to the desert as the Coyotes look to add some more depth on their blue line. Morris played on the [...]
Continue reading...Monday, March 1, 2010
Not once, but twice today we have seen a solid second-pairing defensemen moved for a second round pick. The Pittsburgh Penguins acquired Jordan Leopold for their second round selection after reportedly refusing to part with the pick for Raffi Torres. This move will push either Jay McKee or Alex Goligoski out of the Penguins top six [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, February 11, 2010
Tuukka Rask grabbed the number one role in Boston and should run with it. The 22-year-old goaltender recently took over the league lead in both GAA and SV% from Ryan Miller giving him a vote of confidence from coach Claude Julien.
Continue reading...Tuesday, February 9, 2010
There’s no official NHL All-Star game this year because of the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver but we still left the vote up to you! Voting ended at the end of January and we’ve tallied up the results for the Eastern Conference All-Star team. Your 2009-10 Eastern Conference starting lineup:
Continue reading...Wednesday, January 13, 2010
Most pooler websites are posting mid-season reports of NHL stats and player comparisons and we at DailyFaceoff.com are no exception! We pride ourselves in up-to-date starting goalie information, so let’s review the goaltending situation around the NHL to help you win those valuable points in your pool. If you were lucky enough to draft any of [...]
Continue reading...Saturday, January 2, 2010
Once a prolific scorer, Miroslav Satan, 35, has been reduced to a declining veteran with very little game left in him. Didn’t we say the same thing about Paul Kariya, 35, Bill Guerin, 39, and Vaclav Prospal, 34 – all players who are helping the majority of fantasy teams this season. Satan has topped the 60-point [...]
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