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Crashing the Net: Time to add Desharnais
Welcome to this week’s edition of Crashing the Net. For this 18th 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...On the Hot Seat: Conklin, Brodeur, Harding & More!
Saturday, February 4, 2012
On the Hot Seat is a column which will run on Saturdays and will discuss the likely changes between the pipes at the moment. Think of this as a primer that will go over basically any starting goalie position that might be in jeopardy whatsoever. Philadelphia Flyers Ilya Bryzgalov remains the Flyers’ starting goalie but [...]
Continue reading...Thomas Vanek Out At Least a Week
Tuesday, January 31, 2012
UPDATE: According to John Vogl of The Buffalo News, via Twitter, Vanek will miss at least a week due to this injury. * * * Thomas Vanek left tonight’s game with an upper-body injury and will not return according to the team’s official Twitter account. The Buffalo Sabres’ leading goal scorer registered only 4:47 of [...]
Continue reading...Tyler Myers Set to Return From Wrist Surgery
Friday, January 6, 2012
Myers will play tonight for the first time in almost two months. Expect him to play on the top power play pairing and likely get eased into the lineup. For the full lines, click here. * * * UPDATE 1/4/12: Myers is aiming to play this Friday when his Sabres take on the Carolina Hurricanes [...]
Continue reading...Vanek, Hecht, Boyes All Playing Tonight
Monday, December 26, 2011
The Buffalo Sabres received a few late Christmas presents this morning as three scoring forwards are expected to draw back into the lineup tonight when Lindy Ruff and company host the Washington Capitals. Not only will Jochen Hecht return as the top line center, he will be flanked by leading scorer Thomas Vanek. Meanwhile, former [...]
Continue reading...The Obligatory Fantasy Hockey Airing of Grievances
Friday, December 23, 2011
Back on Thursday, December 18th, 1997, during the annual holiday episode of Seinfeld a new holiday — Festivus — was born. To fully explain the origins, we give the floor to Frank Costanza, played by the great Jerry Stiller all those years ago . Frank Costanza: Many Christmases ago, I went to buy a doll for [...]
Continue reading...Head-to-Head Faceoff: Is Ilya Bryzgalov Healthy?
Sunday, December 11, 2011
Head-to-Head Faceoff is a weekly column by Alexander Monaghan which will run every Sunday and continue into Monday. Here you’ll find a breakdown of each team’s schedule for the week as well as which goalies you can expect to see in net so you can make sure to set your fantasy rosters accordingly. Anaheim Ducks [...]
Continue reading...Head-to-Head Faceoff: All Kipper, All the Time
Monday, December 5, 2011
Anaheim Ducks (LA, @StL, @Nsh) Backup goalie Dan Ellis is suffering from a groin injury so Jeff Deslauriers has been called up to serve as the backup. The Ducks have struggled so far but will look to change their luck this week. Jonas Hiller will remain in the top goalie spot and likely get all three starts [...]
Continue reading...Ryan Miller Ran Again; Predict the Consequences
Saturday, December 3, 2011
Let’s reopen the wound left by the now infamous Milan Lucic hit. Ryan Miller was ran again, this time at the hands of Jordin Tootoo. Here’s a video of the incident: What do you guys think? Can’t really argue that Miller was in the way of anything except the puck. Moreover, take a stab at [...]
Continue reading...Ryan Miller Playing this Weekend?
Wednesday, November 30, 2011
Miller practiced at “full go” today according to the team’s local media. Afterword, MSG’s Bill Hoppe, via Twitter, explained coach Lindy Ruff would not rule him out for the weekend. Check back for an update right here and on our starting goalies page. * * * UPDATE 11/28/11: Ryan Miller stepped onto the ice for this [...]
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Monday, February 6, 2012
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