Most likely to Succeed is our newest series which points out one player from every team and explains why that player is poised to increase their point totals. While some teams may have more than one player likely to breakout and some none, we will focus on the ones who actually should improve with a [...]
Continue reading...Friday, July 23, 2010
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Offensive Corps: The Avalanche surprised a lot of people by squeaking into the playoffs in a tough Western conference this past season. While much of the credit went to goaltender Craig Anderson, the offence more than held it’s own, lightning the lamp 244 times, good for 4th in the conference. Paul Stastny was the catalyst, [...]
Continue reading...Monday, March 15, 2010
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For our loyal readers using Yahoo! Sports, this one’s for you. We all remember the fiasco last year with missing our ‘Team Log’ and how Cam Ward STILL is not on IR, but today we will discuss one of the most valuable roster change: position eligibility. On March 11th, Yahoo updated their database by added [...]
Continue reading...Saturday, March 13, 2010
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 league [...]
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
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The Phoenix Coyotes traded Kevin Porter and Peter Mueller to the Colorado Avalanche for Wojtek Wolski in the first “hockey trade” of the deadline. Wolski moves from the first line in Colorado alongside Paul Stastny to likely the first line alongside Shane Doan and Matthew Lombardi. We mentioned a few weeks ago how Mueller occupied [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, January 26, 2010
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Who would have thought that one team could freefall so quickly out of playoff contention? Well the Flames have allowed it to happen, and that’s how it looks right now, as with Calgary sits 9th in the West on 58 points tied with Detroit who have played one less game. No doubt the Western Conference [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, January 13, 2010
It’s the halfway point in the season and we’re creating a hypothetical mid-season Jack Adams Award here at DailyFaceoff.com. We’ve created the shortlist of nominees who could all be judged to have contributed the most to his team’s success. Normally, the NHL Broadcasters’ Association chooses who wins but we’d like you to choose! The poll [...]
Continue reading...Sunday, January 10, 2010
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It’s the halfway point in the season and we’re creating a hypothetical mid-season Calder Trophy here at DailyFaceoff.com. We’ve created the shortlist of nominees who could all be judged to be the most proficient in his first year of competition. Normally, the Professional Hockey Writers’ Association chooses who wins but we’d like you to choose! [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, January 6, 2010
Tampa Bay Lightning @ Buffalo Sabres Mike Smith Ryan Miller Confirmed Sounds like Miller. Will confirm. St. Pete’s Times WGR 550 Dallas Stars @ New York Rangers Marty Turco Henrik Lundqvist Expected. Expected The Hockey Writers Rangers Rants Toronto Maple Leafs @ Philadelphia Flyers Jonas Gustavsson Michael Leighton Likely. Confirmed Toronto Sun Flyers Twitter Calgary [...]
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