Update 11/3/10 @ 2:30 PM – The Leafs have announced that Phaneuf will be out of the lineup for the next four to six weeks after suffering a “deep leg laceration” that required surgery. *** Toronto Maple Leafs captain Dion Phaneuf exited tonight’s contest against the Ottawa Senators after suffering a leg injury during a [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, November 3, 2010
There are nine games on the NHL schedule tonight. We’ll review some of the matchups for tonight’s action, but as always, be sure to check out the Starting Goalies section and the Team Lineups page for all of your hockey news. In our first matchup, the Buffalo Sabres pay visit to the Boston Bruins for [...]
Continue reading...Friday, October 15, 2010
With seven games slated on today’s schedule, let’s take a look at the matchups and notes for tonight’s games. The Avs continue their five game road trip with a stop off in New Jersey which is the only scheduled game against the Devils this season. Colorado is coming off a terrific shootout victory against the [...]
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...Wednesday, June 9, 2010
Offensive Corps: Although he missed the first twelve games of the season, the offense revolved around right wing Phil Kessel. At first, critics thought the Leafs lacked an appropriate playmaking center to compliment Brian Burke’s shiny new toy but at season’s end Matt Stajan and Tyler Bozak proved to be just good enough to keep [...]
Continue reading...Monday, February 1, 2010
In light of Sunday’s bombastic pair of trades between the Toronto Maple Leafs and the Calgary Flames/Anaheim Ducks (and a decidedly light week on other ‘big issue’ NHL news), it struck me as necessary to dissect the re-landscaping nature of the deals pulled by Burkie and Co. The facts: on Sunday morning, Brian Burke announced [...]
Continue reading...Sunday, January 31, 2010
Toronto Maple Leafs GM Brian Burke officially made two deals today. The first sends Ian White, Niklas Hagman, Jamal Mayers and Matt Stajan to Calgary for Dion Phaneuf, Keith Aulie and Fredrik Sjostrom. The other sends Jason Blake and Vesa Toskala for Jean-Sebastien Giguere. What does this mean for your fantasy team? The Winners: Matt [...]
Continue reading...Monday, January 18, 2010
One thing that has always interested me in fantasy sports, and sports as a whole, is the consistency of statistics. Given a players previous stats, what can be expected for the upcoming season? Last year I wrote a fantasy baseball article in which I compared players who are traditional first round picks versus guys who [...]
Continue reading...Monday, September 14, 2009
Theo Fleury, 41, is making a comeback and everybody is rooting for him. If he makes the team, he’ll most likely stay with the Abbottsford Flames and help them sell some tickets there but it’s entirely possible he will play a few games in the NHL this year. Fleury, a former member of the 100-pts-100-PIM [...]
Continue reading...Sunday, September 13, 2009
Well its that time of year time year again, fantasy hockey draft season and to get you started DailyFaceoff.com has put together a list of our favourite fantasy hockey team names. As you can see, we are particularly fond of team names that include the name of a player on your roster. If you use [...]
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Wednesday, November 3, 2010
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