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...Monday, February 28, 2011
Being a scoring forward on the Los Angeles Kings is filled with uncertainty. If you can’t score consistently, you could find yourself non-tendered (Alexander Frolov), waived (Marco Sturm) or relegated to fourth-line duty (Alexei Ponikarovsky). Amidst this veteran inconsistency and line shuffling has been Justin Williams, who just scored his 20th goal of the season [...]
Continue reading...Saturday, December 11, 2010
Sure it makes sense that most hockey players would perform better at home. There’s the encouragement of the hometown fans, the advantage of having last change, and of course the luxury of waking up in your own bed and having a home-cooked meal before the game. That being said, there shouldn’t be an overwhelming change [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, November 16, 2010
After Martin Brodeur returned from a elbow bruise and led the New Jersey Devils to a win, the team looked to build their first winning streak. Apparently they will need to wait a bit longer as Tim Thomas and the Boston Bruins handed the Devils yet another loss, beating them 3-0. Blake Wheeler, Michael Ryder [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, November 9, 2010
With the first month of the NHL season officially in the books, fantasy owners are starting to see trends among their players and free agents. Fantasy owners also have a better understanding of “Who is for real” and “Who is just pretending”. Last week, we reviewed players on Crashing the Net like Ryan Callahan, Jeff [...]
Continue reading...Friday, November 5, 2010
Notice the picture to the right, Jonathan Quick. He clearly deserves a vote for in today’s three stars for his 1-0 shutout of Steven Stamkos and the Tampa Bay Lightning. Notice Jaroslav Halak above. He also shut out a strong offensive team, the San Jose Sharks, last night. Notice a trend? Two days ago my [...]
Continue reading...Monday, November 1, 2010
There are plenty of NHL teams suffering from the injury bug over the first few weeks of the season. Not only are NHL teams having to adjust their lines, fantasy owners are also feeling the pain. This week’s Crashing the Net features some of the top waiver wire pickups who should be available in your [...]
Continue reading...Saturday, October 30, 2010
Jason Spezza – Spezza returns to the lineup tonight so there should be no time better to buy low on the playmaking pivot. Last season, Spezza looked bad in October/November, with only five points over 12 games before rebounding, finishing with 57 points in 60 games. His inconsistency on the ice has yet to translate [...]
Continue reading...Saturday, October 30, 2010
With 28 teams hitting the ice tonight, the NHL will be a busy place on Saturday night. Because pretty much every team plays tonight, there are no NHL games scheduled for tomorrow. As always, be sure to check out our Starting Goalies and Team Lineups sections. Both of these areas are updated as we receive [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, October 28, 2009
Fantasizing is a post looking to uncover some excellent potential buy-low options, free agent pickups and some other trends that can help your fantasy team.
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