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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 [...]

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Fantasy or Fiction: Has Lars Eller Passed the Hype?

Lars Eller stunned, amazed and awed Montreal Canadiens fans on Wednesday night with a four goal, five point output in the Habs 7-3 victory. Playing primarily on the third line with only six seconds of power play time, the Danish center posted one of the more impressive showings any player produced all season. Entering the [...]

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The Obligatory Fantasy Hockey Airing of Grievances

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 [...]

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Does Randy Cunneyworth Make a Difference in Montreal?

Montreal is certainly a difficult place to play, coach or even watch a game (if you have the wrong sweater on). This season, the Canadiens have been less-than-stellar, leading to the firing of assistant coach Perry Pearn and now head coach Jacques Martin. While the Pearn dismissal was putting the scapegoat on a poor power [...]

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Head-to-Head Faceoff: Is Ilya Bryzgalov Healthy?

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 [...]

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Saturday Discussion: Do You Add Tomas Kaberle?

On Friday morning, GM Pierre Gauthier made a panic move and shipped away wounded d-man Jaroslav Spacek for a declining Tomas Kaberle. The deal already looks somewhat lopsided as Spacek not only has an expiring contract but he registered two assists with the Canes in their 4-2 loss last night. GM Jim Rutherford has no [...]

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Head-to-Head Faceoff: All Kipper, All the Time

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 [...]

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Andrei Markov Undergoes Arthroscopic Knee Surgery

At this point, I’m kind of sick of updating Markov’s thread. So, below is the official press release from the team: MONTREAL — Montreal Canadiens General Manager Pierre Gauthier issued Monday a medical update on the status of defenseman Andrei Markov. Markov underwent successful arthroscopic surgery today to remove debris in his right knee. His recovery [...]

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How to Replace Max Pacioretty This Week

Brendan Shanahan swung the Shanahammer today, suspending Montreal Canadiens forward Max Pacioretty for three games due to his hit on Kris Letang. If you haven’t seen the hit, click here. If you want to see the ruling, click here. None of that matters. What matters is how we will adapt to this current setback. Pacioretty [...]

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Head-to-Head Faceoff: Halaking the Caps

Anaheim Ducks (Mon, Phi, Min) As the month nears an end, the Ducks continue to struggle and Jonas Hiller continues to disappoint. He’ll keep his number one spot, but until he steps up his game, you may want to keep him away from your lineup, as he let in 12 goals in a three game [...]

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