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...Thursday, November 4, 2010
The move to put Jeff Skinner with Eric Staal paid off abundantly. In its first game, the combination of Staal, Skinner and agitator Chad LaRose combined for six points, and former AAAA player Jonathan Matsumoto added his first two NHL goals as the Canes defeated the New York Islanders. Rick DiPietro only fended off 25 [...]
Continue reading...Sunday, October 31, 2010
First of all I would just like to add an apology to the likely 1 percent of our readers who relied on our Curtis McElhinney/Jonas Hiller non-call. Usually I stay on the site until 10 or 10:30 to confirm Hiller but there was a death in the family which did not allow me to properly [...]
Continue reading...Sunday, August 8, 2010
Offensive Corps: The 2009-2010 season ended in disappointment after the team won the Stanley Cup the season before. If it wasn’t for captain Sidney Crosby and his sudden goal scoring touch the Penguins very well could have finished lower than their 4th seed and 2nd round playoff exit. As previously mentioned, Crosby posted career highs [...]
Continue reading...Saturday, March 6, 2010
After being acquired from the Toronto Maple Leafs on Tuesday in exchange for Luca Caputi and Martin Skoula, Alexei Ponikarovsky is expected to make his debut today in a Pittsburgh uniform. It could be said that “Poni” was the biggest name traded in the last week, in a Trade deadline that saw just how little [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, January 12, 2010
We want you, our readers, to vote daily on the previous night’s Fantasy 3 Stars of the Night. Based on your votes, points will be assigned to the top 3 stars of the night and at the end of the season the 3 players with the most points will be declared the DailyFaceoff Fantasy 3 [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, November 26, 2009
Just to start off by saying that I am Patrick, now excited to be a part of the DailyFaceoff team. I will be posting topics of interest on the Pittsburgh Penguins as well as things concerning the NHL in general, though most important to us all is Fantasy Hockey, and so that is what will [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, October 28, 2009
The world’s most famous flu has made it’s way to the NHL and we’ve already seen it affect multiple teams, but perhaps more than anyone, the Oilers. Edmonton players have been battling flu-like symptoms for a few days now and just recently Ladislav Smid has been diagnosed with swine flu. Add to the list Lubomir [...]
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Tuesday, November 9, 2010
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