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The Fantasy Hockey All-Star Draft
The All-Star game is this weekend meaning Daily Faceoff won’t be entirely relevant for the next couple of days. However, DF Editor-in-Chief Alexander Monaghan and ‘Fantasy or Fiction’ columnist Dan Berlin decided to have some fun with the festivities and select the Fantasy Hockey All Stars. Here are the rules: 4 C 4 RW 4 [...]
Continue reading...The Return of the Vancouver Canucks
Thursday, December 29, 2011
Back in October, Detroit Red Wings head coach Mike Babcock explained that the Vancouver Canucks should not have a Stanley Cup hangover. In his opinion, that only comes after winning something — a task the Canucks failed to do last June. Yet the defending Western Conference Champions found themselves in a hole during the first [...]
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Line Change on the Fly: Stammer Hanging by a Thread
Friday, December 9, 2011
‘Line Change on the Fly’ is the feature where we re-rank our current player rankings. This edition ranks centers and their counterparts for the first time since the preseason. Feel free to go nuts in the comments. Good morning, fantasy hockey gamers. For the last couple of weeks we’ve heard clamoring over our current rankings. Well, [...]
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Ryan Kesler Returns Tuesday vs. Rangers
Monday, October 17, 2011
UPDATE 10/17/11: Kesler will play tomorrow night vs. the Rangers * * * UPDATE 10/17/11: Kesler centered the second line today, indicating he will draw in tomorrow night when his Canucks host the Rangers. The team sent defenseman Chris Tanev back down to the AHL which is a strong hint that they took Kesler off [...]
Continue reading...How to: Break the Hockey Injury Code
Friday, October 14, 2011
We apologize in advance for the controversial nature of this article. However, there comes a point in time where the lid has to be blown off a bit. There are times when you look at injuries and go ‘oh my god that guy is going to be out a long time’ then he comes back. [...]
Continue reading...The Ironmen: Analyzing the Leaders in Games Played
Sunday, June 19, 2011
Six special players laced up their skates for all 82 games of this year’s regular season and then the maximum 25 of a grueling postseason – totaling 107 games each. These six skaters — Henrik Sedin, Daniel Sedin, Ryan Kesler, Tomas Kaberle, Rich Peverley and Jannik Hansen — all likely played through injuries and gave everything their [...]
Continue reading...Ten Reasons Why the Bruins Beat Vancouver
Wednesday, June 15, 2011
Alexander Monaghan runs both NHLHotStove.com and Daily Faceoff. In fairness to both audiences, this short piece will run cross-promotionally. Stay tuned for additional coverage on the Stanley Cup Finals from both excellent writing staffs. Tonight, the Boston Bruins hoisted the Stanley Cup for the first time since 1972, turning Beantown back into a hockeytown. Bostonians [...]
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Thursday, January 26, 2012
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