Michael Farber of Sports Illustrated wrote yesterday that the NHL’s trade deadline lacked star power and only two players, Wojtek Wolski and Fredrik Modin, could comfortably play a top-six role in the current game. At this point I would like to urge Farber to see outside the box as numerous trades created holes likely to [...]
Continue reading...Monday, February 8, 2010
There’s no official NHL All-Star game this year because of the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver but we still left the vote up to you! Voting ended at the end of January and we’ve tallied up the results for the Western Conference All-Star team. Your 2009-10 Western Conference starting lineup:
Continue reading...Saturday, January 16, 2010
It’s the halfway point in the season and we’re creating a hypothetical mid-season Hart Trophy here at DailyFaceoff.com. We’ve created the shortlist of nominees who could all be judged as the most valuable player to his team. Normally, the Professional Hockey Writers’ Association chooses who wins but we’d like you to choose! The poll [...]
Continue reading...Friday, January 15, 2010
Is all hope lost for the highly touted Sharks winger who notched 65 points last season? If the season ended today, yes. Devin Setoguchi, still owned in 75% of Yahoo! leagues, hasn’t scored a point and is -4 in 8 straight games. In fact, the Sharks’ entire second line of Clowe-Pavelski-Setoguchi hasn’t produced in 8 straight [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, January 12, 2010
A little something from our friend Trevor Bosma: So it has been two weeks since the NHL Christmas Freeze and a lot has changed. Like I said before the Christmas Freeze Jeff Cater was going to turn things around in 2010 and has he ever. Carter is one of the hottest players in the NHL the [...]
Continue reading...Saturday, January 9, 2010
It’s the halfway point in the season and we’re creating a hypothetical mid-season Norris Trophy here at DailyFaceoff.com. We’ve created the shortlist of nominees who could all be judged as the greatest all-around defenseman. Normally, the Professional Hockey Writers’ Association chooses who wins but we’d like you to choose! The poll can be found at [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, January 6, 2010
Tampa Bay Lightning @ Buffalo Sabres Mike Smith Ryan Miller Confirmed Sounds like Miller. Will confirm. St. Pete’s Times WGR 550 Dallas Stars @ New York Rangers Marty Turco Henrik Lundqvist Expected. Expected The Hockey Writers Rangers Rants Toronto Maple Leafs @ Philadelphia Flyers Jonas Gustavsson Michael Leighton Likely. Confirmed Toronto Sun Flyers Twitter Calgary Flames @ Minnesota Wild Miikka Kiprusoff Niklas Backstrom Confirmed. Confirmed. Flames Insider NHL.com New York Islanders @ Colorado Avalanche Dwayne Roloson Craig Anderson Confirmed. Confirmed. Rob Carlin Denver Post St. Louis Blues @ San Jose Sharks Chris Mason Evgeni Nabokov Confirmed. Confirmed. Lou Korac David Pollak
Continue reading...Wednesday, December 23, 2009
Another contribution from long-time reader Trevor Bosma: A few quick thoughts for all of you fantasy hockey lovers to hum and ho over during Christmas. The Philadelphia Flyers are struggling! Why? This is a team with a huge amount of talent and possibly the most potential of any team in the East, other than Washington. Will the [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, December 15, 2009
The end of the decade is nearly upon us, so we here at Daily Faceoff would like to commemorate some important events that have transpired over the last ten years in the National Hockey League. First up is a look at the best and worst draft picks of the decade (for the record I had [...]
Continue reading...Saturday, December 12, 2009
Fantasizing looks to uncover some of the excellent potential buy-low options, free agent pickups and some other trends that could help your fantasy team get an edge.
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