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A Detailed List of Playoff Pointers
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...NHL Playoff Pool Position Primer: Left Wing
Monday, April 11, 2011
The NHL regular season may be over, but that is no reason to stop being a fantasy addict now! Several excellent websites such as Office Pools, Rinkotology and HockeyDraft.ca offer tailored pools that satisfy the need of the biggest hockey-crazed addicts, so stop biting your nails get your playoff draft on. We currently offer a [...]
Continue reading...The Eastern Conference Playoff Bubble
Tuesday, April 5, 2011
Adam Schwartz It’s that time of the season again when we all turn into mathematicians and try to figure out who needs to win in order for their team to crack the top eight in their Conference. Without further ado here is an analysis of the three bubble teams in the Eastern Conference: Buffalo Sabres [...]
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The Heatmap: Who’s Hot and Who’s Not – Week 7
Wednesday, November 24, 2010
It was a busy week around the NHL, as we saw some high scoring games. We like to give you some diversity on the Heatmap, so while players like Stamkos and Crosby continue to score points in bunches; you may not see their names on the hot list every week. HOT Jarome Iginla, CGY – [...]
Continue reading...Nightly Scrap: Miller returns, Sabres finally win at home
Sunday, November 14, 2010
The return of Ryan Miller was enough to push the Buffalo Sabres to another win and their first on home ice this season. Considering the team sent interim starting goalie Jhonas Enroth back down to the Portland Pirates of the AHL, Lindy Ruff and company must have faith that Miller can stick and is back [...]
Continue reading...Nightly Scrap: Sabres break five-game losing streak
Thursday, October 21, 2010
The Buffalo Sabres and Ryan Miller finally won another game. Their style indicates that they need to score in bunches and their netminder needs to be on top of his game. Last night in their 4-1 victory over the Atlanta Thrashers, the team did just that. Miller turned aside 18 shots and they got the [...]
Continue reading...Thomas Vanek looking to play in season opener
Wednesday, October 6, 2010
After undergoing a full skating session during practice today, top line left wing Thomas Vanek looks like he will play in the Buffalo Sabres’ season opener. Mike Harrington of the Sabres Edge asked both Vanek and head coach Lindy Ruff what they thought of the neck injury: “Today was a good test for me and [...]
Continue reading...Fantasy Season in Review: Buffalo Sabres
Saturday, August 7, 2010
Offensive Corps: A team notorious for underperforming, the Buffalo Sabres again underperformed on the offensive front as Thomas Vanek regressed even further from his 84-point season 3 years ago and no player cracked the 70-point mark. Derek Roy, a lone (relative) bright spot, churned out his third straight year over 25 goals as he led [...]
Continue reading...The Consistency of Powerplay Points
Monday, January 18, 2010
One thing that has always interested me in fantasy sports, and sports as a whole, is the consistency of statistics. Given a players previous stats, what can be expected for the upcoming season? Last year I wrote a fantasy baseball article in which I compared players who are traditional first round picks versus guys who [...]
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Wednesday, April 13, 2011
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