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Ponikarovsky: Great Fit in LA, Poor Fit on Your Fantasy Team
Alexei Ponikarovsky certainly isn’t Ilya Kovalchuk. The Kings know this but had to settle for the second (at maximum) best option available to them to shore up their left side. However, what Ponikarovsky can bring to the table is more than what the scoresheet can provide – solid two-way play and often the first one [...]
Continue reading...Versteeg Joins Leafs… Instant Fantasy Value?
Thursday, July 1, 2010
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Just before the kickoff to the NHL Free Agency period, the Chicago Blackhawks completed another salary dump by trading Kris Versteeg and Bill Sweatt to the Toronto Maple Leafs for Viktor Stalberg, Chris DiDomenico, and Philippe Paradis. If Leaf fans can remember correctly, Stalberg was touted the steal of the NCAA Free Agent talent a [...]
Continue reading...Fantasy Season in Review: Toronto Maple Leafs
Wednesday, June 9, 2010
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Offensive Corps: Although he missed the first twelve games of the season, the offense revolved around right wing Phil Kessel. At first, critics thought the Leafs lacked an appropriate playmaking center to compliment Brian Burke’s shiny new toy but at season’s end Matt Stajan and Tyler Bozak proved to be just good enough to keep [...]
Continue reading...Forgettable 2009-10 Fantasy Seasons: Part 2/5
Tuesday, April 27, 2010
It’s always a difficult process making player projections at the start of a fantasy season but what happens when we think the world of a player and he falls completely short of his lofty expectations? When making preseason projections, analysts take everything into account – past trends, a previous season’s playoff performance, their team, their [...]
Continue reading...Forgettable 2009-10 Fantasy Seasons: Part 1/5
Wednesday, April 21, 2010
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It’s always a difficult process making player projections at the start of a fantasy season but what happens when we think the world of a player and he falls completely short of his lofty expectations? When making preseason projections, analysts take everything into account – past trends, a previous season’s playoff performance, their team, their [...]
Continue reading...The Value 25
Saturday, March 13, 2010
The best way to describe this list is if you go to the waiver wire in your individual fantasy league (personally, I use Yahoo!) and find that Alexei Ponikarovsky, Tim Connolly, or Ryan Clowe are all available, this list is not for you. The Value 25 is a watch list intended for deep fantasy league [...]
Continue reading...Igloo Insider: Pittsburgh’s Poni Ride Begins Today
Saturday, March 6, 2010
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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...Time to Start “Be-Leafing”?
Saturday, March 6, 2010
There are many reasons Leafs fans can begin to start slowly crawling out of the closet and once again be giving that good old cheer we all know and love: “GO LEAFS GO!” One reason should be remembered by all Leafs fans as a day we stood up and said “Wow, we have our guy!” [...]
Continue reading...Lack of Deadline “Star” Power
Thursday, March 4, 2010
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...Grab Alexei Ponikarovsky Now
Wednesday, March 3, 2010
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Ray Shero and the Pittsburgh Penguins seem to buy every year, creating a new fantasy star in the process. Last year we saw Chris Kunitz and Bill Guerin gain immediate value by flanking one of Sidney Crosby or Evgeni Malkin. This year Alexei Ponikarovsky reeps the benefits of playing with one of the two. Interestingly [...]
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Wednesday, July 28, 2010
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