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Off-Season Review: San Jose Sharks hope a new goaltending tandem can bring the team back to life

Off-Season Review: San Jose Sharks hope a new goaltending tandem can bring the team back to lifeThe San Jose Sharks have found themselves in unfamiliar territory. For the first time since their early expansion days, they aren’t a consistent playoff contender in the Western Conference. The Sharks and their aging roster have missed the dance in back-to-back seasons and if they miss...

Off-Season Review: The Red Wings are quietly getting better

Off-Season Review: The Red Wings are quietly getting betterThe Detroit Red Wings have missed the playoffs in five consecutive seasons, their longest drought since the late-1970s and early-1980s. In 1983, the Wings selected Steve Yzerman with the No. 4 overall pick and proceeded to enter an incredible era in which they made the...

Ottawa Senators acquire Zach Sanford from St. Louis Blues for Logan Brown

Ottawa Senators acquire Zach Sanford from St. Louis Blues for Logan BrownThe Ottawa Senators and St. Louis Blues have struck a Saturday afternoon deal that sees them flip two forwards. According to our own Frank Seravalli, the Blues will be acquiring forward @Logan Brown and a conditional 2022 draft pick in exchange for @Zach Sanford. The...

Off-Season Review: The Red Wings are quietly getting better

Off-Season Review: The Red Wings are quietly getting betterThe Detroit Red Wings have missed the playoffs in five consecutive seasons, their longest drought since the late-1970s and early-1980s. In 1983, the Wings selected Steve Yzerman with the No. 4 overall pick and proceeded to enter an incredible era in which they made the...

Off-season Review: Will Patrik Laine rebound for the Columbus Blue Jackets?

Off-season Review: Will Patrik Laine rebound for the Columbus Blue Jackets?They were flat, uninteresting, and all-around awful. The 2020-21 Columbus Blue Jackets were bad. Their 18-26-12 record and -50 goal differential placed them dead last in the Central Division and the fourth-worst team in the league. Since, they’ve traded Seth Jones and made a number...

DailyFaceoff Podcast: Season 7, Episode 6 – Fantasy Hockey Defensemen Preview

DailyFaceoff Podcast: Season 7, Episode 6 – Fantasy Hockey Defensemen PreviewBrock, Dylan and Beebs continue their 2022 Fantasy Hockey Season Preview by taking a deep dive into the Defensemen. They give you their consensus top-15, sleepers, fades and breakouts at the position. The DailyFaceoff Podcast is presented by FanTrax. Move your Fantasy Hockey League over...

Rapid Fire: Pacific Division

Rapid Fire: Pacific DivisionBy: Mike McKenna Every season brings new hope and faces to NHL teams. The inevitable churn of personnel in search of the magic combination is never-ending. Going into the 2021-22 season, I’ve got one fire question for each team in the Pacific Division. Anaheim Ducks...

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2022 DailyFaceoff Fantasy Hockey Draft Kit

2022 DailyFaceoff Fantasy Hockey Draft KitFollowing pandemic shortened seasons in 2020 and 2021, the NHL will return to a full 82-game schedule for the 2022 season.Fans will be back in the stands, American teams will travel to Canada, Canadian teams will go out of the border and hockey as we...

DFO Rundown – Ep. 65: Mike McKenna Shares Minor League Stories & Why He's Joining DFO

DFO Rundown – Ep. 65: Mike McKenna Shares Minor League Stories & Why He's Joining DFOToday on the DFO Rundown, Jason and Frank were joined by their newest teammate Mike McKenna. They got into why he’s excited to be joining the team at Daily Faceoff and what he’ll be doing this season. Of course, they also talked to him about...

Off-season Review: New look New Jersey Devils make major free agent splashes

Off-season Review: New look New Jersey Devils make major free agent splashesSomehow, the New Jersey Devils had one of the best offseasons of any team. While a dismal season ultimately saw them as the sixth-worst team in the NHL posting a 28-29-12 record, they made some major splashes in free agency bringing in @Dougie Hamilton, a...

2022 Fantasy Hockey Strength of Schedule

2022 Fantasy Hockey Strength of ScheduleLast year the NHL Regular Season Schedule was unlike anything we had ever seen before. Four divisions and you only play the teams in your division all season. We figured it would affect Fantasy Hockey because some divisions were going to be higher scoring than...

The men's hockey schedule for the 2022 Beijing Olympics has been announced

The men's hockey schedule for the 2022 Beijing Olympics has been announcedThe International Ice Hockey Federation has announced the schedule for men’s hockey at the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing. The tournament will kick off on Wednesday, Feb. 9 with the Russian Olympic Committee taking on Switzerland. The following day, the United States will open their...

Jack Eichel fails physical and is stripped of Buffalo Sabres captaincy

Jack Eichel fails physical and is stripped of Buffalo Sabres captaincyJack Eichel is no longer the captain of the Buffalo Sabres. The 2015 No. 2 overall pick failed his physical and has been placed on the Injured Reserve. Sabres general manager Kevyn Adams also announced that the team has chosen to strip him of his...

SERAVALLI: Marc-Andre Fleury opens up about departure from Vegas Golden Knights

SERAVALLI: Marc-Andre Fleury opens up about departure from Vegas Golden KnightsBy Frank Seravalli CHICAGO — Marc-Andre Fleury smiled when asked about the Vegas Golden Knights because, well, that is what ‘Flower’ is predisposed to do. His impossibly white teeth are omnipresent in interviews and interactions with fans, part of which has helped make him not just...

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Evander Kane cleared in NHL's gambling investigation, league begins new investigation on "additional unrelated allegations"

Evander Kane cleared in NHL's gambling investigation, league begins new investigation on "additional unrelated allegations"UPDATE: The San Jose Sharks and Evander Kane have mutually agreed to not have the forward attend training camp, the club announced late Wednesday night. “The San Jose Sharks are aware of addition allegations that are unrelated to the National Hockey League’s initial investigations of Evander...

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