Another week of an even 3-3 showing has my overall record for the 2021 season sitting at a somewhat respectable 9-9. I do want to point out that I was one goal away from my first Gold, Silver, and Bronze sweep of the year, but given everything that is going on with teams battling the [...]
Some good news on the league schedule front. Despite three postponed games on Saturday, there remains a healthy docket of 11 games on the day. The culprits for the postponements – Buffalo, New Jersey, and Minnesota – are inching their way closer to resuming play, and only Philadelphia had to re-schedule games this week outside [...]
The Bruins are one of the league’s hottest teams, having gone 9-0-1 in last 10 games. That streak includes a 1-0 win over the Rangers on Friday. Jaroslav Halak pitched the 21-save shutout, which gives him four consecutive wins. Nick Ritchie scored the game’s only goal in the second period, the goal being his fifth [...]
All fantasy owners need help in the short term AND the long term. The Looking Ahead feature identifies one player to plug into lineups in the short term, a second to invest in for the long term, a third to bench for the coming week, and a fourth who will struggle to meet expectations for [...]
I was off last week, but we are back for a grand tour of power-plays. We touched on players with increased power-play roles a few weeks ago here, but this week (and for a couple of weeks) we are going to be focusing on power-play quarterbacks. We had quite a few pre-season questions, plus now [...]
Here are the Top 50 prospect defensemen to own in your points-only keeper leagues - February edition! Some movement at the top end again, as with the Top 200 Prospect Forwards. But this time we have a new number one! Adam Boqvist is showing that he's just not ready to contribute points to fantasy teams [...]
After the three New York-area teams announced they will be allowing fans, the Columbus Blue Jackets also announced limited attendance for upcoming games. What that timeline looks like is uncertain at the moment, but they are sure to get some fans in for their games in the very near future, maybe before the end of [...]
A few days ago, I received a message from a reader asking me about when it makes sense to cut bait on an unproductive rookie in a keeper league. I didn’t have a quick answer and said that it would be something that would need a much deeper look, so that’s what is going to [...]
Here are the Top 200 prospect forwards to own in your points-only keeper leagues - February edition! As always, players within plus/minus 5.0 rating points should be considered equal value and at that point become a matter of team needs or personal bias. Come back tomorrow for the list of defensemen. Click any player name [...]
Buffalo hit the ice for practice for the first time in over a week but none of their players from the COVID list returned. That includes names like Taylor Hall, Rasmus Dahlin, Brandon Montour, Jake McCabe, and Rasmus Ristolainen. You will notice that that is their top-line left winger and four of their six from [...]
