If that means dropping an unproductive/now-ill Tyler Toffoli for, say, Arizona’s Nick Schmaltz, or showing a currently quiet Noah Dobson the fantasy door, so be it. After serving as one of this season’s finest fantasy surprises, Frank Vatrano is now struggling further down Anaheim’s lineup. Time to call it and dip into the free-agent pool […]
Continue readingWeek 22 of the fantasy season, which has a good chance of being the final week of the regular season depending on the setup in your head-to-head league, begins as most weeks do: A lighter Monday and Wednesday bookending a busy Tuesday. Only the Toronto Maple Leafs and Tampa Bay Lightning are taking the start […]
Continue readingPhiladelphia Flyers coach John Tortorella was suspended two games and fined $50,000 for refusing to leave the bench after receiving a game misconduct and a bench minor in Saturday’s 7-0 loss at the Tampa Bay Lightning, the league announced. He will miss home games against the San Jose Sharks and Toronto Maple Leafs on Tuesday […]
Continue readingDURHAM, N.C. — Cormac Ryan scored a season-high 31 points, including a huge 3-pointer with 1:38 left, to help No. 7 North Carolina beat No. 9 Duke 84-79 on Saturday night, claiming the Atlantic Coast Conference’s regular-season title outright for the first time in seven years. Ryan made 8 of 12 shots and 6 of […]
Continue readingDuclair and a 2025 seventh-round pick will head to the Lightning in exchange for a 2024 third-round pick and prospect defenseman Jack Thompson. The Sharks did not retain any salary, with Duclair in the final season of a three-year contract carrying a $3 million cap hit. Duclair gives the Lightning a top-nine winger who could […]
Continue readingMore Teams. More Games. The Jets get the scoring started with Morgan Barron’s deflection in the first period. (0:49) A third of the way through the season, the fantasy hockey finish-line is beginning to appear, however faintly, on the horizon. We’re well past the point of waiting for players to “warm up” or hit their […]
Continue readingNearly there. With only six games spread over three days to start next week, this Friday to Sunday stretch sets the table for attentive fantasy managers to hit the upcoming All-Star break on the upswing. As is common this time of week, we’re in for the familiar famine/feast/famine rhythm with four games scheduled Friday, a […]
Continue readingThey are at the bottom of the standings, so does that mean the San Jose Sharks, Chicago Blackhawks, Anaheim Ducks and Ottawa Senators are the best targets when choosing a free agent to stream against or deciding how to compose your lineup on a busy night? Should you avoid facing the New York Rangers and […]
Continue readingBedard powered Chicago to its first win over the Lightning since a 4-3 shootout victory on March 5, 2021. “I think it’s just kind of sticking with it,” Bedard said of the biggest night in his young NHL career. “I felt like there were games when I could have created more than this and I […]
Continue readingIt’s shaping up to be an interesting weekend for the Flames, one of only six teams to play two games in three days. After Dan Vladar stopped 24 of 27 shots in Thursday’s win over Buffalo, Jacob Markstrom is slated to start against the Blue Jackets on Friday. A solid showing by Calgary’s No. 1 […]
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