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Fantasy hockey rankings: Seven players who drive their team’s scoring
But beyond the obvious names, there are a few less obvious ones sprinkled among the players who are the biggest contributors to their team’s scoring. Shayne Gostisbehere, D, Arizona Coyotes (point on 52.2 percent of team’s goals, second in NHL): While he’s close to Draisaitl in percentage, it is a little less impressive since the […]
Continue readingFantasy hockey rankings: Should you drop these seven players?
In the spirit of potentially finding some room on your roster, let’s cull the list of players to those with at least 12 minutes of ice time per game and six games played, then look at which players are rostered in at least 20 percent of ESPN leagues and doing nothing for you. Fun. Free. […]
Continue readingFantasy hockey rankings: Why you should be optimistic about Carter Hart
How individual goalies perform against the high-danger chances tends to fluctuate from season to season, but one thing we can look at with a smaller sample size is how many of these high-danger shots they are being subjected to. Fun. Free. Easy. Create or join a league and play ESPN Fantasy Hockey! Sign up for […]
Continue readingFantasy hockey rankings: The Erik Karlsson renaissance
The easier part of the equation is definitely identifying early movers and shakers whom you would like to add to your roster. But there are more early successes than there are obvious failures. Five or six games is not enough to cut bait on a potentially elite player. The trick is working the fringes. While […]
Continue readingFantasy hockey rankings update: Kucherov, Pacioretty, Stone injury impact
Chief among them, concerns that Nikita Kucherov may be down for a while after suffering an injury on Saturday. In you remember, he famously missed the last fantasy season after hip surgery, returning in time for the postseason. Fun. Free. Easy. Create or join a league and play ESPN Fantasy Hockey! Sign up for free! […]
Continue readingFantasy hockey: Power play opportunities to watch
The leader for the past three seasons for shorthanded points is Brad Marchand with 17 of them. Sebastian Aho is next with 13, Patrice Bergeron has 12 and Mika Zibanejad has 11. That information doesn’t help you for fantasy. Not only are the bonus points relatively inconsequential for the league leaders, but you may also […]
Continue readingFantasy hockey one category stars
Fun. Free. Easy. Create or join a league and play ESPN Fantasy Hockey! Sign up for free! Apart from the league’s next-level trio – Auston Matthews and that elite pair in Edmonton – there are other premium goal-scoring assets who could actually be available slightly later in your fantasy draft. Consistently finishing in the Top-10 […]
Continue readingFantasy hockey dynasty rankings: The best players of 2026
As a reminder, these rankings stem from a spreadsheet that attempts to project the future fantasy production of all relevant players, including many that haven’t laced up skates in the NHL ever. The ranking is simply the product of adding up all the projected fantasy scoring by each player over the next five seasons. Players […]
Continue readingHow to play, draft, and win your ESPN fantasy league like an expert
As the wisest of fantasy hockey sages will tell you, it’s much easier to lose a season-long league on draft day than it is to win one. A few ill-advised choices can torpedo your chances of fantasy victory right from the start. Not fun. Which makes that three-hour window on some random preseason evening all […]
Continue readingTop 300 ESPN fantasy hockey draft 2021-22 rankings
We weren’t kidding about that, by the way, as the 2021-22 NHL season features the debut of the NHL’s 32nd franchise, the Seattle Kraken. Whether you’re a seasoned drafting pro, putting together a league with your buddies, or trying it out for the first time, you can find our fantasy hockey draft rankings below. These […]
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