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NHL Power Rankings: 1-32 poll, plus what each team is ‘most likely’ to do
With the one-month mark in the rearview mirror — with the requisite awards presented to their winners — teams are certainly beginning to show tendencies that are more than just early-season trends. For this week’s power rankings — which saw a new No. 1 — we identify that key tendency for all 32 clubs. How […]
Continue readingFantasy 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 waiver watch: Pay attention to these hot streaks
Jaden Schwartz, LW, Seattle Kraken (46.1%): Better (a little) late than never. Projected this preseason to serve as one of the expansion squad’s top producers, Schwartz stumbled out of the bench door with one assist in his first six contests. But since that sluggish start, the former Blues forward has resembled his old productive self […]
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: Forecaster for the week of Oct. 25 to Oct. 31
As any season fantasy player knows, players rarely put up fantasy stats in a vacuum. Linemates or special teams units are a major part in how a player will perform. Fun. Free. Easy. Create or join a league and play ESPN Fantasy Hockey! Sign up for free! Cam Atkinson and Joel Farabee, F, Philadelphia Flyers: […]
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 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 […]
Continue readingSt. Louis Blues sign free-agent winger Brandon Saad to five-year, $22.5 million deal
Saad, 28, agreed to a five-year contract worth $22.5 million, for a $4.5 million cap hit. He had 15 goals and nine assists in 24 games last season, his only season with the Avalanche. He has 371 points in 632 games in a 10-year career that included two stints with the Chicago Blackhawks and one […]
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