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The NHL’s Analytics Awards at midseason
But rather than running down the current leaders for individual awards, heralding players who will be recognized for their work in St. Louis this weekend or in Las Vegas at the NHL Awards this summer, let’s have some fun with it by creating new categories of our own. Here are your Analytics All-Stars for the […]
Continue readingNHL experts buy/sell Artemi Panarin as a Hart finalist, Alex Ovechkin winning the shots title, more
Artemi Panarin will be a Hart Trophy finalist Steven Stamkos and Nikita Kucherov will both finish outside the top 10 in goals More than five NHL-roster goalies will be dealt between now and the trade deadline Alex Ovechkin will have the most shots at season’s end Patrick Kane is still the most reliable shootout scorer […]
Continue readingFantasy hockey rankings update plus players on new lines
In order to catch up on some teams limping along with relatively new scoring lines, here are some of the players forcing themselves onto the radar due to injuries to their teammates. Dominik Kubalik, W, Chicago Blackhawks: Even before Dylan Strome was sidelined, the Hawks have been tinkering with a Patrick Kane and Jonathan Toews […]
Continue readingThe NHL’s best and worst this week: On women’s hockey at the All-Star Game
The NHL also is giving women a more expanded role at All-Star Weekend. In 2018, the NHL simply invited a handful of players — including Team USA’s Meghan Duggan, Hilary Knight, Hannah Brandt and Amanda Kessel — to demonstrate drills for the skills competition. It also was out of convenience; the All-Star Game was in […]
Continue readingBruins goalie Tuukka Rask takes a pass on All-Star Game, joins growing list of big names to skip
“I have to be kind of selfish here, thinking about how much hockey we played last year, and a short summer and thinking about playing until June again,” said Rask, who announced Monday he was skipping All-Star Weekend on Jan. 24-26 in St. Louis. Tampa Bay Lightning goalie Andrei Vasilevskiy was named as his replacement […]
Continue readingFantasy hockey: Twelve bold predictions for the new year
Nikita Gusev soars What a difference a few weeks and a key lineup move makes. Finding his NHL footing and flourishing on a second line with Travis Zajac and Blake Coleman, the former KHLer has 12 points in 14 December matches, and two goals and seven assists in his past seven games (plus an astounding […]
Continue readingFantasy hockey – Forecaster for the week of Dec. 30-Jan. 5
And the Columbus Blue Jackets went into the brief holiday break making hay with a roster full of injuries. Among forwards hurting who are arguably top-six forwards for the team when healthy are Josh Anderson, Cam Atkinson, Oliver Bjorkstrand, Sonny Milano and Emil Bemstrom. They aren’t all locks for a scoring line, but would be […]
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