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Fantasy 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 readingNHL experts: 2020 NHL All-Star Game roster snubs and Last Man In picks
Roster selections for the 2019-20 NHL season All-Star Game were released Monday. Not surprisingly, Connor McDavid, Leon Draisaitl, David Pastrnak, John Carlson and Jordan Binnington all made the list. But not everyone you’d expect to see on the ice in St. Louis on Jan. 25 was named (and we aren’t talking about Alex Ovechkin, who […]
Continue readingAlex Ovechkin to skip All-Star Game: ‘Have to listen to my body’
Ovechkin, 34, was once again voted by fans as the Metropolitan Division captain but told reporters on Friday he would rather skip the All-Star festivities and rest his body for the second half of the season. “Thanks, first of all, fans, for voting me,” he said after the Capitals’ 2-1 overtime win over the Columbus […]
Continue readingNHL experts predict Coyotes’ final record, Taylor Hall’s free-agent home, Devils’ next steps
Where will the Yotes wind up in the standings? Where will Hall sign in free agency next summer? What’s the path forward for the Devils? Our panel of experts weighs in: Greg Wyshynski, senior NHL writer: With due respect to the Coyotes, I think the question will be answered by three teams: the Vegas Golden […]
Continue readingThe NHL’s All-Regression team: Bounce-back candidates, players due for decline
That’s why it’s particularly dangerous to put too much stock into wild shooting percentage swings over a short stretch of games. While there’s no doubt that a shot from Nikita Kucherov is more likely to go in than one off of a fourth-liner’s stick, those are two ends of the extreme. For the players in […]
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