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Waiver watch: Final pickups and keeper strategy

It’s sweet because, if you are taking the time to read this, you are still playing for something. Whether it’s your fantasy championship or just pushing into a finishing position or winning out your consolation bracket in head-to-head, those are all noble goals and worthy of one final effort to set a winning lineup. But […]

NHL Power Rankings: 1-32 poll, each team’s best rookie

Our voters have cast their ballots, with some major shifts yet again as one of the closest Presidents’ Trophy races in recent history is unfolding. Plus: Because it’s awards season, we created a hypothetical: If there were a Calder Trophy given out for each team’s rookie of the year, who would the 32 winners be? […]

NHL Power Rankings: 1-32 poll, each team’s pivotal player

These are the driving factors that make the remainder of the NHL regular season so compelling. Perhaps the only things more compelling than what happens to these teams are the players whose efforts will play such a massive role in shaping their teams’ short- and long-term futures. This week, our NHL Power Rankings take a […]

NHL Power Rankings: 1-32 poll, each team’s game of the month

The Florida Panthers remain atop the Power Rankings this week, with some big moves elsewhere on the list. And this week, we’ve identified the most captivating game(s) in the month of March for each club. How we rank: A panel of ESPN hockey commentators, analysts, reporters and editors sends in a 1-32 poll based on […]

Fantasy hockey: Watch the Ducks, Avalanche and Sharks

More Teams. More Games. Troy Terry tallies goal vs. Wild (0:45) It’s one of the extended weeks in the fantasy hockey world thanks to the NHL All-Star Weekend scheduled for this coming weekend. Week 17 of the fantasy season is technically two weeks, extending from Jan. 29 to Feb. 11. But, because of the break […]

Ducks’ Alex Killorn out 4-6 weeks for knee surgery

The Ducks announced their latest major injury setback Saturday before they faced San Jose. Killorn played in the Ducks’ most recent game Tuesday at Washington. The team didn’t announce when he was injured. The veteran joined Anaheim in the offseason after 11 years with Tampa Bay. Killorn missed the first 10 games of this season […]

Flyers trade top prospect Cutter Gauthier: ‘We don’t want you’

Flyers general manager Danny Briere told reporters that the trade “was a long time coming.” Briere said when the team drafted Gauthier that the forward told the front office that he was “built to be a Flyer and wanted to be a Flyer” before ultimately changing his mind. “Maybe a few months later, he told […]

Flyers trade Cutter Gauthier to Ducks for Jamie Drysdale, pick

The Flyers had selected Gauthier with the fifth pick of the 2022 NHL draft with the expectation that the hulking forward would be part of their future once he left Boston College, where he is a sophomore. Gauthier, 19, scored two goals and had 12 points over seven games as the U.S. won its sixth […]

NHL Power Rankings: 1-32 poll, points pace vs. expectation

But how do all 32 teams rate against their preseason expected points pace? That’s what’s on tap as part of this week’s rankings. How we rank: A panel of ESPN hockey commentators, analysts, reporters and editors each send in a 1-32 poll based on the games through Wednesday, which generates our master list here. Note: […]

Consistency matters: Solid, steady fantasy hockey pickups

More Teams. More Games. Henrik Lundqvist gets choked up talking about the support his family provided him during his hockey journey. (0:55) If your fantasy hockey team needs a jolt of energy here in Week 5 of the season, maybe lightning in a bottle should not be your target. In a sense, I mean that […]

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