Create or join a fantasy hockey league on ESPN. Your championship run starts today! Sign up today! Beyond the recognized hotshots – Connor McDavid, Leon Draisaitl, David Pastrnak – there are a host of other prolific goal-scorers from which to choose in the early stages of your draft. Colorado’s Mikko Rantanen “quietly” scored 55 this […]
Continue readingThere’s no better occasion to adopt Scouting America’s timeless motto than ahead of the most important two to three hours of your entire fantasy hockey season. You best Be Prepared, or 2023-24 could turn into a long and arduous fantasy affair. Some advice then, largely, but not only, in step with ESPN’s standard points re-draft […]
Continue readingWhile a total of 33 regular defenders averaged 2.0 fantasy points/game in ESPN’s standard game in 2022-23, only seven hit or exceeded the 2.5 mark. Which means, if you’re not able to draft an elite talent (pair of examples below) early on in your draft, there’s little harm in waiting a bit, while stocking up […]
Continue readingWayne Gretzky said Makar is “the closest player we’ve ever seen offensively and defensively” to Boston Bruins legend Bobby Orr. Vegas Golden Knights coach Bruce Cassidy told “The Cam and Strick” podcast this month that Makar is “a modern-day Bobby Orr” and one of the toughest players in the league to game plan against. “Those […]
Continue readingNo surprises at the top, where a pair of star teammates in Edmonton lead fantasy forwards once again. Keep reading to see where postseason standouts in Matthew Tkachuk and Jake Oettinger sit, as well as much-hyped draft pick Connor Bedard. 1. Connor McDavid, C, Edm (C1) 2. Leon Draisaitl, C, Edm (C2) 3. Elias Pettersson, […]
Continue readingThe Buffalo Sabres are working on contract extensions with defensemen Rasmus Dahlin and Owen Power. General manager Kevyn Adams said Wednesday that both players have expressed a desire to sign long-term deals. Dahlin, 23, and Power, 20, both have one season remaining on their current contracts. “We see them as really important people and pieces […]
Continue readingThere isn’t anything special about the rankings here compared to every week, but that’s because these rest-of-season rankings aim to capture a snapshot of what a draft might be like every single week of the season. With that in mind, we are going to highlight some of the biggest swings in value since the puck […]
Continue readingBuffalo Sabres forward Tage Thompson tied a franchise record with five goals against the host Columbus Blue Jackets on Wednesday night. Thompson tied the mark at 16:07 of the second period, which put the Sabres up 7-2 on their way to a 9-4 win. It was his 21st goal of the season. He became the […]
Continue readingInjuries don’t count, so Zach Werenski and Josh Norris get a pass. Rookies don’t count either, so we aren’t bothering with Marco Rossi and Shane Wright. This is about established NHLers with a reliable baseline coming well short of expectations. They are arranged by how much they are missing the preseason projections I assigned to […]
Continue readingWith word Wednesday that Letang has suffered another stroke, it’s not a question of whether he’ll be his usual self when he comes back — he’s proven he will be — but a question of when we’ll see him again. On one hand, general manager Ron Hextall was vocal in saying this stroke was “much […]
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