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Fantasy hockey rankings Week 6 update: Top four goalies to trade for
Based on current season fantasy points per 60 minutes (FPP60), games remaining for each club and each goaltender’s timeshare percentage in their team’s crease, only four goaltenders are projected to accumulate more than 100 points from this stage forward. And of those four, fantasy managers could only feel really good about Andrei Vasilevskiy and Semyon […]
Continue readingFantasy hockey rankings Week 5 update: Hold onto Jordan Staal and Bryan Rust
If we take a player’s fantasy points per game (FPPG) and multiply it by the number of games they have left, that’s how much fantasy value they have remaining — again, assuming a static pace forward (which we know isn’t the case). Join or create a league in the No. 1 Fantasy Hockey game, and […]
Continue readingFantasy hockey rankings Week 4 update: Right time to drop slumping starters?
We have a larger-than-usual batch of new faces to the rankings this week, with 22 players shuffled in and 22 shuffled out. Why? With close to a quarter of the season on the books, it feels like a good chance to do some “spring cleaning” of the ranks. There are more than a few dust […]
Continue readingFantasy hockey waiver watch: Jesse Puljujarvi, Joe Thornton among top players to add
Update (Monday, 12pm ET) on this week’s game postponements in accordance with the NHL’s COVID-19 protocol: The New Jersey Devils, Buffalo Sabres, and Pittsburgh Penguins are off until Thursday, at the earliest. The Minnesota Wild are also scheduled to resume play Thursday, but that could change in light of additional players joining the league’s protocol […]
Continue reading2020 NHL playoffs: Game 7 X factors, picks for Philadelphia Flyers vs. New York Islanders
Who will win the game, and which players will have an outsize impact (positively or negatively)? Our panelists offer up their takes on Saturday’s clash. Emily Kaplan, national NHL reporter: Carter Hart. Let’s take a second to just appreciate this storybook moment for Philadelphia. It’s a city with a decades-long carousel in net, and finally, […]
Continue reading2020 NHL Playoffs Today: Colorado Avalanche looking to force a Game 7 against the Dallas Stars
Only one game on the docket for tonight, but if it is like every other game in this series, expect some high-scoring action from the Dallas Stars and the Colorado Avalanche. A popular pick to win the Stanley Cup, the Avalanche will be fighting for their playoff lives in Game 6 while the Stars look […]
Continue reading2020 NHL Playoffs Today: Can the Philadelphia Flyers, Vancouver Canucks force Game 7s?
The Colorado Avalanche forced the Dallas Stars into a Game 7, to be played on Friday. Now it’s the Philadelphia Flyers’ and Vancouver Canucks’ turn to extend the conference semifinal round. Can they do the same? Check out ESPN NHL Playoffs Today every day of the postseason until the Stanley Cup is handed out in […]
Continue readingScott Laughton scores in OT vs. Islanders, saves Flyers’ season for at least two more days in Toronto
TORONTO — The Philadelphia Flyers and their big-boy pants are sticking around the Toronto bubble for at least one more game. Scott Laughton scored on a redirect in overtime after Philadelphia blew a late two-goal lead, helping the Flyers stave off elimination with a 4-3 win over the New York Islanders on Tuesday night. In […]
Continue readingIslanders’ Semyon Varlamov, pulled in Game 2, bounces back in win over Flyers
Anders Lee also scored, and Semyon Varlamov, a few days removed from being pulled in Game 2 during the first period, had 26 saves. The playoffs resumed after a two-day break to protest racial injustice, the latest twist in an unprecedented, pandemic-halted season. Game 4 is Sunday night. Tyler Pitlick scored for the Flyers in […]
Continue readingInside the NHL’s decision to postpone two days of playoff games
The NHL postponed all playoff games on Thursday and Friday to stand in solidarity with other sports leagues protesting racial injustice, including the recent police shooting of Jacob Blake. This decision came after the league took some criticism for playing all three playoff games on Wednesday as scheduled while games in other sports were postponed. […]
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