With that said, over investing in recency might be the tactic for you. Yes, you; the fantasy player who is sitting in the middle of your league’s rankings – not out of the running yet, but not sitting in a position to win the championship. To that end, let’s throw out the season-long statistics for […]
Continue readingIn an attempt to illustrate this, let’s look at fantasy points in the league since Jan. 1. Kris Letang leads all NHLers with 71.4 fantasy points since Jan. 1, so that is our pinnacle for production. What we are looking at here is production of fantasy points by other players in only the hit and […]
Continue readingChandler Stephenson, C, Vegas Golden Knights (Rostered in 57.7% of ESPN.com leagues): Skating on the right side of Jack Eichel and Max Pacioretty, the versatile forward contributed an assist and empty-net goal (plus-three) in Sunday’s 4-1 victory over the Sharks. Still getting to know one another, this new trio is only going to become more […]
Continue readingMichael Bunting, LW, Toronto Maple Leafs (Rostered in 14.6% of ESPN.com leagues): There are worse positions to hold than on a top scoring line with Auston Matthews and Mitch Marner. Just ask Bunting, who has eight goals in his past 11 games, including a hat-trick against the Red Wings on Jan. 29. Injecting himself into […]
Continue readingEvgenii Dadonov, W, Vegas Golden Knights: So this is how the Knights get Jack Eichel under the salary cap. Mark Stone is going the Nikita Kucherov route and going on long-term injury reserve to clear the space for Eichel’s Vegas debut Wednesday. If Stone has to be sacrificed to the long-term injured reserve for Eichel […]
Continue readingThe wrinkle here, however, is that unless you have a league manager that adjusted your settings, the default fantasy trade deadline in ESPN leagues is March 18. That will add an additional level of speculative moves required in order to capitalize on player movement. And you do want to try to capitalize on it. A […]
Continue readingThese selections are based on how a player’s fantasy production compares to their expected production/cost of acquisition. To get the list of eligible nominees, I simply looked at the difference between a player’s current projected finish for fantasy points and compared it to where ESPN.com had them ranked in the top 300 during the offseason. […]
Continue readingTim Stutzle, LW/C, Ottawa Senators (Rostered in 49.0% of ESPN.com leagues): As discussed in last week’s revised schedule piece, the sophomore, along with his Ottawa teammates, is going to be busier than most other NHLers through February. With 12 contests on the month’s slate (in contrast, the Lightning play only six), Stutzle will have ample […]
Continue readingDuring this rough month of COVID-hampered play, we had some disparity in ice time, to be sure. Some teams played as many as 11 times, while the Ottawa Senators, for example, had only four games. With such a range, it’s difficult to pin down the fantasy landscape. But perhaps having a closer look at that […]
Continue readingI shouldn’t flippantly say they’re not embracing it though. Dobson, for what it’s worth, is now earning the ice time deserved by his play this season — but it took a while for that to come around, including a visit to the press box at one point. But he looks secure now as the offensive […]
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