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2021 Fantasy Hockey
The Dynamic Duo Dominates Again
I've run out of superlatives to describe Connor McDavid and Leon Draisaitl. I don't even like starting posts with them because everyone knows how good…
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- January 31, 2021
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2021 Fantasy Hockey
Mrazek Rides The Lightning
Injuries and COVID absences didn't stop Carolina from shutting down the Lightning on Tuesday night. It started with Petr Mrazek in net who stopped all 32 shots…
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- January 29, 2021
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2021 Fantasy Hockey
Patches O’Hat Trick
Your early leader in goals two weeks through the season is Max Pacioretty. Patches had a hat trick on Tuesday putting eight shots on goal in…
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- January 26, 2021
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2021 Fantasy Hockey
Hold/Stream List: North and East Divisions
With only one game on the slate on Monday, I'll be completing my hold/stream list today. For the Central and West divisions, you can find…
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- January 26, 2021
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2021 Fantasy Hockey
The First Big Trade Of The Season
We had a blockbuster happen on Saturday morning. Patrik Laine and Jack Roslovic are headed to Columbus in exchange for Pierre-Luc Dubois and a third round pick. Three disgruntled players all…
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- January 24, 2021
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2021 Fantasy Hockey
Hughes Hungry For Points
There was very little hype about Jack Hughes going into the season despite being the first overall pick only one year ago. We're only three games into…
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- January 21, 2021
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2021 Fantasy Hockey
Varlamov Goes Back to Back
Semyon Varlamov missed Saturday’s game because of taking a shot to the jaw in warmups. The good news is that he was back on Monday, and…
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- January 19, 2021
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Konecny Collects One Hat
I don’t think most people know that Travis Konecny led the Flyers in both goals and points last season. He’s on his way to a repeat in…
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- January 18, 2021
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2021 Fantasy Hockey
Kaprizov Coming In Hot!
For one night at least, the hype was real. We've been hearing about Kirill Kaprizov for a few years now and his long awaited NHL debut couldn't…
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- January 15, 2021
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2021 Fantasy Hockey
Farabee Buzzes
There’s been plenty of young players that have been hyped as breakout candidates, and one that has been generally overlooked is Joel Farabee. The former first…
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- January 13, 2021
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2021 Fantasy Hockey
It’s Opening Night! Late Updates Around The NHL
It's here! The 2021 NHL Season will finally start at 5:30 EST tonight in a battle of Pennsylvania. I'm going to give some late minute…
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- January 13, 2021
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My Ten Bold Predictions for the 2021 NHL Season
We're only two days away from the start of the season! I hope you're as excited as I am. For today's post, I'm going to…
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- January 11, 2021
- 13
2021 Fantasy Hockey
The 10 Most Overvalued Players for 2021
After yesterday's post breaking down my 10 most undervalued players (you can read that here), it's time to do the ten most overvalued. I'll be…
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- January 8, 2021
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2021 Fantasy Hockey
The 10 Most Undervalued Players of 2021
The title says it all. Today, I'm going to hit on the ten guys that I like most to break out this season. With the…
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- January 7, 2021
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2021 Fantasy Hockey
2021 Fantasy Hockey Rankings: Laughs From The Yahoo! Staff
One of my favorite things to read and write about is the failures of the rankings of popular sports websites. Every year, I'm excited to…
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- January 5, 2021
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Updates From Around The NHL
With no exhibition games this season, it's going to be harder to predict what lines and pairing teams are going to use. Thankfully, there are…
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- January 4, 2021
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2021 Fantasy Hockey
2021 Fantasy Hockey Rankings: Top 200
Happy New Year to everyone! I've gone through each position thoroughly over the last week so now, it's putting together a top 200 list. I…
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- January 1, 2021
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2021 Fantasy Hockey Rankings: Forwards Part Two
We're moving to the last part of my rankings before my top 200 list today with the second part of the forward rankings. You can…
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- December 30, 2020
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2021 Fantasy Hockey
2021 Fantasy Hockey Rankings: Forwards Part One
And now we reached the meat of the rankings. Forwards generally make up half of your roster, if not more, and they dominate the beginning…
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- December 30, 2020
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2021 Fantasy Hockey Rankings: Defensemen
We’re going to keep the rankings rolling today with my defensemen tiers. As a reminder from the goaltending rankings, I will be ranking the guys…
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- December 29, 2020
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2021 Fantasy Hockey Rankings: Goaltenders
It's time to get rolling with my fantasy hockey rankings. Instead of starting with my top 10 and going from there, I'm going to be…
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- December 27, 2020
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2021 Fantasy Hockey: We’re Back!
The time has come! The NHL has reached an agreement to start a 56 game season on January 13th. You know what that means!? Fantasy…
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- December 23, 2020
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2019-20 Fantasy Hockey
2019-20 NHL Season Postponed
It's seemed inevitable for the past few days, but on Thursday, it officially happened. The NHL has suspended play indefinitely due to COVID-19. It absolutely…
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- March 12, 2020
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2019-20 Fantasy Hockey
Forsberg Finally Flourishes
It's hard to believe that Filip Forsberg recently had a 20 game goalless streak. He had his best game in months on Tuesday scoring two goals and…
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- March 11, 2020
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2019-20 Fantasy Hockey
Playoffs Week One: The Week Ahead
We've finally reached the final four weeks of the regular season. That means fantasy hockey playoffs! This post is meant to help you plan for…
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- March 9, 2020
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2020 Playoff Manifesto: Western Conference
We're back for part two of the Playoff Manifesto. For those that didn't read Part One, you can read that here. Today, we will cover…
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- March 6, 2020
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2020 Playoff Manifesto: Eastern Conference
It's that time of the year! We are rapidly closing in on the fantasy hockey playoffs, and to help everybody out in terms of streaming…
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- March 5, 2020
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2019-20 Fantasy Hockey
Pitt Piles it On
Poor Ottawa. The Penguins were coming off six straight losses before Tuesday night and it wasn't hard to imagine them destroying the Senators. They did…
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- March 3, 2020
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2019-20 Fantasy Hockey
Stone And Stamkos Succumb To Injuries
Injuries this time of year are the main thing we are trying to avoid. This season probably hasn't been as bad as last year, but…
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- March 2, 2020
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2019-20 Fantasy Hockey
Look Around The League
First off, sorry for the delay in getting a post up following the trade deadline. I'm in Vegas to see the Sabres Friday night and…
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- February 28, 2020
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2019-20 Fantasy Hockey
Live NHL Trade Deadline Post!
It's my favorite day of the year! It's the NHL Trade Deadline, and I'll be updating this post throughout the day with instant analysis on…
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- February 23, 2020
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2019-20 Fantasy Hockey
Boeser Out, Toffoli In
Let’s get the bad news out of the way first. After being initially ruled out for three weeks, Brock Boeser was subsequently ruled out for eight…
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- February 18, 2020
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2019-20 Fantasy Hockey
Coleman Coming To Tampa
Another trade domino fell on Sunday as Blake Coleman was traded to Tampa Bay for a first round pick (Vancouver's conditional first from the Miller trade) and Nolan…
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- February 16, 2020
- 2
2019-20 Fantasy Hockey
Welcome Back Olofsson
At the time of his injury, Victor Olofsson was leading rookies in points. That's not to say that he was the Calder favorite because he certainly was…
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- February 14, 2020
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2019-20 Fantasy Hockey
Zucker Moves To Pittsburgh
The first big trade deadline move happened two weeks early. Jason Zucker was sent to Pittsburgh in Bill Guerin's first big move as Wild GM, in exchange…
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- February 13, 2020
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2019-20 Fantasy Hockey
A Different Connor Best Of The Weekend
The player with the most points this weekend was Connor. No, not McDavid. Kyle Connor continued his terrific season with two amazing games. First, he scored a…
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- February 9, 2020
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2019-20 Fantasy Hockey
Stone Bashing Time
Mark Stone has had a pretty good season by his standards, albeit not as great as I had hoped. Perhaps that'll change now that he had…
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- February 6, 2020
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2019-20 Fantasy Hockey
Burakovsky Burns Buffalo
Andre Burakovsky has gone back and forth between bottom end hold and elite streamer for most of the season. Right now, we're in one of his…
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- February 5, 2020
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2019-20 Fantasy Hockey
The King Of Leon
Last season, Leon Draisaitl had a massive breakout with 50+55. It seemed naive to expect better, but he's going to blow 105 points out of the water. …
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- February 3, 2020
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2019-20 Fantasy Hockey
Forsberg Feeling It
For years, I've been predicting the big breakout from Filip Forsberg. All of the talent is there, but for whatever reason, be it injury or just…
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- January 30, 2020
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