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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…

  • Viz
  • March 12, 2020
  • 4
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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…

  • Viz
  • March 11, 2020
  • 0
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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…

  • Viz
  • March 9, 2020
  • 2
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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…

  • Viz
  • March 6, 2020
  • 6
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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…

  • Viz
  • March 5, 2020
  • 8
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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…

  • Viz
  • March 3, 2020
  • 2
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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…

  • Viz
  • March 2, 2020
  • 11
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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…

  • Viz
  • February 28, 2020
  • 8
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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…

  • Viz
  • February 23, 2020
  • 35
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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…

  • Viz
  • February 18, 2020
  • 0
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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…

  • Viz
  • February 16, 2020
  • 2
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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…

  • Viz
  • February 14, 2020
  • 3
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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…

  • Viz
  • February 13, 2020
  • 10
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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…

  • Viz
  • February 9, 2020
  • 2
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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…

  • Viz
  • February 6, 2020
  • 13
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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…

  • Viz
  • February 5, 2020
  • 11
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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. …

  • Viz
  • February 3, 2020
  • 6
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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…

  • Viz
  • January 30, 2020
  • 0
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Ullmark Suffers Brutal Injury

There wasn't a lot of action the last two days after the All-Star Break, but sadly we saw what certainly appeared to be a severe…

  • Viz
  • January 29, 2020
  • 11
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Post All-Star Break: The Week Ahead

The first week after the All-Star Break is always an interesting one to navigate for fantasy hockey, especially in head to head leagues.  We have…

  • Viz
  • January 27, 2020
  • 6
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Kadri Keeping Hold Status

I was expecting a big bounce back from Nazem Kadri this season in Colorado after being stuck on the third line in Toronto last season.  It hasn't…

  • Viz
  • January 22, 2020
  • 5
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Welcome Back Williams

He's backkkk.  Justin Williams made his return on Sunday, totaling three shots on goal in 13 minutes of action before scoring the shootout winner for the Hurricanes. …

  • Viz
  • January 19, 2020
  • 7
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Crosby Crushes In Comeback

The Pittsburgh Penguins have taken a beating this season in terms of injuries, but they've kept chugging along piling up the wins.  On Tuesday, Sidney Crosby returned…

  • Viz
  • January 14, 2020
  • 14
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Huberdeau Becomes Highest Scorer In Florida History

It's safe to say that at 26 years old, Jonathan Huberdeau has plenty of hockey to play in his career.  The scary thing is that he's going…

  • Viz
  • January 13, 2020
  • 13
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Tony Dogs Destroys The Devils

Tony DeAngelo grew up in New Jersey and on Thursday, he had the best game of his career against the Devils.  DeAngelo scored a hat trick…

  • Viz
  • January 9, 2020
  • 6
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V-V For Varlamov’s Vendetta

I'm a big fan of the revenge game and Semyon Varlamov had one on Monday night against his old team in Colorado.  Varlamov had a 32 save…

  • Viz
  • January 8, 2020
  • 10
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Rising Rantanen

It was only a matter of time until Mikko Rantanen had a big game.  The Finn had his second career hat trick on Saturday, scoring on all…

  • Viz
  • January 5, 2020
  • 6
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Hope For Hornqvist?

For years, Patric Hornqvist has been an easy hold in fantasy, but last season brought some doubt if the 32 year old would get back to that…

  • Viz
  • January 3, 2020
  • 4
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Neal Back To Real Deal?

James Neal opened the season on an absolute tear, a stretch that included a four goal game.  He fell off dramatically over the last two months,…

  • Viz
  • January 2, 2020
  • 5
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Updated Hold/Stream List

I hope that all Razzballers had a great festive period!  It's time for an updated hold/stream list, so I'm going to get right to it!…

  • Viz
  • December 29, 2019
  • 12
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Noel Acciari? Noel Acciari

Who had Noel Acciari scoring seven goals in one week this season?  Alright, who had Acciari scoring more than seven goals this season?  After Acciari scored a…

  • Viz
  • December 23, 2019
  • 5
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Hall Moves To The Desert

I talked a lot about Taylor Hall in Monday's post (you can read that here).  The trade that I was talking about happened on Monday with Hall…

  • Viz
  • December 18, 2019
  • 16
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Notes From Around The League: Taylor Hall And More

Things escalated over the weekend with the Devils holding out Taylor Hall from two games due to precautionary reasons.  A trade is on the horizon, and all…

  • Viz
  • December 16, 2019
  • 7
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Buy/Sell/Hold – Honk for Pionk!

Hey guys! Sven back with the Buy, Sell, Hold segment for the second year. It’s pretty straight forward, players who are buys: you should pick…

  • Sven
  • December 13, 2019
  • 0
2019-20 Fantasy Hockey

Nice And Juuse

Loyal Razzballers know that I've been a big fan of Juuse Saros for a while.  He's had a tough start to this season, but I still…

  • Viz
  • December 11, 2019
  • 9
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Bob Bouncing Back

Joel Quenneville saw that Sergei Bobrovsky was rounding into form on Saturday after a strong performance against his old team.  He rewarded him by starting him on…

  • Viz
  • December 9, 2019
  • 14
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From Zucker To Zuccarello

There weren't that many notable performances over the last two nights, but the big win came from the Wild going into Tampa Bay and emerging…

  • Viz
  • December 6, 2019
  • 2
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Marchessault Me The Money!

It was only a matter of time before Vegas got on a heater.  The Golden Knights won their fourth straight game on Tuesday night and Jonathan…

  • Viz
  • December 4, 2019
  • 5
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31 NHL Developments: Part Two

We're back with part two of this two part series.  In today's post, I am going to talk about the rest of the league that…

  • Viz
  • December 3, 2019
  • 3
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Buy/Sell/Hold – Montour Movin’ On Up

Hey guys! Sven back with the Buy, Sell, Hold segment for the second year. It’s pretty straight forward, players who are buys: you should pick…

  • Sven
  • December 2, 2019
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