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2021 Fantasy Hockey
Makar Making Magic
Injuries have robbed us of an amazing Cale Makar season. The good news is that he's back now and dominating games on a consistent basis. Makar had…
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- March 30, 2021
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Finding Our Necas
Loyal Razzballers will know my fandom of Martin Necas goes back to when he was drafted by Carolina. I was perplexed that he fell to 12th overall,…
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- March 29, 2021
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Flyers Fix Zibanejad
Mika Zibanejad was looking like the biggest bust of this season near the halfway point. Well, it's changing pretty quickly and amazingly, it wasn't the Sabres…
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- March 25, 2021
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Sorokin Surges Into Split
Sure, it's on the basis of playing two more games than Washington, but the Islanders in first place in late March is a truly remarkable…
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- March 24, 2021
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Blues Top Line Dominate The Sharks
It's no surprise that the Sharks gave up five goals on Saturday. They've continually allowed a lot of goals and are arguably the best matchup…
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- March 22, 2021
- 9
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Ducks Get Glimpse Of The Future
The Ducks season has gone very poorly. Not Sabres poorly, but still, the results have been extremely disappointing. The good news is that their young…
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- March 19, 2021
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Kadri Leads Colorado Comeback
It’s not too often that a goalie gives up more goals than he makes saves, especially playing a full period. Hunter Miska, come on down! The…
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- March 18, 2021
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Jarry Jumping Up The Rankings
Tristan Jarry had his best game of the season on Monday night stopping 42 of 43 shots in the 4-1 win over the Bruins. He's crossed…
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- March 16, 2021
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Dollar Dollar Bill Kirill
The hype surrounding Kirill Kaprizov was building for a few years before he came to the NHL. Even with the lofty expectations on his shoulders, he's played…
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- March 15, 2021
- 17
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Grosenick Steals The Show
As far as feel good stories go, Troy Grosenick is near the top of the list for the season. Grosenick, a 31 year old with only two…
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- March 11, 2021
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Rakell Returns To Form
With how disappointing Kevin Shattenkirk has been overall in Anaheim, I wasn’t expecting any Ducks skaters to be a hold for the rest of the season. Lo…
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- March 9, 2021
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Tuch On A Tear
Playing time has been the only thing that has stopped Alex Tuch from breaking out in the past. It looked like he was going into the top…
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- March 7, 2021
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Super Ekblad
Going into the season, I was high on Aaron Ekblad because the reports out of Florida were that Yandle was going to get scratched to open the…
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- March 5, 2021
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Stone Saves Vegas, Sinks Minnesota
It was looking good for the Wild on Monday night. After letting Vegas tie the game 2-2, Minnesota scored two goals in 19 seconds near…
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- March 3, 2021
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Hart And Elliott Shutout The Sabres
Nothing helps getting your season back on track like playing against the Buffalo Sabres. Carter Hart has had a really rough go of it in the opening…
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- February 28, 2021
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Gagner Goes Off Like It’s 2012
Look, to be honest with you, there wasn't a ton of eventful things that happened in the NHL on Thursday night. We're leading off with Sam…
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- February 26, 2021
- 10
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Khudobin Resembles A Brick Wall
In their last two games, Florida has put a whopping 94 shots on goal. Incredibly, they only scored two goals. Anton Khudobin was robbed off a…
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- February 24, 2021
- 10
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Fleury Blossoms
Nino Niederreiter's first season in Carolina couldn't have gone any better with 14+16 in 36 games. Last season really couldn't have gone worse with 11+18…
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- February 22, 2021
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El Nino Storms Through
Nino Niederreiter's first season in Carolina couldn't have gone any better with 14+16 in 36 games. Last season really couldn't have gone worse with 11+18…
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- February 21, 2021
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Perron Pushes Blues To Victory
Now is the time to get excited if you own Blues players. Sure, the top guys have been plenty good, but after their seven game…
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- February 18, 2021
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Puljujarvi Goes Up A Level
If you just looked at the boxscore from Wednesday night, you'd see Jesse Puljujarvi scored a goal. Nothing exciting there. However, the big news is that he…
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- February 18, 2021
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Dadonov Completes Comeback For The Ages
Toronto being up 5-1 on Ottawa with a minute to go in the second period wasn't exactly surprising. The final result? Well, I hope you…
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- February 15, 2021
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Atkinson’s Resurgence
On Friday, I started off talking about the first line in Columbus really putting together some great performances. This continued on Saturday, especially for Cam Atkinson. …
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- February 15, 2021
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Roslovic Rises Up
Out of the three players moved in the big Columbus-Winnipeg blockbuster, the extra player is the one who has been the best on his new…
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- February 11, 2021
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Lankinen Into The Limelight
One of my bold predictions from the season that already looks awful is that Chicago would be the worst team in the league. Their season…
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- February 9, 2021
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Glass Half Full?
The first draft pick in the franchise history of the Golden Knights, Cody Glass is starting to come into his own. On Friday, Glass scored a goal…
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- February 7, 2021
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Forsberg Finds Fire!
To say I've been bullish on Filip Forsberg for half a decade now would be an understatement. To say I've been over-bullish is probably fair. Call it…
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- February 5, 2021
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Barrie Blowing Up
My bold prediction of Tyson Barrie scoring 50 points this season was looking absolutely horrible through the first two weeks. After the past week, there's some hope. …
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- February 2, 2021
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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
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