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Razzball Playoff Bracket Challenge

Hey guys! Sadly, the regular season is over now meaning your fantasy hockey leagues that you've been battling in for the past 6 months have…

  • Viz
  • April 11, 2016
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2015-2016 Fantasy Hockey

Weekend Preview: The Final Countdown

The end of the NHL regular season, and therefore the normal fantasy season, is upon us. Insert all of the sad face emojis here. Once…

  • Viz
  • April 8, 2016
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2015-2016 Fantasy Hockey

Thursday Preview and Streamers

Hey guys. Thanks for all the well wishes; I'm starting to get over this sickness. For those of you who are still battling for the…

  • Viz
  • April 7, 2016
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2015-2016 Fantasy Hockey

ASSUME THE POSITION: D End Plus Wednesday’s Streamers

Whether you’re in or you’re out of your league playoffs at this point, here are some d-men that can help you in the final weeks,…

  • Matt
  • April 6, 2016
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2015-2016 Fantasy Hockey

Kane Gets To The Century Mark

After his remarkable first half, it looked like Patrick Kane reaching 100 points was a formality. Then he struggled mightily in the second half, enough…

  • Viz
  • April 4, 2016
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2015-2016 Fantasy Hockey

Special Agent James, I Mean Jeff Carter, FBI

For the second time in a week, Jeff Carter had a monster game. On Thursday, Carter had two goals and an assist with 3 shots…

  • Viz
  • April 1, 2016
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2015-2016 Fantasy Hockey

Regression Finds Kadri

I've been talking about Nazem Kadri's shooting percentage for the entire season. To be blunt, it's not possible for a forward to be shooting 5%…

  • Viz
  • March 30, 2016
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2015-2016 Fantasy Hockey

Monahan Making Moves

It's been very up and down this year for Sean Monahan but as we approach the end of the year, his numbers are exactly in…

  • Viz
  • March 29, 2016
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2015-2016 Fantasy Hockey

Elliott and Allen Piling Up The Shutouts

It's been quite a while since we've seen a shutout streak like the Blues are on. On Friday, Brian Elliott had one of the easiest…

  • Viz
  • March 28, 2016
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2015-2016 Fantasy Hockey

3×3 Parise

On Thursday, for the third time this season, Zach Parise scored his third hat trick of the season, adding an assist and six shots in…

  • Viz
  • March 25, 2016
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2015-2016 Fantasy Hockey

Dubnyk Puts Wild In Playoff Spot (For Now)

Coming off an ugly loss to the Predators, it was a near certainty that the Kings would come out firing on Tuesday night. They certainly…

  • Viz
  • March 23, 2016
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2015-2016 Fantasy Hockey

ASSUME THE POSITION – Goalie Report – Playoff Edition

Let’s just cut to the chase, shall we? You somehow made the fantasy playoffs, even though your goaltending is suspect. For this playoff edition of…

  • Matt
  • March 22, 2016
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2015-2016 Fantasy Hockey

Nylander’s Big Night

Streamer success! Coming off his first career multi-point game on Saturday, William Nylander had the first three point game of his young career, scoring a…

  • Viz
  • March 22, 2016
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2015-2016 Fantasy Hockey

March 2016 RCL Update

We are in the stretch run of the fantasy hockey season and there's some exciting action in the RCLs. Let's take a quick look at…

  • Viz
  • March 21, 2016
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2015-2016 Fantasy Hockey

Shutouts on Shutouts

The story of the weekend around the league was the goaltending performances. There were quite a few duds and a bunch of outstanding starts, including…

  • Viz
  • March 21, 2016
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2015-2016 Fantasy Hockey

Benn Does What He’s Been Doing

Nobody has Benn better across the board this season than Stars captain Jamie Benn. See what I did there? Hilarious! I'll see myself out... Benn…

  • Viz
  • March 18, 2016
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2015-2016 Fantasy Hockey

Frolik On Fire For The Flames

After a hat trick over the weekend, Michael Frolik came back with another monster game on Wednesday night scoring a goal and adding two assists…

  • Viz
  • March 17, 2016
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2015-2016 Fantasy Hockey

Karlsson Locking Up The Norris

It's an unpopular opinion but for my money, Erik Karlsson is the best player in the NHL. He makes a bigger impact on a game…

  • Viz
  • March 16, 2016
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2015-2016 Fantasy Hockey

Quick Shuts The Champs Down

Both divisions in the Western Conference are in the midst of a three way battle that will have a major impact throughout the playoffs. The…

  • Viz
  • March 15, 2016
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2012-2013 Fantasy Hockey

Spezza Stars! For The Stars!

He's always piled up the assists but Jason Spezza has never been known as a goal scorer. This year, it's a different story because if…

  • Viz
  • March 14, 2016
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2012-2013 Fantasy Hockey

Assume the Position: Please, Please, Please, Let Me Win My League Championship

It’s that time of year again. You’re in or you’re out. You’re contending in hockey or you’re mock drafting for baseball. You’re hunkered at the…

  • Matt
  • March 11, 2016
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2012-2013 Fantasy Hockey

Trocheck Terrorizes the Sens

The Florida Panthers have had so many high draft picks that among their young core, Vincent Trocheck tends to be forgotten. The 22 year old…

  • Viz
  • March 11, 2016
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2012-2013 Fantasy Hockey

Vivacious Varlamov

Semyon Varlamov is the epitome of a goaltender who is the ultimate wild card. Insert Forrest Gump quote here, etc. One day he can give…

  • Viz
  • March 10, 2016
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2015-2016 Fantasy Hockey

Gustavsson!!

For the majority of the year, I’ve been clamoring for Jonas Gustavsson to get more starts for the Bruins.  For the last month, Tuukka Rask has been his usual…

  • Viz
  • March 9, 2016
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2015-2016 Fantasy Hockey

Ghost Is Be All Up In Here!

Everyone knew that Shayne Gostisbehere wasn't going to get a point in every game like he was when he was first called up. He's an…

  • Viz
  • March 8, 2016
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2015-2016 Fantasy Hockey

Do The Scheifele Shuffle

If you've been following along with me all year, or at least the last month, you know how much I like Mark Scheifele. The 22…

  • Viz
  • March 7, 2016
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2015-2016 Fantasy Hockey

McGinn Makes His Mark

On Wednesday night here, I recommended Jamie McGinn as a streamer in his first game as a Duck, saying "early indications are that he’s going…

  • Viz
  • March 4, 2016
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2015-2016 Fantasy Hockey Rankings

McDavid Makes Magic

Both players talked about how the game was bigger than them but all eyes were on Connor McDavid and Jack Eichel on Tuesday night. McDavid…

  • Viz
  • March 2, 2016
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2015-2016 Fantasy Hockey

Schenn Shines

When Brayden Schenn was bumped onto the first line and first power play unit, I said to grab him immediately.  No matter who the player has been…

  • Viz
  • March 1, 2016
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2015-2016 Fantasy Hockey

LIVE BLOG: NHL Trade Deadline

Alright guys, the trade deadline is finally here!  I’ll be updating this page throughout the day with every trade that occur and their impact on…

  • Viz
  • February 29, 2016
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2015-2016 Fantasy Hockey

Staal Leaves a Staal To Join a Staal

Today is the NHL trade deadline (more on that later!) but there’s a good chance that the biggest name that moves went yesterday.  After being…

  • Viz
  • February 29, 2016
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2012-2013 Fantasy Hockey

Ladd Lands in Chicago

We are only a few days away from the trade deadline and the first big trade piece is off the market. The Jets moved their…

  • Viz
  • February 26, 2016
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2015-2016 Fantasy Hockey

Assume the Position: Shoring up the D

Will using The Force actually make your team better than picking up Justin Schultz would? Well, no. Not exactly. But it will stop you from…

  • Matt
  • February 25, 2016
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2015-2016 Fantasy Hockey

Forsberg Flourishes

February was already the best month of the season to date for Filip Forsberg. He was behind last season's pace by a decent margin through…

  • Viz
  • February 24, 2016
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2015-2016 Fantasy Hockey

Jumbo Joe Buries the Blues

How good is Joe Thornton?  The answer is pretty, pretty good <Larry David voice>.  The future Hall of Famer is back in the top 10 in…

  • Viz
  • February 23, 2016
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2015-2016 Fantasy Hockey

Marchand Trolling Us All

Brad Marchand is really good at his job.  He looks like a troll, plays like a troll by starting things while teetering on the edge of…

  • Viz
  • February 22, 2016
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2015-2016 Fantasy Hockey

Panarin Putting People in Place

At this point, it's about time we recognize that Artemi Panarin isn't just riding Patrick Kane's coattails. On Wednesday, the rookie vaulted himself into a…

  • Viz
  • February 19, 2016
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2015-2016 Fantasy Hockey

Assume the Position: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly

The trade deadline looms, leaving some things uncertain, but for the most part we are getting to the part of the season where we know…

  • Matt
  • February 18, 2016
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2015-2016 Fantasy Hockey

Woo Woo Claude Giroux

Goals were extremely hard to come by in the NHL on Tuesday night. Four of the eight games finished 2-1, 3 of which were 1-1…

  • Viz
  • February 17, 2016
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2015-2016 Fantasy Hockey

OEL! More like Ohhhhh-E-L, Am I Right?

In the month of February, Oliver Ekman-Larsson has been even better than usual. After Monday night where he had a goal and two assists with…

  • Viz
  • February 16, 2016
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