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2011-2012 Fantasy Hockey
Go Sit on a Phildo
Last year I was in love (not like that) with Phil Kessel. I got him on every team thinking it was the year he’d crack…
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- October 19, 2011
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I Seriously Dought you Drew
Drew Doughty is out at least a week with the dreaded “Upper Body Injury”. Which I think is better than a Mid-Body Injury… I’m starting to…
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- October 19, 2011
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RCL Madness!
So we ended up with four 12 team leagues so taking a look at all 4 will be a weekly occurence. So hopefully you are all…
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- October 18, 2011
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Panthers 7, Dolphins 6…
So if you told me yesterday afternoon that the Dolphins would only score 6 points against the Jets I wouldn’t be that shocked. But if…
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- October 18, 2011
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NHL Randomness
So alot of games tonight in the NHL and that means alot of random Goals by random players. The immortal Jet/Thrasher Jim “AC” Slater scored a…
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- October 14, 2011
- 15
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He Scratched and Claude His Way to the Top
Claude Giroux’s successful plan to run Carter and Richards out of town couldn’t be going any better (unsubstantiated rumor). He’s scored a Goal in all…
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- October 13, 2011
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Dany Brings the Heat-ley
I apologize in advance for the lame title, but damn it’s hard coming up with something witty every night. Especially when there were only 2…
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- October 12, 2011
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Caps & Lightning Forget to Play Their Best Players
So it was the ultimate Ticker Tease in Washington last night. 10 Goals were scored, and yet not a single point from Ovechkin, Stamkos, St.…
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- October 10, 2011
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Ev-geni Pig
So ol’ Geno is ailing. Shocker. I can’t say I’m surprised but it is disappointing after I hyped him in the preseason. The Pen’s are…
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- October 10, 2011
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Matt Cooke Denounces Head Shots, Becomes Goal Scorer
So apparantly Matt Cooke decided to put his head-hunting career on hold and try his hand at goal scoring. And even though 1 of the Goals…
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- October 7, 2011
- 8
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NHL Power Rankings – Fantasy Edition
So the season starts today! Hip Hip Hooray! Hip Hip Hooray! Hip Hip… Okay sorry I can handle it. We get 3 quality games tonight…
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- October 6, 2011
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Rangers Management Take a Few Sloppy Seconds to Waive Sean Avery
So I gotta admit I was a little surprised by this. It’s not like he had a huge drop in production and his off-ice distractions…
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- October 5, 2011
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Bustin’ Out
Okay I have a couple-few more busts to go over and don’t forget, the season starts in 2 1/2 days! I might be reaching a…
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- October 3, 2011
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(Ice) Fishin’ For Prospects II
So last time I talked prospects I mentioned that I’ve never been ice fishing before, and I probably never will be. I don’t do well in really cold…
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- October 2, 2011
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E-S-P-Not-Hockey-Literate
So I gotta admit after doing my preseason rankings it made me realize that the business of ranking players based on potential future performance is f’ing…
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- September 30, 2011
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Sid “the Post Concussion” Kid
So it’s been a while since I’ve updated the status of Sidney Crosby.. He’s been skating with the team recently, but there is still no…
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- September 28, 2011
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Jagr-Bombs!
So the old man had 2 Goals and an Assist last night after a Goal and an Assist in the Flyer’s 1st preseason game. What…
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- September 27, 2011
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Razzball Commenter Leagues (RCL)
It’s time for the Razzball Commenter’s Leagues! I have 4 leagues right now, if there is a sudden flood of people I will add more. I’ve got some…
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- September 25, 2011
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And Now It’s Time To Sleep…
So we have this special channel called “toddler tunes” which plays nothing but songs geared to the 2 & under crowd. It’s around 5% goofy sounding…
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- September 23, 2011
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Wow, Gonchar is Ser-gei…
A whole slew (is the plural for cole-slaw cole-slew?) of preseason games took place last night, and being in the city/state/country that I am my viewing…
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- September 22, 2011
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(Ice) Fishin’ for Prospects
I’ve never been ice fishing before, but I imagine it’s just a bunch of dudes sitting around a frozen hole gettin drunk and hoping something bites. …
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- September 21, 2011
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Game on!
So we had actual live game action tonight, and I have to admit I’ve never really paid attention to NHL preseason games. In fact I…
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- September 20, 2011
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Cheat Sheetin’
Okay I’m gonna keep this quick cuz this is the only post ya’ll will need for your upcoming drafts.. I’ve made the executive decision to…
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- September 19, 2011
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Selanne Sandwich
I KNEW Teemu was coming back for another year. You don’t have a season like he did last year and then all of a sudden…
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- September 16, 2011
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A Key COG…
Every year a couple-few players come out of nowhere and provide huge production at little to no cost. I’ve come up with a term for these…
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- September 14, 2011
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Best of the Rest Part Deux: Left Wingers
Just to reiterate, I think Left Wing is the most shallow of all positions in fantasy hockey. Right Wingers are 2nd but it isn’t particularly close,…
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- September 13, 2011
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Best of the Rest: Left Wingers
Okay I apologize in advance for the shortness of this post, but my laptop is having some real issues these days. I’ve lost quite a…
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- September 13, 2011
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Best of the Rest Part Deux: Right Wingers
Foozeball was in full force today and I have to give it up to Peyton Manning. Indy is absolutely lost without him and it makes…
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- September 12, 2011
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Best of the Rest: Right Wingers
So the next few days will be all about wing-men, and no I’m not talking about this kind. (And speaking of that movie, how was…
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- September 9, 2011
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Crosby Sweater
The wingers are all that’s left of the rankings but today I’m gonna do an NHL news hit. There’s nothing funny about what happened in…
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- September 7, 2011
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Best of the Rest Part Deux: Centers
So this time of year is the calm before the storm in the sports world. Sure we’ve had preseason NFL and a few important college…
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- September 6, 2011
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2011-2012 Fantasy Hockey Rankings
Best of the Rest: Centers
So before I wrote this post I went back and looked at the Top 30 and realized 13 of the 30 are Centers. At first…
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- September 6, 2011
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Fightin’ Ain’t Easy
Penalty Minutes are a somewhat controversial category in fantasy hockey, but I love it. In fact I won’t ever play in a league that doesn’t…
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- September 2, 2011
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Best of the Rest Part Deux: Defenseman
I’ve already voiced my feelings about Defenseman, which means many of these lower-tier guys will be drafted by me. I like some more than others,…
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- September 1, 2011
- 5
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Zamboni Nascar
You wanna know a big problem with the NHL that nobody talks about? 2 intermissions. Sports fans can really only tolerate 1 major stoppage during a 3 hour…
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- August 31, 2011
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Best of the Rest: Defenseman
“The D will set you free!” Hey thanks Vic the Brick! Do you have anything else to add or is that pretty much the range…
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- August 30, 2011
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He Tuuka dump
Tuuka Rask (who looks like the love child of Cindy Lou Who and the Grinch) was all the rage going into last year’s draft. He took…
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- August 29, 2011
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Best of the Rest: Goalies
The Goalies! As I intimated in the Strategery post there are alot of good goaltenders out there. Different leagues start drafting Goalies at different times, so…
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- August 26, 2011
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Draft Strategery
Drafting to me is like the 1st time you have sex with someone you’re interested in having a relationship with. As it’s happening, you feel great…
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- August 25, 2011
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2011-2012 Fantasy Hockey Top 10
Alright, all 12 of you have been eagerly awaiting my Top 10 (okay okay, all 5 of you). I hate being so corny with the…
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- August 24, 2011
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