The new year is here and now it is time to start thinking about making substantial changes to your lineup if you’re on the outside of the playoff outlook looking in. If you’re in a one year head to head league, this is a crucial time. The holidays are over and slowly but surely your competitors will start checking their own teams more often and trying to see what they themselves can change up. Now is the time to decide to make a playoff push or not. Those in roto or points or other format leagues can get some…
Trading Ovechkin in a Keeper League
If you have Ovechkin, you probably should hold onto him. He does not have the current injury woes that someone like Crosby has. There will be vultures circling, if they’re sharp, trying to grab AO from you since had had an off-season. You know how valuable a player is when an off-season is 85 points and still easily top 10 in scoring in the entire league. The entire Caps team had an anomalous season in terms of offense. They implemented a new, more defensively responsible play-style last season and it helped them turn around their season after their mid-season slump going into the new calendar year. Be sure to watch HBO’s 24/7 Pens-Caps Road to the Winter Classic series on that from last year, if you have yet to see it. It was pretty good.
Still, even with the change up in systems for the Caps, there is a good reason even Yahoo! ranks Ovechkin 2nd overall pre-draft. It is highly likely that they will increase their offensive production this season and that will be lead by AO.
Trading Crosby in a Keeper League
Sidney Crosby. Sid the Kid. Whatever you want to call him, he’s the top fantasy hockey points performer out there when he’s healthy. Last season, he was on a 132 point pace before his injury with 66 points in only 41 games. He’s surpassed the 100 point mark in 4 out of his 6 total seasons played in the NHL. The other two, he was well over a point-per-game pace but missed many games due to injury.
If you’re looking to trade Crosby in a keeper league, you had better be getting a huge return. Guys like Ovechkin and Stamkos should be coming back to you at a minimum–that is, when he’s healthy.
Dec
21
When to Decide to Make a Playoff Push or Not
If you’re in the middle of the pack or even perhaps lower, you should already be in preparation for the beginning of your playoff push, assuming you’re capable of one. If you’re in a keeper league, it’s around now that you make your decisions about if you’re capable of making the playoffs and if you are not then you can start to think about next season and build your prospects and trade accordingly. You don’t want to trade off good long term assets for short term boosts if you don’t even make the playoffs or have a legitimate shot at…
Dec
01
Lupul and Bouchard Returning; Put Bergeron on Your Radar
For those managers in moderately deep to deep fantasy hockey leagues, it would be wise to take note of two players coming off of injured reserve in the next week or so.
Joffrey Lupul has been away from the game for nearly a year recovering from a blood infection following back surgery, but is on verge of returning to Anaheim’s lineup.
With left wing proving to be the thinnest position in terms of scoring talent this season, Lupul would be a savvy add for
Aug
24
Drafting Players in Their Contract Years
If you’re looking to adopt a unique strategy before you draft your fantasy hockey teams this year, consider taking a look at players who are in a contract season. We tend to see players perform a little better in years where their future with a team is up in the air. Players becoming UFAs and RFAs at the end of this season could potentially be looking for a new home come summer, so what they do this season could impact their pay and location for the 2011-2012 season.
Let’s take a look back in the past to see how certain players upped their performances in a contract year and also take a look at who is worth keeping an eye on this season.
2006-2007 NHL Season
- Danny Briere puts in a 95 point performance in Buffalo (career high) before making bank with the Flyers the following season.
- Defenseman Sheldon Souray posts 64 points and 135 penalty minutes with Montreal before receiving a handsome contract from the Oilers (to which they are currently still regretting).
- Jason Blake records 69 points
Aug
12
2010-2011 Fantasy Hockey Sleepers: Pacific Division
The final installment in the 2010-2011 Sleeper series targets who’s available to steal in the Pacific Division.
Player: Logan Couture
Team: San Jose Sharks
Position: Center
Impact: Deeper Fantasy Leagues
Analysis: We know the offensive potential that this guy brings, and in a market like San Jose that has finished near the top of the league in scoring for the past couple of years, one would think that Couture could prosper. He’s reserved for the deepest of fantasy leagues now as a depth center, but if an injury occurs in San Jose, he could
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