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Fantasy Hockey Daily Fantasy Sports Fix, Wednesday, November 27th
First of all, Happy Thanksgiving to everyone! Normally our Daily Fantasy Hockey gaming articles for Front Office members run on Thursday’s and Saturday’s, but given the lack of games on Thanksgiving we are shifting our first article to Wednesday for this week. There are 13 games on the ledger tonight,
2013 NHL Fantasy Hockey Rankings Update, Week 9: James Neal is a beast
Week Nine of the NHL season is upon us and so it’s time to once again update our Fantasy Hockey rankings. These rankings reflect a standard ESPN.com league that uses “Goals, Assists, Plus/Minus, Average Time on Ice, Penalty Minutes, Power-play points, Shots on Goal, Wins, Save Percentage, and Goals against
2013 Fantasy Hockey Forecaster, Week 8: Game Picks and Sleepers
Week Seven of the 2013-2014 National Hockey League Season is in the books; before we make way for our Week Eight preview, let’s take a look back at last weeks’ news. This past week was our worst week for game picks, as we went 22-25 — negative winning percentage for
Analyzing the Thomas Vanek for Matt Moulson and two picks Trade: Can the Islanders salvage it?
The Buffalo Sabres are the worst team in hockey but their future just got much brighter. According to a multitude of sources, the Sabres have traded left-winger Thomas Vanek to the New York Islanders for left-winger Matt Moulson and first round draft pick in 2014 and a 2015 second round
Power-Play Importance and its Correlation with Making the Playoffs
Power-Play is Important; How strong is the correlation to winning? Every educated hockey fan knows just how important having a strong power-play is. The question is “how important?” Last season I was fascinated by the fact that the Boston Bruins, a team that had the leagues’ worst power-play percentage during
Advanced Analysis Saturday: Decomposing the Oilers Penalty Kill with Video Analysis
In our “Special Teams Saturday” piece today, we discussed the piss poor Edmonton Oilers penalty-kill unit. In this article we will break down, with screenshots from the game, the Washington Capitals pin-point precision against the sloppy Oilers penalty-kill from Monday October 14th.[am4show have=’p3;p4;p7;p9;’ guest_error=’Front Office’ user_error=’Front Office’ ] In addition
Special Teams Saturday- Looking at the stats of the best Power-Play’s so far
Today is the day of the week that we look across the league and track the success rate of the special teams units, and the members of those units for each team. However, this week we will specifically just look at the top units because sample sizes are small right
Five-Hole Friday: Goalie Talk and Rankings
Welcome to the first breakdown of goaltenders for The Fantasy Fix! Hopefully the following discussions and rankings make your team look good! There has been a lot of talk prior to and during the early part of the 2013-14 NHL season about the mandatory shrinking of goalie pads. Would goalies
NHL and Fantasy Hockey Morning Buzz: October 6th 2013
Good morning hockey fans! Saturday is the best day of the week, as there is usually plenty of action and last night there were 11 games! The Games: Boston Bruins 4 – 1 Detroit Red Wings The Scoop: The Boston Bruins played host to the Wings, fresh off a hard-fought
NHL & Fantasy Hockey Morning Buzz: October 4th 2013
Good morning hockey fans! There were eight games on the slate in the NHL yesterday. Let’s get right to it. The Games: Pittsburgh Penguins 3 – 0 New Jersey Devils The Scoop: Tonight’s opener for New Jersey marked the first time in 18 years that a goaltender not named Martin