Illegal Curve’s own Ezra Ginsburg has happily contributed his Fantasy Hockey Rankings. They include top 50 scoring leaders, top 10 defensemen and top 10 goalies. They are here below and also included as a word .doc document. Available here Ezzy’s Projected Scoring Leaders.doc Top 50 Projected Overall Scoring Leaders Projected totals (Goals, Assists, Points) for [...]
In this week’s Fantasy Hockey Six-Pack, we look at six rookies and six sophomores who are creating a buzz (or lack thereof) in fantasy play right now. HOT Rookies Mikkel Boedker, Phoenix Coyotes- 2 points Saturday night Drew Doughty, Los Angeles Kings- 2 points Saturday night Viktor Tikhonov, Phoenix Coyotes- playing with Olli Jokinen Sophomores Bryan [...]
In this week’s Fantasy Hockey Six-Pack, I look at three players who are worth a flier in fantasy hockey leagues in addition to listing my top three fantasy goalies. Three Players Who You Should Be Scooping up off the waiver wire D Johnny Oduya, New Jersey Devils- Oduya registered three assists in Saturday night’s 6-1 New Jersey win [...]
Sean Avery causes a stir in New York. Rick Nash is caught with his stick up in Minnesota. Bob Gainey wants to limit shot-blockers. The New Jersey Devils/Philadelphia Flyers rivalry “heats up”. And Paul Kariya has 12 points in 8 games. Yes, it was certainly a helter-skelter week in the National Hockey League. But let’s look at what always seems to makes sense and [...]
The first week of the NHL’s regular season hockey schedule is in the books and Illegal Curve is here to provide fantasy owners with six players to keep an eye on heading into Week Two of NHL action. Writer’s Note: Depending on what type of pool you’re in (keeper, rotisserie, weekly, fixed), you will want to make decisions based [...]
With the NHL season getting underway this afternoon, the Illegal Curve crew got together to preview the Fantasy Hockey season. Drew, Richard and Ezra discuss which players to avoid, which players to take early and which players are flying under the radar. Click here to listen to the Fantasy Preview Podcast. We hope you [...]
Sleepers- Patrice Bergeron- Bergeron, who was seriously hurt a few games into last season, should come back with a vengeance this season. He has looked good in pre-season and Boston should have a couple more offensive weapons this season with the additions of Ryder and Wheeler. Not your traditional sleeper, but some poolies may forget [...]
Hockey fans know that it is right about now when drafts are going on, pool orders are set and ranking lists are all over the house. So, we may as well talk about the most common poolie practice. You know, the one where you see a buddy and he starts talking to you about his [...]