Fantasy Hockey: Hello Olympic Break
It is time to take a small respite fantasy hockey fans and enjoy a drink or two as we hit the pause button on the season.
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It is time to take a small respite fantasy hockey fans and enjoy a drink or two as we hit the pause button on the season.
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The thing people often have to remember in fantasy hockey is that categories are mostly basic. Granted, you can delve into blocks, faceoff win %, minutes played, etc. However when it comes to goalies, most leagues have pretty standard categories such as wins, GAA, save percentage, and shutouts. That is how the vast majority
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James Murphy gives out his picks for the Hart, Norris, Vezina, Calder and Jack Adams trophies.
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Chris Blanchard pieces together the XN Sports team of the week including Frans Nielsen and Alexandar Ovechkin.
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It’s difficult in the best of circumstances to predict goaltender regression in fantasy hockey but using penalty kill rates can help owners attempt to predict that regression.
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The Carolina Hurricanes launched their new look in June with the slogan “New Storm.” The Canes’ roster hasn’t changed much, but after a season in the Eastern Conference basement, they certainly hope that a new storm is brewing in Raleigh. The Hurricanes ranked 29th in goals against per game in 2013, ahead of only the
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How good a goaltender projects to be is a very precarious proposition. There are so many mitigating factors that play into how a goaltender performs at the NHL level that anyone who proclaims that they know a certain goaltender will be elite before they actually prove it over a large sample (there’s no real baseline, but
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For the third time in four games, the Chicago Blackhawks and Boston Bruins needed overtime to determine a winner, but Game 4 hardly resembled the prior three. The electric action featured eleven goals, just one fewer than the total racked up in the first three games. Star netminders Tuukka Rask and Corey Crawford finally cracked, leading to a deluge of goals capped off by Brent Seabrook’s OT winner.
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