Today was the NHL trade deadline, which usually marks the trade deadline in fantasy hockey leagues as well. Going hand-in-hand with the trade deadline is the roster freeze period as we head into the playoffs and the winding down of the season. For those of you who are buyers and selling prospects and picks for [...]
Brogan Rafferty In last weeks ramblings I mentioned I was going to see Utica play in Belleville with a close eye on Vancouver Canucks prospect Brogan Rafferty. Brogan Rafferty was as advertised, very impressive. He is the Comets top defenseman on a team with deployment in offensive zone faceoffs, short handed and of course the [...]
Peter shares some thoughts and take aways from the 2019 NHL Draft in Vancouver, like player theme songs, media accessibility the emphasis on D this year similar to C last year and a look ahead to the CHL Import Draft. In the Interview segment Peter sits down with Shane Malloy and Russ Cohen during the [...]
Alex DeBrincat of the Erie Otters. Photo by Aaron Bell/OHL Images This time of year all the fantasy hockey drafts are quickly approaching and poolies are scrambling to stay up to date on what’s happening at training camps across the league and what prospects may make the jump into the NHL. To help answer [...]
Training camps are in full swing, pre-season games have happened and that means I actually have some news to ramble about, so let’s ramble…More Sens news, Ottawa signed Parker Kelly to a ELC contract today. Kelly was undrafted in his first year of eligibility in 2017 and was ranked 166th by HockeyProspect and 192 in [...]
Usually in my ramblings posts I tend to follow some sort of a theme. Well it’s the off-season and not much is happening so today is going to be pretty rambly as I may go all over the board on topics. Let’s start with the news of the day, Detroit Red Wings forward Andreas Athanasiou [...]
Peter Harling With two of my leagues prospect/entry draft currently in progress and one all wrapped up, a lot of my focus lately has been towards preparing for these drafts. While it may be detrimental to my fantasy teams to share my thoughts, strategies and research here, if my leagues are drafting yours probably will [...]
There is no off-season in fantasy hockey and with hockey prospects, with the majority of NHL Development Camps wrapping up the focus shifts to some upcoming tournaments. Before we move on, let’s look back first. The Philadelphia Flyers and Toronto Maple Leafs dev camps are over and Russ Cohen, Mike Augello and Anthony Mingioni share [...]
With the NHL Draft in the rear view mirror, it’s time to start looking forward to next season and getting updated on the prospects and their development. NHL development camps are getting started and many are open to the public, or tickets can be purchased at a low fee. Check out your local NHL teams [...]
If you are getting ready for your playoff fantasy draft there are some obvious strategies to remember, such as draft players from the teams you think will go to the finals. Once you hit the later rounds of the draft you may want to look at potential rookies or prospects that are under the radar [...]
