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Playoff news and notes

Playoff news and notes

by Darryl Dobbs - April 16, 2012 1:06 PM EDT

What a JVR retrn would mean for the Flyers; don't forget about Keith Yandle; and much more.
Congratulations! Unless, of course, you didn’t win your league this year. In that case, you’ll get ’em next year. Now you can finally sit back, relax, and enjoy some playoff hockey with absolutely nothing on the line.


Eastern playoff dark horses

Eastern playoff dark horses

by Darryl Dobbs - April 9, 2012 1:21 PM EDT

When you sit down at the draft table, look out for these players in the late rounds.
Given that I fired off some playoff dark horses in the Western Conference last Thursday, I would be remiss if I didn’t follow up with a group from the East.


Fantasy Pool Look: Western playoff dark horses

Fantasy Pool Look: Western playoff dark horses

by Darryl Dobbs - April 5, 2012 1:53 PM EDT

When you sit down at the draft table, look out for these players in the late rounds.
That time of year already? Kind of crept up on us, didn’t it? But here we are again in April, with only three days left in the season. Emails have started flying around the office, trying to organize a time and place for your annual playoff draft.


Fantasy Pool Look: Players due for decline

Fantasy Pool Look: Players due for decline

by Darryl Dobbs - April 2, 2012 3:05 PM EDT

Our pool expert lists 10 players due to regress in production next season.
Last Thursday, I took a look at some players who are looking at a bump in production next campaign. But we need a Yin to that column’s Yang.


Fantasy Pool Look: Players due for production increases

Fantasy Pool Look: Players due for production increases

by Darryl Dobbs - March 29, 2012 3:43 PM EDT

Our pool expert gives you a list of 10 players to pick up now before they surge next season.
One of the best ways to improve a keeper league team at the end of a season is to pick up a player who you think will improve his numbers next season.


Fantasy Pool Look: What now, Radulov owners?

Fantasy Pool Look: What now, Radulov owners?

by Darryl Dobbs - March 26, 2012 2:30 PM EDT

Alexander Radulov's fantasy impact may be short 'n' sweet; James Neal's linemates elevate him to elite status; and more.
Alexander Radulov shocked the fantasy world in the summer of 2008 when he left the NHL in the middle of his contract with Nashville and signed a new contract in the Kontinental League.


Fantasy Pool Look: March of the Penguins

Fantasy Pool Look: March of the Penguins

by Darryl Dobbs - March 19, 2012 5:25 PM EDT

The Penguins haven't played with their full roster much in the past couple years, so now that they are, look out.
For the first time in years we are seeing several games in a row in which each of Sidney Crosby, Evgeni Malkin, Kris Letang and Jordan Staal are healthy and in the lineup at the same time.


Fantasy Pool Look: Rocky Mountain High

Fantasy Pool Look: Rocky Mountain High

by Darryl Dobbs - March 12, 2012 3:00 PM EDT

Colorado has the Midas touch with new arrivals; Radulov return could rock Music City.
Maybe it’s the change in altitude, but players who arrive in Colorado after a trade are not the same players who left their previous employers.


Fantasy Pool Look: Purcell propels poolies

Fantasy Pool Look: Purcell propels poolies

by Darryl Dobbs - March 8, 2012 3:55 PM EST

Teddy Purcell has arrived with the Tampa Bay Lightning, so if you waited on him, it's finally paying off.
It took Teddy Purcell four years to become fantasy relevant, but it took him just one more to become a star. As is often the case when it comes to undrafted college stars, poolies (and possibly Los Angeles GM Dean Lombardi, too) expected immediate dividends.


Fantasy Pool Look: David Desharnais

Fantasy Pool Look: David Desharnais

by Darryl Dobbs - March 5, 2012 4:34 PM EST

Little David Desharnais is making a big impact; Derick Brassard and Matt Read are on the uptick as well.
I love it when a dark horse’s fantasy progress can be tracked through older columns. I love it even more when that player is smallish, undrafted and pretty much has clawed his way into stardom.


Fantasy Pool Look: Post-trade impact, Part 2

Fantasy Pool Look: Post-trade impact, Part 2

by Darryl Dobbs - March 1, 2012 2:31 PM EST

Looking at eight more players who will be impacted by what went on Feb. 27.
Wednesday, FPL reviewed eight of the 16 players whose fantasy value changed the most as a result of being traded in the week leading up to the deadline.


Fantasy Pool Look: Post-trade impact, Part 1

Fantasy Pool Look: Post-trade impact, Part 1

by Darryl Dobbs - February 29, 2012 9:48 AM EST

Looking at eight players who saw their fantasy value impacted by trades.
It was, by all accounts, a slow trade deadline day. But if you take things back a week or so, some interesting players changed addresses and impacted their fantasy value.


Is Patrick Roy a good choice for coach of the Colorado Avalanche?




"We're playing the defending champs and you can tell they're not going to beat themselves. That team, just from them going all the way, you can see it over there. There's no panic…You can tell that's a machine over there and we've got to be at our best."

- San Jose's Scott Gomez on the Los Angeles Kings. Los Angeles leads the series 2-1.

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