Victoria breaks down the five fantasy hockey storylines you need to know before a busy weekend of NHL action. Does anyone have a link to the meaning of the symbols on the roster page of the ESPN fantasy app? Look for the Capitals to try to stick it to non-believing management by battling for a playoff spot until near the end. For example, Ottawa's Brady Tkachuk checks a bunch of valuable boxes, night in and night out, in fantasy leagues that reward both scoring and physical play. Why Premier League clubs are no longer hiring as many top ex-players as managers, 329m goal: Felix the only men's contender for Chelsea's Goal of the Month. Again, there's no right or wrong way to play ESPN.com fantasy hockey. Securing a few "slam-dunk" categories at the expense of one or two others makes greater sense in this particular brand of fantasy play. alone for now, here's a rundown of ESPN.com's variety of fantasy hockey leagues, available to suit any taste. -- Allen, Keep a close eye on this one. You're the league manager here. You have reached ESPN's Australian edition. Floridas last three recruiting classes all rank in the top 25 of the 247Sports Composite (14th this year, 18th in 2022, 12th in 2021), but its respective ranks in the SEC are seventh, 10th and sixth. This type of league operates in similar fashion to "each" category competition except - and this is a Zdeno Chara-sized exception - whichever manager emerges with the weekly victory wins 1-0. Last week's shiny new asset from the Blues (Tarasenko), if not Kreider, appears most vulnerable in losing his spot on the club's top power play to Kane. What are your thoughts on the coaching staff Zach Arnett put together after taking over after Mike Leachs death? The NHL official stat keepers review all collected stat data and make appropriate retroactive updates to the stats recorded on the day of the game. On the fantasy front, there are a handful of noteworthy takeaways, should such a deal come to fruition. An abundance of minutes and opportunities on the Blackhawks power play - because, again, they need warm, experienced bodies - could result in a brief renaissance for the underperforming forward. While fated to play a ton, the 32-year-old drops down a tier in Washington. "Ridiculous chemistry," according to one of my ESPN colleagues. If you can give him a pass and blame what happened on injuries, we're looking at a top-40 overall fantasy pick. But that also means victory, when achieved, tastes all the sweeter after such a season-long grind. You win the week or you lose it, regardless of final tally. That said, maybe the kids are ready to go or maybe Jack Roslovic is all the Jackets need given the elite talent on either side. In considering any player, spending a few moments in assessing the individual, by doing a little bit of simple arithmetic - what is their potential fantasy sum? A balanced smorgasbord of skilled contributors in all aspects of the game will provide you with the greatest chance of campaign-long success. Sizing up the player of the year winners in all 32 Division I men's conferences. They were saying the 1990s were a long time ago. During their two seasons as teammates/linemates in Chicago - 2015-16 and 2016-17 - Panarin and Kane were on the ice together for a total of 190 goals at all strengths and 102 at five-on-five (NaturalStatTrick). With Erik Gustafsson sent the other way, the young blueliner presents as a fresh go-to option to anchor a power play that includes Alex Ovechkin and Evgeny Kuznetsov. The veteran is also set to benefit from playing on a Senators' top power play with the likes of Brady Tkachuk and defenseman Thomas Chabot. Which fantasy hockey league is right for you? Both wild cards have plenty to prove with a top-tier club in T.O. The math doesnt work with three annual opponents, or even two annual opponents, within an eight-game schedule. Jimbo Fisher still has a $79 million buyout after the season. Your essential guide to the top fantasy hockey player picks and NHL matchups for Wednesday, March 1. (Mississippi State was third in the SEC in defensive yards per play.) But tending net behind the Capitals' defensive corps -- and rapidly aging squad altogether -- isn't equal to managing the gig behind one of the league's best in Colorado. Each category, in direct head-to-head competition, is equal to each other in that goals, hits, blocked shots, whatever-your-fantasy-fancy etc. Welcome. Draft your team now to play the rest of the Fantasy Hockey season! Who is the player of the year in every women's college basketball conference? Draft him accordingly. Remember, he's spent his career playing with a couple of guys named Nikita Kucherov and Steven Stamkos! Create or join a fantasy hockey league, draft players, track rankings, watch highlights, get pick advice, and more! As for Malkin, he was as dominant as ever for fantasy points last season. Wood's minutes are considerably lower than usual, but his efficiency is up; he's averaging 13.9 PPG in only 19.1 MPG in February. Bringing in two marquee teams in Oklahoma and Texas, the SEC is arguing, is worth more than just the pro-rata amount. Overall, Mississippi State is intriguing in a different way: two young coaches in charge of the offense and defense, so plenty of upside and plenty of chance to be eaten alive in the SEC. Then the decision to go with Kevin Barbay as the offensive coordinator was interesting, as Barbay isnt from the Air Raid coaching tree. -- Allen, After ushering both Vitek Vanecek and Ilya Samsonov out the door, the Capitals are choosing to toss (most of) their eggs into the reigning Stanley Cup champion's goaltending basket. Good news for goalies Stuart Skinner (36.0%), Jack Campbell (60.0%), and their respective fantasy managers. The triumph of Michael B. Jordan and Jonathan Majors in Creed III, Top draft prospect Carter charged in fatal crash, Judge OK's some Flores claims vs. NFL for court, More PGA Tour changes: No cuts, smaller fields, No. Just don't count on all 82. Now that GM Kyle Davidson is frantically emptying his cupboards of active NHLers, one of those somebodies should be Domi (even if Patrick Kane and Jonathan Toews stick around a bit). ESPN Fantasy Hockey analysts Victoria Matiash and Sean Allen sort through the biggest free agent deals to help fantasy managers prepare for the 2022-23 season. One hang-up: We dont know if that $811 million is pre-expansion or assuming a pro-rata increase or even if its entirely accurate. Copp is a third-line center in an ideal world, but he has shown an ability to play wing with star forwards when called upon. But I may counter: Thats not what people were saying a year ago about Tennessee. Guess who's in a playoff spot, with approximately seven weeks to go? The 27-year-old is always good for a few PIM too, should your fantasy league reward the rule-breakers. Demko posted -13.4 fantasy points on the season in 15 starts before he was hurt. Of course, in 2022 there are many ways to cyber-customize your points league with other categories, trades, free-agent acquisitions, roster limits, and varying lineup adjustment windows. Nobody had Dan Mullen on the hot seat entering 2021, and he was gone before the season ended. - is the most sure-fire way to earn rich fantasy dividends in H2H points leagues. Panarin is already stomping along at a 1.12 point/game pace while Trocheck - rostered in 83.2% of ESPN.com leagues - is averaging 2.0 fantasy points in standard competition. With Erik Haula going to the Devils, even if we assume Patrice Bergeron comes back, Zacha becomes the Bruins second-best center. What is the best-case scenario for Arkansas offense with KJ Jefferson and Rocket Sanders coming back? UFC 285's Shevchenko by the numbers: It all adds up to domination, A battle for No. But Tarasenko hasn't exactly lit it up - two goals, two assists in nine games - since landing in New York anyway. But we've seen what can happen if Campbell isn't at his sharpest with last season's latter half. Either way, leaving other customizable options (roster size, lineup rules, bench flexibility, IR spots etc.) An evening's haul including an assist, three hits, four shots, and three blocked, and - without much obvious fantasy fanfare - the Rangers' newly minted captain is 3.1 fantasy points to the good. Or to put it another way: The answer to all your questions is money, as Tony Kornheiser also cites longtime TV executive Don Ohlmeyer. That probably will be another impact of the Playoff: The more programs perceived to be second- or even third-tier that do make it, the more the other fan bases will look at their coach and wonder, Hey, why arent we getting in there too?. Note: Submitted questions have been lightly edited for clarity and length. Set up a private league to play with your family and friends! By rejecting non-essential cookies, Reddit may still use certain cookies to ensure the proper functionality of our platform. But those characters are limited in number. If the Red Wings don't add any more significant bodies, or shift fellow Detroit newbie Andrew Copp to center, Pius Suter projects to be sitting pretty between some combo of Perron, Copp, and Jakub Vrana. But his supporting cast will sport a very different look from 2019- 2022. And enjoying this great game through a fun bonus lens from late summer until it all wraps up in the spring. The addition of stay-at-homer Vladislav Gavrikov only strengthens L.A.'s defense as a whole. Playoff expansion, and when Oklahoma and Texas would arrive, for a couple. Sanders was the SECs second-leading rusher. 32 NFL players who could change teams this offseason. Follow Seth on Twitter @SethWEmerson, Texas and Oklahoma are scheduled to join the SEC in 2024. We have plenty of managers willing to provide their insight! Then this brand of fantasy play might be for you. He comes from the Nick Saban coaching tree, which means he knows how to build a program and knows recruiting is the lifeblood, unlike his predecessor and Napier also won as a head coach at Louisiana in the Sun Belt. You should, considering we're emerging from a good stretch of being subjected to substantiated rumors of the star forward heading to Manhattan by way of trade. ago The significance of streaming against teams on the 2nd half of a back-to-back is very apparent by looking at last season's results. H2H Points. Which is why ranking worst or near-bottom in a couple of stats, and subsequently earning only a point or two of a maximum of 12, is difficult to overcome, regardless of how well you're faring otherwise. Capitals send Eller to Avs for second-round pick, Kings deal Cup-winning G Quick to Blue Jackets, Red Wings lock up Larkin with 8-year extension, Rangers clear hurdles, get Kane from Blackhawks, Sabres place Tuch on IR with lower-body injury, Vegas gets Barbashev as Blues continue overhaul, NHL-best Bruins add Orlov, Hathaway from Caps. Whether it's during the draft or in evaluating free agent/trade commodities through the season. While always customizable to your own statistical taste, our default 12-category game presents as follows: Choose your league size, customize the scoring and set the rules you want to follow in order to create the fantasy hockey league you want to play in. That gets to a question asked by reader James K., which Ill paraphrase down to: How much more money is the SEC looking for each game? We'll see if Sandin gets his first such opportunity Wednesday night in Anaheim - which seems like a big ask, all considering - otherwise Trevor van Riemsdyk should be saddled with the top-unit gig. It's not too late to play! For more information, please see our Kane you believe it? Will the big defenseman Brent Burns continue to be a top fantasy option in Carolina? Although there's no question Anthony Duclair would've preferred to return much sooner after suffering this past summer's Achilles injury, the timing couldn't be more special. Sitting dead last converts into a single point. Then this brand of fantasy play might be for you. No one's going to relinquish Connor McDavid as a keeper in 2022, but some very good players will inevitably re-enter the draft in these modified leagues. Either way, leaving other customizable options (roster size, lineup rules, bench flexibility, IR spots etc.) Of the three making up this projected fresh trio, Kane is set to benefit the most after enduring, up until very recently, a dud of a campaign by his standards. Tennessee is already a good example. Thats a program that had been in the wilderness for years, nationally irrelevant except to be made fun of for coaching searches. One more point: The move to nine games and diversifying the schedule arent all about television. This type of league operates in similar fashion to "each" category competition except - and this is a Zdeno Chara-sized exception - whichever manager emerges with the weekly victory wins 1-0. For the home squad, after missing four games with a (second) head injury, defenseman Cale Makar could return to Colorado's lineup against the visiting Devils. As James points out, the SEC will be giving up more games the ninth SEC game will mean roughly eight fewer home games around the league. -- Karabell. alone for now, here's a rundown of ESPN.com's variety of fantasy hockey leagues, available to suit any taste. For many then, keeper competition - middle ground between an all-in dynasty and turn-the-page redraft play - suits best. -- Matiash, It's not a situation all that dissimilar from the one Campbell parlayed into an all-star appearance with the Toronto Maple Leafs last season. Long shot for late-round value? -- Matiash, Postgame analysis and highlight show airing each night throughout the season from Barry Melrose and Linda Cohn. Top five SEC QBs entering next season? Pay the role proper mind, or pay a sad fantasy price. Get the gang back together, or start a brand new tradition. Barring a curveball from left field, one of Darnell Nurse or Evan Bouchard is in position to replace Barrie on that vicious top special teams' unit. Now it's official: Patrick Kane is a member of the New York Rangers, with an eye on making his debut against the Ottawa Senators on Thursday. An above-average haul by any fantasy measure. In stride with this formula, skaters who shoot regularly, score plentifully, and contribute often on the power play, qualify as fantasy royalty. We also will get to more immediate questions about several programs, plus an early 2023 coaches hot-seat question. Meanwhile, acquiring Mattias Ekholm from Nashville bolsters the club's defense overall. There are too many fantasy points at stake - in the red and black - to pooh-pooh the position. Attendance is a factor, too: Schools will have a much easier time selling season ticket plans to a home schedule that features at least a few of the elite powers. I think it just means the game is about to start. Valeri Nichushkin, W, Colorado Avalanche: Nichushkin benefited a lot from other injured Avs last season, pushing him into top-line minutes. ESPN.com Fantasy Hockey is the closest thing you can find to buying your own professional franchise and becoming the team's coach, team manager and president. Daily, weekly, yearly (set-it-and-forget-it) - it's up to you. Not a bad gig. You win that category, full stop. Top-tier, well-rounded players are extra valuable in battling for a favorable blowout, especially on small rosters. You win that category, full stop. Not bushels of them, but more. He merits mid- to late-round selection in most fantasy drafts that reward power play production. Whether it's during the draft or in evaluating free agent/trade commodities through the season. Which fantasy hockey league is right for you? Unless he replaces Morgan Rielly on Toronto's No. But Collins seemed to be too much flash and sizzle, while Napier is more understated. You've earned 31 shots on goal and your opponent has 30? Create a league with family or friends! Maybe top-15 in Carolina over San Jose. Sean breaks down why these netminders will be critical to their NHL teams, and your fantasy teams, down the stretch. -- Allen, While there are still some Vince Dunn truthers out there (guilty as charged), Schultz offers an interesting backup plan if the Kraken power play can't get going with Dunn at the helm again this season. That translates into a gig alongside Artemi Panarin, which further projects into an inevitable bump from last season's haul of 1.7 fantasy points/game in ESPN standard leagues. Panarin is already stomping along at a 1.12 point/game pace while Trocheck - rostered in 83.2% of ESPN.com leagues - is averaging 2.0 fantasy points in standard competition. NFL draft questions for teams in the top 10: Will the Colts trade up? Rocking a .921 SV% and 2.54 GAA through 57 regular-season contests, Kuemper averaged a hair under 4.0 fantasy points/game. For example, Ottawa's Brady Tkachuk checks a bunch of valuable boxes, night in and night out, in fantasy leagues that reward both scoring and physical play. Never mind if the 28-year-old can stay healthy and withstand the pressure of performing in such a pressure-filled market. If so, he's easily a top-75 skater for fantasy. The team with the most overall points wins. No chance the feisty center nears his recent haul of three goals and eight helpers in five games without Kane by his side. Don't get carried away and think Palat just stepped into a goldmine by getting to play with Jack Hughes and Nico Hischier. Not Rangers GM Chris Drury, as discussed by The New York Post's Larry Brooks, who's apparently plenty keen to further saturate his already talent-soaked top-six in such fashion. Fabbri, in particular, could serve as a formidable fantasy force down the stretch if he can stay healthy. Thats the beauty of the 12-team Playoff: Its going to provide more hope to more programs, the way the NCAA Tournament has given platforms for non-traditional basketball powers to become something. In direct competition with every other manager at all times, striving for a share of points available based on standings in individual categories, squandering one or two can prove catastrophically costly. You're only increasing your odds of losing both categories. The biggest 'loser', so to speak, following this deal prematurely appears to be Vladimir Tarasenko, who likely tumbles from the Rangers' top power play, making way for Kane. But there's inarguably a greater sense of satisfaction with enjoying fantasy success on the blades of a roster built over time, from rebuild to peak performance. Beating your competitor in hits by a singular check carries equal weight to obliterating them in goals. That rate was second only to, you guessed it, linemate Connor McDavid. Most total points wins the week 1-0 - no fuss, no muss. But Strome has experience with a sniper winger in Artemi Panarin and will offer some stability if given the opportunity to play the top pivot spot. The deadline for all weekly scoring or stat corrections made by the system is the Saturday following the week of the game in question, during the season. Join a public league with other fans. It's only a matter of time, in my view, that the 25-year-old is tossed onto a top power play with Filip Forsberg, once the prominent winger returns. Exactly. 108 21 r/fantasyhockey Join 9 days ago In this case, the strategy of loading up on players who satisfy most stats, as opposed to striving for balance across the fantasy board, has merit. But that also means victory, when achieved, tastes all the sweeter after such a season-long grind. ESPN's standard scoring settings give out four points for a "Goalie Win," 0.2 points for a save, minus two points for each goal against, three points for a shutout, and one point for an. Who will win each 2023 conference tournament? Please don't draft a singular skater with an impressive plus/minus at the expense of nailing down shots on net. For many then, keeper competition - middle ground between an all-in dynasty and turn-the-page redraft play - suits best. In stride with this formula, skaters who shoot regularly, score plentifully, and contribute often on the power play, qualify as fantasy royalty. Exciting (potential) stuff. (We also could include the two soon-to-arrive programs in this: Steve Sarkisian and Brent Venables are recent hires but havent entirely lit things on fire yet. Right now its hard to point at any coach, other than Fisher, and say hes on the hot seat. If the former Cup Champ hasn't managed to keep it together with the Kings, how do you expect him to get along in Columbus, where they can't score or keep the puck out of the net? Any changes entered in the system will . (The assumption being that schools will give up a guarantee game rather than a marquee nonconference game. While the situation remains fluid - Domi himself could still be dealt - there's a solid argument, supported by a goal in each of his past two games, to be made for streaming Athanasiou in the meantime. Are PSG better off without Neymar in big games? You'll start fresh with a 0-0 record. -- Allen. Regardless, as a coveted asset with his new club, the former Leafs D-man could be worth grabbing in deeper fantasy leagues. Draft your team now to play the rest of the Fantasy Hockey season! However it shakes out, the former 110-point player is going to score in bunches and pad the productive totals of those around him. Rakell is enticing despite missing the bulk of the playoffs. While there are many ifs and maybes serving as speed bumps on route to consummating such a deal - never mind an interest in Kane from other teams around the league - ESPN's Greg Wyshynski outlines how such a trade could reasonably unfold involving Vitali Kravtsov, Jake Leschyshyn, draft picks (including a first-rounder in 2024), and a third-party broker. ), in sashays Burns via a deal from the Sharks. Willing to accept the challenge of assembling a roster with little margin for weakness, similar to how it's done IRL? Create an account to follow your favorite communities and start taking part in conversations. But were running out of room so: Other QBs who have a good chance to make me look stupid: Joe Milton, Robby Ashford, whoever wins Georgia and Alabamas quarterback jobs and really any other QB at any school because its wide open right now. A healthy Campbell is going to eat 70% of the crease share over an aging Mike Smith and a healthy Campbell can turn those minutes into top-10 fantasy goalie value. If someone has that info and is willing to pass it along, I'd . The pair also assisted on another 22 goals together by other teammates. Meanwhile Giroux -- who potted 0.73 points/game with the Flyers before blossoming to 1.28 in Florida -- is in for a potential 50-assist campaign along with a respectable haul of goals. It's a very high risk, very high reward gamble given Murray's spotty record and injuries in Ottawa, but also his dominant Stanley Cup-winning days with the Pittsburgh Penguins. The 2023 fantasy baseball season is here! - is the most sure-fire way to earn rich fantasy dividends in H2H points leagues. Get a summary of the Detroit Red Wings vs. New York Islanders hockey game. Up front, led by Ovechkin, this is still a highly competitive bunch. No one seems to know what they mean, and I haven't been able to find anything via Google. Watch the New York Rangers take on the Washington Capitals on Saturday, live on ESPN+ and ABC at 1 p.m. EDT. So obviously this mailbag will deal with 2024 and beyond: future scheduling and whether the middle class of the SEC will be helped by College Football Playoff expansion. In 12 games, he played on a line with Sidney Crosby and Jake Guentzel, the trio easily posted the highest goals-per-60 minutes of any Penguins line combination that played at least 90 minutes together last season. Sean Allen provides the latest updates in who's rising, who's falling, and other player trends from around the league. You dont have to be good enough to win your division and then beat the power who comes out of the other division. Absolutely that reality exists for Stoops at Kentucky. Less room for complementary options All on a roster that until about . Twenty-six of Perron's 57 points in 2021-22, split almost evenly between goals and assists, counted with the extra skater. The total value of the ESPN-SEC deal is now believed to be $811 million annually, which we learned via some good soul at the Florida State board of regents. There are advantages to both. The ESPN.com version that most closely resembles the lesser-nuanced game of your elders, where everyone gathered at the pub for an evening, armed with a pen, paper, and magazine, and selected their players for the year. Varying from the H2H points formula, so-called "each" category leagues also maintain a committed, loyal following. And where do they rank in terms of best QB-RB duos in the SEC and nationally? Even if Barrie ends up joining Roman Josi on the Pred's top unit, which remains to be seen, there's little chance he continues his season's pace in Tennessee. It also exists for Shane Beamer at South Carolina and Ole Miss, Auburn, Florida. And he's rostered in only seven percent of ESPN.com leagues. The most popular game in ESPN's fantasy hockey universe pits individual managers against others in weekly head-to-head fisticuffs with a slew of weighted points at stake. Make lineup moves, savvy free agent pick ups, and trade with friends wherever you are. -- Allen, The Ducks are building a talented top six, so much so that Strome walking in as an outsider isn't even guaranteed to be on the top line. . Nashville's power play doesn't rival that of the Oilers, which - thanks to Connor McDavid, Leon Draisaitl, and friends - ranks tops in the NHL (31.9%). Rostered in only 0.7% of ESPN.com leagues, he's riding a four-game point-streak with four goals and four assists. You're only increasing your odds of losing both categories. We should learn fairly early on if the two-time Stanley Cup champ is indeed capable of rebounding off his most recent pair of ugly, and largely injury-riddled, seasons in Ottawa. The most popular game in ESPN's fantasy hockey universe pits individual managers against others in weekly head-to-head fisticuffs with a slew of weighted points at stake. Watch on ESPN+. counts towards the week's final score, accruing over the course of the season. What is the next year that Florida will be ranked in the preseason top 25? As demonstrated by one club winning the Cup and the other getting knocked out in the first round. Selecting six to eight keepers every campaign is a common tact, still allowing for improvement from outside help at season's onset. Depending on how much time and energy you want to invest - from the bare minimum to managing your squad as a quasi part-time job - it's all about customizing whichever league feels most up your own fantasy alley. Desperate for netminding? 27 G. 33 A. And the depth chart falls off sharply after that, with Jakub Vrana and Pius Suter the next in line. But even if the Canes opted to keep its top line intact, Andrei Svechnikov and Jesperi Kotkaniemi wait in the wings as a Plan B. Can the Lions fix their defense? A spot on the top unit with Dylan Larkin, Lucas Raymond, and defenseman Moritz Seider is nearly guaranteed for the ex-St. Louis skater, along with a top-six role at even strength. New comments cannot be posted and votes cannot be cast. Join or start a league for free >>. It allows you to assign a given point value to individual statistic categories (i.e. And going to a nine-game schedule, the SEC is arguing, also should be worth more because that means Texas versus Texas A&M every year, plus all those matchups (Oklahoma versus Alabama, LSU versus Texas, etc.) Winners of seven of their past eight - and averaging 3.88 goals/game - the Red Wings currently find themselves in the East's second Wild Card position. There is no Bryan Harsin this year. 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