2009 RotoRob NHL Playoff Preview: Why Parity Sucks
Paul Kariya is on the comeback trail, so don’t overlook him in your playoff draft. Parity — it’s great for competition, great for keeping teams in the hunt, great for entertaining and meaningful...
View ArticleSweep Dreams Are Made of This
Michael Ryder stuck it to his ex-teammates in the first round. The first round of the playoffs is usually more about who’s not around than who’s actually playing. Like a lot of people, I take a...
View ArticleIce Chips: Meeting Expectations Edition
When Jose Theodore isn’t trying to get into Paris Hilton’s pants, he’s had a great seat on the Capital bench while watching a rookie steal his job during the playoffs. The second round of the Stanley...
View ArticleIce Chips: Who’s Invisible Now Edition
The goals were flying in so fast Thursday that even Chris Kunitz (left) potted one. Conventional wisdom says teams get more defensive as they move deeper into the playoffs. But someone forgot to tell...
View ArticleIce Chips: Home Sweet Home Edition
Pavel Datsyuk isn’t around to try to help the Wings repeat as NHL Champions. Home teams sure are doing well in the playoffs. Detroit won the first two games in Detroit while Pittsburgh has taken the...
View ArticleIce Chips: Free Agency Recap
Marion Gaborik (left) and his hottie and headed to Broadway while Marian Hossa (right) signed a lifetime deal with the Hawks. If you’ve been in an NHL coma since the Penguins hoisted the Stanley Cup,...
View ArticleIce Chips: Early Returns
Brandon Dubinsky is lighting it up on Broadway. Ah, nothing like early season success to make everyone get all delusional about who’s going to have a dynamite season, right? Here’s a hint — while...
View ArticleIce Chips: Second-Tier Shuffle
Notoriously streaky Ryane Clowe has started the season very sluggishly. There seems to be some media buzz about the slow starts some superstar players are having. Sure, Pavel Datsyuk may only have a...
View ArticleIce Chips: Mining The Netminders
Craig Anderson better get used to black tie affairs considering how well he’s playing this season. An old wise man once told me that your Fantasy hockey team and real hockey team for that matter are...
View ArticleIce Chips: I Heart November
The Tampa Bay Lightning is finally getting some offense from someone besides Steven Stamkos. It’s difficult to knock a guy for having 18 points in 19 games, but there have been plenty of people...
View ArticleIce Chips: Slash Your Goalie in the Head
Insert obligatory Keith Ballard joke here. In Anaheim, Jean-Sebastian Giguere’s fighting for his job as an NHL starter (and perhaps auditioning for a trade elsewhere depending on what the Ducks want...
View ArticleIce Chips: Best of the Worst
Despite Carolina’s struggles, Tuomo Ruutu is having a strong season. The media might be focusing on the good stories this year, like the Los Angeles Kings and the Phoenix Coyotes. However, there are...
View ArticleIce Chips: New Year’s Resolutions
Kurtis Foster is Tampa’s most consistent blueline threat. (AP) I always figured in the year 2010, hockey pucks would have laser beam trails and giant skating robots would duke it out following a goal....
View ArticleIce Chips: We Heart Goalies
Alex Auld is seeing more time between the pipes thanks to Marty Turco’s struggles. Okay, maybe it’s time to put all those jokes aside. After all the rehabs, setbacks, and snarky comments about an...
View ArticleIce Chips: Time To Deal?
How will Ilya Kovalchuk and his kilts go over in the Swamplands? Ilya Kovalchuk is now a New Jersey Devil, though it’s yet to be seen how he’ll work under Jacques Lemaire’s defensive-automoton system....
View ArticleIce Chips: NHL Trade Deadline Fallout
Don Maloney added some offense to his Coyotes. Will it be enough? The trade deadline has passed, but the biggest moves happened well before the Olympics. Still, enough moves happened to affect depth...
View ArticleIce Chips: The Stretch Run
Peter Mueller has been rolling since arriving in Mile High City. Peter Mueller has been unreal since joining the Colorado Avalanche. His biggest contribution, though, might be the jump-start he’s...
View ArticleIce Chips: Playoff Primer
Marc-Andre Fleury should definitely be the first goalie taken in your playoff pool. With the regular season winding down, it’s time to look ahead to a unique beast of its own — playoff pools. Playoff...
View ArticleIce Chips: Five Fantasy Hockey Players for Whom I am Thankful
Chris Stewart is piling up the points for Colorado this season. American Thanksgiving is coming up and it seems as good as time as any to publicly thank the five players for whom I am most thankful...
View ArticleIce Chips: Stanley Cup Finals Game Six
Can Peter DeBoer guide the Devils to an historic comeback? On Saturday, the New Jersey Devils once again staved off elimination, sending the Stanley Cup Finals back to La-La land where on Monday night...
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