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(by Thomas Allen)
Do you know who has the second-best save percentage in the NHL right now? It’s not Luongo or Brodeur, but the Atlanta Trashers’ Johan Hedburg instead at .933 in 13 games, starting for what I think is one of the worst defensive (and best offensive) teams in the league. Hedburg is 7-3 this season and is tied for fifth in the league with a 2.15 GAA. As Kari Lehtonen remains out and has not resumed skating, Hedburg is competing for the job with a goalie 14 years his junior, Ondrej Pavelec. Pavelec has allowed three or more goals in 10 of his past 13 appearances and four or more in seven of those games. [More]
(by Tony Huang)
Here are your 2009-10 Fantasy Hockey Cafe rankings. Three frequent posters here at the Cafe got together and ranked their top 30 Centers, Left Wingers, Right Wingers, and Goalies, and their top 50 Defensemen. Care to discuss these rankings? You can comment below, or visit us in the Leftovers forum here. [More]
(by Tony Huang)
Since the majority of fantasy users use Yahoo! Sports to play their fantasy hockey, I figured it would be helpful if I gave a brief guide on players to keep an eye on in the 2008-09 season. There are 16 rounds in a standard Yahoo league. I will break up the draft in quartets and give you a line of players to follow for each quarter. These will be based on Yahoo ADP (average draft positions found the “Draft Central” section of your hockey league. The first group would be Rounds 1-4 (inclusive), then Rounds 5-8, then Rounds 9-12, followed by a round of late round/undrafted players. [More]
Year in Review (2008): Part 2 For the second installment of FHC's Year in Review, I'm going to look at the players that flew under the radar on draft day. At least one of these bargains are most likely what he... [More]
Year in Review (2008): Part 1 With the NHL 2007-2008 regular season wrapped, this marks the end of yet another fantasy season for many fantasy owners. If you are anything like me, you are still glued to the pla... [More]
Surprises and Demises With the season nearing its end it is time to look back at the studs and duds of this hockey season. It has been a season full of parity, and many unlikely players have risen to th... [More]
NHL Reviews 2007: Final Chapter Welcome to the final chapter of our "NHL Reviews" series where we outline and take a look at each team for this coming season. We've organized them in alphabetical order for this ... [More]
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