It hasn’t been a good week for Swedish superstars. First Mats Sundin goes out with an elbow ligament injury, then Peter Forsberg starts playing like he has one. For Sundin, he’ll be out about a month. While this will affect Maple Leaf power play mainstays (Darcy Tucker, Tomas Kaberle, Bryan McCabe), it does give more […]
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The San Jose Sharks must not like Evgeni Nabokov that much. Even though Nabokov has played well (his save percentage is great), his record’s not that good. Having poor goal support will do that — Vesa Toskala enjoys nearly twice the goals-for output than Nabokov. The best scoring defensive tandem is up in Montreal right
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Another episode of your weekly fantasy hockey spin… When I said, “Break up the Blackhawks,” I didn’t mean that literally. Michal Handzus is out for the season. Nikolai Khabibulin has a broken finger. Martin Havlat is still on the mend. Chicago’s fast start is becoming a fast memory, at least until Havlat comes back. The
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Let’s hit the ice for another round of Ice Chips! The sound you hear across North America is the steam flying out of Ed Snider’s ears as the Flyers continue to implode. Snider has threatened major changes. What does that mean? Peter Forsberg, Simon Gagne, Jeff Carter and Mike Richards are safe. Everyone else, except
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There’s nothing consistent about the new NHL season so far except that the Southeast Division is a bunch of teams at extremes: the Lightning can’t score despite investing $21 million in three all-stars, Alex Auld and Kari Lehtonen can’t be beat, and the Hurricanes can’t win. Some random thoughts for your fantasy fix: Dan Cloutier
Ice Chips: Week Two Read Post »
Welcome to the debut of Ice Chips, where each week I’ll recap the week that was in the NHL and help you prepare your fantasy team for the week to come. Well, it’s hard to give an update when only a handful of games have been played, but since this looks to be a regular
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Some random notes from the NHL Preseason: Injury Report No doubt you’ve heard that Evgeni Malkin suffered a separated shoulder. There isn’t an official word on the degree of separation or his return, though Sidney Crosby said that he thought Malkin might be back for the opener. The good news is that Malkin was flying
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