The fact that the Isles went 15-9-5 in February and March was promising, but definitely a classic case of too little, too late. Now they’re sputtering to the finish line, having dropped both games in April with their final two games coming against the Penguins and Flyers this weekend. It’s quite conceivable the Isles will wrap up their schedule with a four-game losing skid.
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Every night there seems to be a player going off the ice with some malady or another. Naturally, concussions have been the biggest injury du jour with over 85 players having one or multiple concussions this season. Very quietly, knee injuries have been a very close second with 83 players losing time because of a health woe of this nature. Combine these two and, well, that is a lot of time missed right there.
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Simply put, he knows how to play on a team that has an awesome cast and has proven he can thrive in the playoffs. See the Manitoba Moose a couple years back in the AHL for a prime example of that. With Vancouver almost ready to clinch the President’s Trophy for the NHL’s best overall record, expect the backup netminder to get quite a few starts the rest of the way. Get Schneider today while you can before his ownership percentages shoot up in your leagues.
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On Wednesday night, they walked into Detroit – their closest competition for the Western Conference crown – and beat the Wings 2-1 to open up a virtually insurmountable 10-point lead atop the conference standings. Each team has eight games to play.
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After getting dumped 4-1 in Boston on Tuesday, the Devils have now dropped three of their last four, thereby pretty much burning any chance they had of squeaking into the playoffs and pulling off one the most amazing comebacks in league history. Sitting nine points back of eighth place Buffalo (plus with three other teams to pass) with nine games to play, after their nightmare start to the season the Devils’ valiant run over the past couple of months looks like it will be in vain.
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Where does the blame fall? Fantasy owners definitely have a right to know why this is all happening. Simply put, I believe the many back-to-backs this season along with curious scheduling has created an environment for injuries. Also, players are just dropping like flies because they cannot quite stay in a rhythm. The body is like a temple and if anything disrupts that rhythm, then look out. Another key is that players cannot be at their healthiest 100 per cent of the time either. It is a very delicate balance.
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The other problem is injuries. More so than seemingly any previous season, injuries have wreaked such havoc on Fantasy teams in 2010-11. At press time, there were a whopping 130 injuries and 25 of those were head/concussion issues. When you figure that 15-to-20 per cent of NHL players are ailing in some way, some unconventional measures are in order.
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