2010-11 RotoRob NHL Draft Kit: Goalie Rankings

/ 2010-11 RotoRob NHL Draft Kit, Cheat sheets, Hockey, Mike Chen

Some leagues penalize you for losses while others may put the emphasis on saves rather than wins. In this case, we’re going to use the default criteria as given by Yahoo!’s Fantasy hockey game since it’s the most widely played in the world. To that end, the focus here is on single-season performance with no regard for keeper leagues. Based on this criteria, the most important number to look at is starts, with wins and saves as other primary variables.

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2010-11 RotoRob NHL Draft Kit: Left Wing Rankings

/ 2010-11 RotoRob NHL Draft Kit, Cheat sheets, Chris Wassel, Fantasy Leagues, Hockey

This year’s list may be more cruel than last year’s edition. Names have not been changed to protect the innocent. Please also note that several players are multi-position eligible unlike years past, it seems. There are some pretty strange picks in here so it is time to just get right on down to this and then we can let the debating begin. While we wonder if the young and improving Islanders are ready to take a run at a playoff spot, let’s examine the top left wingers in the game.

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Random Notes for a Scorching Late-May Day

/ Baseball, Fantasy Notes, Hockey

Still, taking over as General Manager of the Tampa Bay Lightning is a great opportunity for a man who is clearly ready to head up an NHL club. Sure, he could have stuck around for as long as it took until he got his opportunity to run the Wings, but imagine the pressure that would have been heaped upon the local hero if he was suddenly thrust into the top position in Detroit. And imagine if he had failed.

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The Dangers of TBI in Hockey

/ Hockey, Injuries, RotoRob correspondent report

Hockey is arguably one of the most physical professional sports. Hockey players are constantly getting body checked, slammed into boards, falling to the ice, slapped by a stick, hit by a dense, speeding puck or getting punched during a fight. If that isn’t bad enough, hockey players take part in one of the longest regular seasons of any sport, effectively taking on harsher pain for a longer amount of time throughout the year. Risk of injury couldn’t be clearer as you all too commonly see hockey players missing their front two teeth. With all of the injuries that can occur, one of the most dangerous is a traumatic brain injury (TBI). A TBI is a silent injury that can cause harm to the mind and body of an individual.

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The Wire Troll: Taking Some Goalie Medicine

/ Chris Wassel, Hockey, The Wire Troll

The thing that any expert fears is looking back at his predictions from the start of the season, and when he mostly cringes, you know it did not go quite as well as it planned. There is no way in Hades that everyone can get everything right. It is just mentally and physically impossible. Now do I really want to look at this list? Honestly, I really should because it gives an insight of just what we were thinking would happen compared to what actually transpired.

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