Rick Nash has led the Blue Jackets to the playoffs for the first time ever. Let’s be honest. If your fantasy team isn’t working, it’s too late. The playoffs start next week. The season is pretty much over. But don’t despair. There’s still plenty to obsess over. The Columbus Blue Jackets pretty much shocked the […]
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Chris Mason’s play between the pipes has helped spur the Blues into playoff contention. We’re in the home stretch of the NHL season, and that means that if you’re in a close race for your fantasy team, now’s the time to pull out some magic sleepers. Who’s been under-the-radar hot in the past few weeks?
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Bobby Ryan looks like a lock as NHL Rookie of the Year. Pop quiz: who was the second overall pick in the 2005 NHL Entry Draft after Sidney Crosby? How many of you remember that it was Bobby Ryan whom the Anaheim Ducks took with that draft slot? If you had forgotten that, you wouldn’t
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Has Martin Gerber’s suspension left you short in the goaltender department this week? The playoffs are within our sight. They’re not in the sight of a lot of NHL teams, but that’s not really our problem. The next week or so represents our last chance to save our fantasy seasons. It’s our last chance to
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All-time wins leader Martin Brodeur better play for a couple of more seasons considering the alimony payments he’s facing. What a week for Martin Brodeur. First he breaks Patrick Roy’s all-time wins record, then he gets stuck with a $500,000 annual alimony payment for the next 20 years (lesson of the day: when you make
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Fuck you, and your little dog, too. “We stayed in Toronto for a week and played three games. I don’t know if you ever stayed in Toronto, but it’s not exactly Las Vegas. To say that we were plucking our eyebrows out one at a time would be an understatement.” And fuck you too, Chipper.
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New Ranger coach John Tortorella has managed to get his big guns to produce at last. How tight are the Western and Eastern playoff races? It seems like the standings change nightly, and that much pressure forces players to perform. The Rangers spent this week in and out of the playoff bubble, but new coach
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