Mike Smith’s value should soar as a starter for the Lightning. The trade deadline is always a crazy time. Imagine if the moves actually affected the rosters? Like everyone traded had to leave a fantasy roster, too? Even if a trade doesn’t mean your roster changes, there are fantasy implications as some trades will make […]
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If Brad Richards gets dealt, what will be the fantasy impact? How will the trade deadline affect your fantasy team? Well, there are two ways to think about it. First off, if your player is, say, Brad Richards and he gets moved, remember these key points: 1. Has the player been slumping or scoring? 2.
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Fantasy owners will be without Dan Cleary for the next few weeks as he eats his meals through a straw. Yesterday may have been Valentine’s Day, but there’s not a lot of hugs and kisses being given around the league this time of year. In fact, as the race to grab a playoff spot intensifies,
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BY ROB REATH Let Steve Downie play! It was a question Gil Stein had put before the league. It was a question that at least temporarily caused the National Hockey League to consider what its fans wanted. Rather than to serve its own purposes in terms of image, revenue, and political correctness, the league took
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Nicklas Backstrom is chalking up the helpers as Alexander Ovechkin’s centre. Best Super Bowl ever, blah blah blah. That’s right North America, turn off the gridiron and go to where the real battles take place — on ice with weapons in everyone’s hands and a frozen piece of rubber that goes over 100 mph. No
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Who will Ducks’ GM Brian Burke lure out of retirement next? If you’ve been holding on to Ottawa goalie Ray Emery, hoping he would turn things around, ignoring the fact that he’s given up 12 goals in his last four starts, you’re probably going to be disappointed to learn not only is Ottawa trying to
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