Which likely results in a minor dip in production in the immediate future. It's official. 22 G. 35 A. Brock Nelson C. 60 PTS. 24.4 PER. His 7.66 fantasy points per 60 minutes was 21st in the NHL among skaters. You win the week or you lose it, regardless of final tally. Not a bad gig. counts towards the week's final score, accruing over the course of the season. Keep a close eye on how Jay Woodcroft shuffles everyone about in Wednesday's tilt with the Maple Leafs. But I may counter: Thats not what people were saying a year ago about Tennessee. Can the Lions fix their defense? Which is why ranking worst or near-bottom in a couple of stats, and subsequently earning only a point or two of a maximum of 12, is difficult to overcome, regardless of how well you're faring otherwise. While having good goaltending won't ensure a triumphant turn by April, rolling out sub-mediocre players on weak teams most certainly guarantees the opposite. Committed to bringing hockey to the Haitian and other underserved, diverse communities, the invested fighter for inclusion and equity is making his season debut versus the visiting Sabres, when the Panthers celebrate Black History Night. Thats a program that had been in the wilderness for years, nationally irrelevant except to be made fun of for coaching searches. As such, he's worth hefty consideration as a quick and easy add in deeper fantasy leagues. But don't forget that when Schultz was called upon to be his team's primary PP quarterback for half of 2016-17, he answered the bell in a big way. -- Allen, Capitalizing on a huge season in which Copp stood on the shoulders of giants, the Red Wings got a very good player who might not be as fantasy relevant as it looks on paper. -- Allen, As much as Marchment had a big season with the Panthers and parlayed it into a contract with the Stars, the winger's 2021-22 season was more of a reflection on Anton Lundell's talent. Retuning to the theme of adjusting expectations, if you've been keeping a stubborn grip on Jonathan Quick to this point - and too many of you have, ostensibly based on name recognition - now is the occasion to let him go for good. But the founding philosophy remains the same: the best overall team by season's end sports the crown. In stricter dynasty leagues, where few bodies move in or out, it's often nifty to maintain relationships with players from their rookie debuts, well into the veteran years - substantial commitment and all. As discussed in Friday's fantasy preview, Duclair won't be long for potting goals and putting up points, near his 31/27 assists in 74 games-pace of 2021-22. Seth has been covering Georgia since 2010, joining The Athletic from The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, and he also covered the Bulldogs for The Albany Herald from 2002-05. Once the elite are spoken for, especially on larger fantasy rosters, there's much to appreciate about prolific shot-blockers who also chip in on offense on occasion. Invested fantasy managers should also keep a close eye on who lines up on the right side of this forward duo, now that both Andrew Copp and Frank Vatrano have bolted for Detroit and Anaheim, respectively. Rostered in only 0.7% of ESPN.com leagues, he's riding a four-game point-streak with four goals and four assists. If the ex-Capital is already on your fantasy roster, let it breathe a minute, and gauge where he fits in. But we've seen what can happen if Campbell isn't at his sharpest with last season's latter half. For example, Ottawa's Brady Tkachuk checks a bunch of valuable boxes, night in and night out, in fantasy leagues that reward both scoring and physical play. Welcome. There are too many fantasy points at stake - in the red and black - to pooh-pooh the position. Most total points wins the week 1-0 - no fuss, no muss. Get a summary of the Detroit Red Wings vs. New York Islanders hockey game. So you've decided to take the fantasy hockey plunge, joining millions of others in enjoying one of the sporting world's best game within a game. Each category, in direct head-to-head competition, is equal to each other in that goals, hits, blocked shots, whatever-your-fantasy-fancy etc. I'm far more interested in how matters shake out back in Edmonton. Reddit and its partners use cookies and similar technologies to provide you with a better experience. HR=4, RBI=1, etc.) And enjoying this great game through a fun bonus lens from late summer until it all wraps up in the spring. Pay the role proper mind, or pay a sad fantasy price. Demko posted -13.4 fantasy points on the season in 15 starts before he was hurt. For many then, keeper competition - middle ground between an all-in dynasty and turn-the-page redraft play - suits best. By accepting all cookies, you agree to our use of cookies to deliver and maintain our services and site, improve the quality of Reddit, personalize Reddit content and advertising, and measure the effectiveness of advertising. Split 16 ways, thats almost $69 million in broadcast revenue to each SEC school, while $811 million split 16 ways would be $50.6 million for each school. 29.5 points, 8.4 rebounds, and 6.9 assists per game. So obviously this mailbag will deal with 2024 and beyond: future scheduling and whether the middle class of the SEC will be helped by College Football Playoff expansion. That's a massive gap. But Comrie hasn't earned himself a starter's gig based on his backup play, which included appearing in just a handful of games each year since 2016-17. And the depth chart falls off sharply after that, with Jakub Vrana and Pius Suter the next in line. At least as long as John Carlson remains sidelined with a face/head injury (indefinitely, as it stands). Fabbri, in particular, could serve as a formidable fantasy force down the stretch if he can stay healthy. Back in Illinois, Max Domi - and his fantasy managers - would appear a loser should he remain in Chicago without his elite top-line pal. Of course, in 2022 there are many ways to cyber-customize your points league with other categories, trades, free-agent acquisitions, roster limits, and varying lineup adjustment windows. James O. Is there a reality in which Kentucky is competing for the 12-team Playoff every so often under Mark Stoops? Right now mine show a black box with a P for a goalie, and some red boxes with exclamation points next to some skaters. But first . As James points out, the SEC will be giving up more games the ninth SEC game will mean roughly eight fewer home games around the league. No question, Kane slides into the Rangers' top-six, whether on a line with Vincent Trocheck and his old Blackhawks buddy Artemi Panarin, or alongside Mika Zibanejad and Chris Kreider. New coach Derek Lalonde has a lot more work with -- Dominik Kubalik, and defenders Ben Chiarot and Olli Maatta also signing up in Detroit -- than he did only hours earlier. Try a week on us. SEC speed = quick hooks.). An above-average haul by any fantasy measure. Which fantasy hockey league is right for you? -- Allen, The Senators' top six has a very different look to it than it did only days ago. If you're rocking out in eight or nine of 12 categories, maybe don't sweat penalty minutes, or time-on-ice or the like too much. In 563 career NHL games over eight seasons, all with Detroit, he has scored 169 goals . But don't doubt for a second that he has the role and the chops to be among the best selections in your draft. Willing to accept the challenge of assembling a roster with little margin for weakness, similar to how it's done IRL? Which is why ranking worst or near-bottom in a couple of stats, and subsequently earning only a point or two of a maximum of 12, is difficult to overcome, regardless of how well you're faring otherwise. Loading up on specialists in one category is much less useful than in other forms of H2H play. Interested in a slow-burn, largely unforgiving league that can't be won in the first few months of the season but certainly can be lost? Create a league with family or friends! Interested in a slow-burn, largely unforgiving league that can't be won in the first few months of the season but certainly can be lost? The 27-year-old is always good for a few PIM too, should your fantasy league reward the rule-breakers. Or perhaps you've already waded through these puck-friendly fantasy waters and feel inspired to dive into a different type of pool. -- Matiash. -- Allen, While there are still some Vince Dunn truthers out there (guilty as charged), Schultz offers an interesting backup plan if the Kraken power play can't get going with Dunn at the helm again this season. In the end, I dont think either side will haggle too much, as neither really can afford to alienate the other. No Ryan Johansen for the remainder of the regular season (leg surgery) likely means a consistent role in Nashville's top-six for Tommy Novak. It also exists for Shane Beamer at South Carolina and Ole Miss, Auburn, Florida. Jefferson is the only returning QB who was in the SECs top five in yards per attempt last year. After watching his team lose six-straight - with and without Alex Ovechkin - the GM can hardly be blamed for such a loss of enthusiasm. ESPN Fantasy Hockey analysts Victoria Matiash and Sean Allen sort through the biggest free agent deals to help fantasy managers prepare for the 2022-23 season. Of the three making up this projected fresh trio, Kane is set to benefit the most after enduring, up until very recently, a dud of a campaign by his standards. You have reached ESPN's Australian edition. But even if the Canes opted to keep its top line intact, Andrei Svechnikov and Jesperi Kotkaniemi wait in the wings as a Plan B. While dynasty/keeper competition is more kindred to how real teams are run - management doesn't get to start from scratch every year in the NHL - with redraft leagues, there's the benefit of enjoying a clean slate the following season, no matter how badly a current campaign is unfolding. Still, we'll need to wait and see how this depth chart shakes out to decide if Strome is going to have a big season with the Ducks. In considering any player, spending a few moments in assessing the individual, by doing a little bit of simple arithmetic - what is their potential fantasy sum? And enjoying this great game through a fun bonus lens from late summer until it all wraps up in the spring. Bob (Gainey)'s your uncle. As for the veteran's replacement, Joonas Korpisalo is poised to earn a shot at fighting Pheonix Copley for starts with a team that's battling for a playoff spot. Landing in Toronto, Gustavsson (22.7%) loses a bit of shine in joining the Leafs' blue line. A healthy Campbell is going to eat 70% of the crease share over an aging Mike Smith and a healthy Campbell can turn those minutes into top-10 fantasy goalie value. Play Fantasy Hockey for Free - ESPN Home Fantasy Store It's not too late to play! While there are many ifs and maybes serving as speed bumps on route to consummating such a deal - never mind an interest in Kane from other teams around the league - ESPN's Greg Wyshynski outlines how such a trade could reasonably unfold involving Vitali Kravtsov, Jake Leschyshyn, draft picks (including a first-rounder in 2024), and a third-party broker. Welcome to the world of fantasy hockey - ESPN Style! Set up a private league to play with your family and friends! That's doesn't mean there isn't an individual "winner" or two in Washington following the deal. While always customizable to your own statistical taste, our default 12-category game presents as follows: We should learn fairly early on if the two-time Stanley Cup champ is indeed capable of rebounding off his most recent pair of ugly, and largely injury-riddled, seasons in Ottawa. 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Theyre shocked some people still use ESPN for fantasy hockey. needed to keep competing. Even if there were, the main driving force for changing the schedule (and eliminating divisions) is diversifying everyones schedules, and the conference landed on having every team play each other at least twice every four years, with at least one visit to every other campus (other than the neutral-site games). Choose your league size, customize the scoring and set the rules you want to follow in order to create the fantasy basketball league you want to play in. While there's no point in dropping him outright in fantasy play - the offensive-defenseman is still going to produce - a tempering of expectations is in order. And where do they rank in terms of best QB-RB duos in the SEC and nationally? I think theyre just excited for the season to begin. The jump that Tennessee made last year, particularly in the transfer portal era, is one that almost any SEC program can make. Of the 80 goals Kane scored, Panarin assisted on 35 of them, drawing the primary assist on a whopping 23. Playoff expansion, and when Oklahoma and Texas would arrive, for a couple. Before being hurt in mid-December, Campbell trailed only Igor Shesterkin by posting 5.09 fantasy points per 60 minutes through his first 23 games of the season. There are advantages to both. which further projects into an inevitable bump from last season's haul of 1.7 fantasy points/game in ESPN standard leagues. What effect will Claude Giroux and Andre Burakovsky have on their new linemates? It's a small sample, to be sure, but offers a glimpse of what could be with the two snipers flanking Crosby. Through stints in Florida and Carolina, Trocheck has yet . At least until the still-forming Kraken figure out how to generate more offense. There is no Bryan Harsin this year. Only more so. With Erik Gustafsson sent the other way, the young blueliner presents as a fresh go-to option to anchor a power play that includes Alex Ovechkin and Evgeny Kuznetsov. Rostered in only 0.7% of ESPN.com leagues, he's riding a four-game point-streak with four goals and four assists. -- Matiash, After posting an impressive 7.08 fantasy points per 60 minutes in 43 regular-season games, Kane boosted his production to 9.66 fantasy points per 60 minutes in 15 playoff games. Most total points wins the week 1-0 - no fuss, no muss. Can he claim a top-line role with Nathan MacKinnon and get minutes on the Avs first power-play unit? Selecting six to eight keepers every campaign is a common tact, still allowing for improvement from outside help at season's onset. Panarin is already stomping along at a 1.12 point/game pace while Trocheck - rostered in 83.2% of ESPN.com leagues - is averaging 2.0 fantasy points in standard competition. He's fantasy relevant either way, it's just a matter of outcomes. He comes from the Nick Saban coaching tree, which means he knows how to build a program and knows recruiting is the lifeblood, unlike his predecessor and Napier also won as a head coach at Louisiana in the Sun Belt. Press J to jump to the feed. As for the rest of the staff, you have experienced SEC hands in offensive line coach Will Friend and defensive line coach David Turner and potential rising stars like receivers coach Chad Bumphis. Most total points wins the week 1-0 - no fuss, no muss. While this style of league lacks the charm of despising another individual manager over seven exclusive days in head-to-head combat, it - unlike classic roto leagues - serves as an excellent introduction for newbie managers to get their feet wet. Forward Tom Wilson (22.4%) is not only healthy, but scoring again. But those characters are limited in number. -- Allen, The Ducks are building a talented top six, so much so that Strome walking in as an outsider isn't even guaranteed to be on the top line. Both wild cards have plenty to prove with a top-tier club in T.O. Especially those who don't want to devote as much time, at least to start. The sniper - and his seven goals and three assists in four games - is clearly on a mission to not only prove he remains an exclusive scoring talent, but that hip of his is holding up just fine. The deadline for all weekly scoring or stat corrections made by the system is the Saturday following the week of the game in question, during the season. Create an account to follow your favorite communities and start taking part in conversations. This type of league operates in similar fashion to "each" category competition except - and this is a Zdeno Chara-sized exception - whichever manager emerges with the weekly victory wins 1-0. You've earned 31 shots on goal and your opponent has 30? He's good for upwards of two fantasy points/contest. -- Allen, The Hurricanes have their new power-play quarterback. While dynasty/keeper competition is more kindred to how real teams are run - management doesn't get to start from scratch every year in the NHL - with redraft leagues, there's the benefit of enjoying a clean slate the following season, no matter how badly a current campaign is unfolding. Nobody had Dan Mullen on the hot seat entering 2021, and he was gone before the season ended. Press question mark to learn the rest of the keyboard shortcuts, 12 Team H2H Points: G|A|P|PPP|SHP|SOG|FOW|HIT|BLK|PIM|GS|W, 8T - G/A/+-/PPP/SHP/SOG/HIT/BLK/FOW/FOL/W/SV/SO. Rakell is enticing despite missing the bulk of the playoffs. If someone has that info and is willing to pass it along, I'd . So you can see why the SEC would try to extract as much as it can from ESPN, probably putting the hypothetical nine-game schedules in front of ESPN and saying: This should be worth X amount of dollars, but if we stay with an eight-game schedule, meaning a loss of these marquee games on an annual basis, youd be leaving X amount of money on the table.. Wood's minutes are considerably lower than usual, but his efficiency is up; he's averaging 13.9 PPG in only 19.1 MPG in February. By rejecting non-essential cookies, Reddit may still use certain cookies to ensure the proper functionality of our platform. Valeri Nichushkin, W, Colorado Avalanche: Nichushkin benefited a lot from other injured Avs last season, pushing him into top-line minutes. It allows you to assign a given point value to individual statistic categories (i.e. Up front, led by Ovechkin, this is still a highly competitive bunch. ESPN He's rostered in 39.6% of leagues, so Demko is an optional add to see how the first few games play out with him . You just have to be good enough to win 10 games, or preferably 11, but the right 10 games could do it.