Recap of week 18 in the NHL including Goalie Spotlight, Fights of the Week, Goat of the Week, Things I Like, Things I Don’t, This Week in Hockey History, Stat Line of the Week, Did You Know, Numbers Numbers, Rankings and the Anaheim Ducks watch.
Read More…Between the Pipes – NHL Recap Week 18 by Alex Mueller
Greetings from Seattle, colder and wetter than Southern California, and home to no hockey teams, thank you Gary Bettman. Wheelings and Dealings – Brian Burke has been a busy man and so has Darryl Sutter. Jean-Sebastian Giguere to Toronto had been rumored all season and finally happened. So it isn’t really surprising. It’s sad to seem him leave Anaheim but in the “what have you done for me lately” world of sports, the answer for Giguere would be nothing. Best of luck in Toronto Jiggy, where you will be re-united with your former goalie coach. Toronto also picked up Dion ...
Power Rankings by Matt Sitkoff
2009-10 NHL PUCKING AWESOME! POWER RANKINGS WEEK 17 Current Prev. Team Comment 1 1 Sharks Big matchup vs Blackhawks Thursday 2 2 Blackhawks Big matchup vs sharks Thursday 3 4 Capitals Jose Theodore is 6-0-0, 2.10, .939 in last 6 games, then gets injured 4 5 Sabres Sabres end 2-3-2 road trip with shootout win over Brodeur's Devils 5 3 Devils Roughest stretch for Devils as they have lost six of last eight games 6 9 Coyotes 5-game winning streak for Avs outscoring opponents 22-7 7 8 Canucks Head on 14-game road trip on 6-game winning streak 8 6 Coyotes Shane Doan had six points (2-4-6) during a three-game point streak 9 9 Penguins AHL call-up Chris Conner scores 2 goals in place of injured Bill Buerin 10 11 Kings Rumors swirling that they are in the Kovalchuck sweepstakes 11 14 Senators Sens have given up only 7 ...
NHL Fantasy Hockey Focus: The Blue-Line Special by Matt Sitkoff
The biggest difference between an average and contending fantasy team could be the most overlooked positions on a fantasy team, the defensemen. The back-line players that dominant the much-needed categories of plus/minus, power-play points, and penalty minutes are hard to come by but important to have on a successful team. So in this week’s fantasy focus we will look into some defenders on the waiver wire that could give a boost to your team. John-Michael Liles, D, Avalanche The surprising Avalanche are now finally getting the production they expected out of the defender they signed to a huge four-year deal in the offseason. The 29-year-old ...
Jan 27
Recap of week 17 in the NHL including Goalie Spotlight, Fights of the Week, Goat of the Week, Things I Like, Things I Don’t, This Week in Hockey History, Stat Line of the Week, Did You Know, Numbers Numbers, Rankings and the Anaheim Ducks watch.
Read More…Jan 26
The biggest difference between an average and contending fantasy team could be the most overlooked positions on a fantasy team, the defensemen.
The back-line players that dominant the much-needed categories of plus/minus, power-play points, and penalty minutes are hard to come by but important to have on a successful team.
So in this week’s fantasy focus we [...]
Jan 24
THE HAT TRICK: Finding Some Consistency In An Inconsistent NHL
Analysis Written by: Matt Sitkoff 2 CommentsThe NHL has become a league of tremendous highs and tremendous lows one moment you are on a five-game winning streak the next you are on a 5-game losing streak. Look up and down the standings and you notice only 8 points separate 5th place from 13th place in the East and 11 points from 5th [...]
Read More…Jan 20
Recap of week 16 in the NHL including Goalie Spotlight, Fights of the Week, Goat of the Week, Things I Like, Things I Don’t, This Week in Hockey History, Stat Line of the Week, Did You Know, Numbers Numbers, Rankings and the Anaheim Ducks watch.
Read More…Jan 18
The Olympic break is slowly creeping up on Fantasy owners. As the break hits, this will be a good measuring stick, as teams stuff games into a short time period, to see how your team stacks up.
So to help owners out, we will look at some of the best Waiver Wire pickups to gather before [...]
Jan 17
This week’s Pucking Awesome Hat Trick is going to be a little different just like an Olympic NHL season. Speaking of those upcoming Olympics next month, fans get treated to All-Star games of countries the NHL fan does not get to see when the Eastern Conference best square off against the Western Conference best. So [...]
Read More…Jan 13
Recap of week 15 in the NHL including Goalie Spotlight, Fights of the Week, Goat of the Week, Things I Like, Things I Don’t, This Week in Hockey History, Stat Line of the Week, Did You Know, Numbers Numbers, Rankings and the Anaheim Ducks watch.
Read More…Jan 4
With a new year comes resolutions to lose those 15 pounds, to cook more for yourself, and to exhibit other attributes to make you a better person for 2010.
Well, teams around the league are trying to resolve their rotation goalie problems. Nowadays, only certain teams are in position with one solid goaltender who takes the [...]
Jan 4
The Winter Classic came and went as did Andy Murray with the St. Louis Blues this past week. The Thrashers keep losing as Iyla Kovalchuck keeps scoring, rumors keep swirling, and the Olympic teams took shape in what was a busy week in the NHL; now let’s look ahead to this week’s Pucking Awesome Hat [...]
Read More…Dec 28
After the Holidays comes a time to take advantage of end of the year sales or return those gifts that your great uncle’s brother’s friend gave you so let’s look at some holiday bargains on the waiver wire and some players you should be trading in for some return.
Waiver Wire Bargains
Mason Raymond, Canucks W
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Dec 27
Hope everyone’s holidays were filled with food, family, and friends!
Now that both hockey and myself are off the Christmas Break, big events are happening all around. Martin Brodeur broke yet another record with his 104th shutout, surpassing that of Terry Sawchuck, and in Atlanta, negotiations for star winger Iyla Kovalchuck is again feeding the rumor [...]
Dec 24
Happy Holidays to all our readers from the staff of Pucking Awesome, make sure to check out the Pucking Awesome Power Rankings and the ever popular Between the Pipes to get you through the weekend.
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