Recap of Week 6 in the 2010-11 NHL Season. 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, Quotes of the Week, Numbers Numbers and Rankings.
Read More…The Hat Trick: Who Is Passing Out Valentines by Eric Sutter
Love is in the air this Valentine’s Day, but no so much in the NHL these days. After a fight filled week of Bruins-Canadiens, Islanders-Penguins and Wild-Blues, suspensions, tempers and emotions are running at a high in the NHL. Even one of the greats of the league is not happy at what is happening around the league. Penguin’s owner Mario Lemieux was outspoken about the leagues handling of the big Penguins-Islanders brawl and even hinted he would want “out” if the league continued in this manner. So in the spirit of love being all around, except in the NHL, let’s give out some ...
NHL Power Rankings by Eric Sutter
2010-11 NHL Pucking Awesome! POWER RANKINGS Week of February 10 Current Prev. Team Comment 1 1 Canucks Defensive depth will be challenged as Edler, Ballard and Hamhuis injured. 2 2 Flyers Teams behind Flyers could not catch up even four day lay off 3 3 Red Wings Welcome back Pavel Datsyuk goal and assist in first game back 4 4 Lightning 3-2 to start crazy 11-game homestand 5 7 Bruins Starting to fight their way to the top with 300 PIM in last 3 games 6 5 Penguins Will be tested to stay near top without Malkin, Crosby and now Kunitz 7 8 Capitals They get Semin back but lose Green as he gets a puck to the face. 8 6 Stars 1-5-1 slump tighten the race in the Pacific 9 11 Sharks 9-0-1 in last 10 games bring them ...
NHL Hat Trick: A Look at the NHL with an NFL Viewpoint on Super Bowl Sunday by Eric Sutter
On this Super Bowl Sunday, as the nation sits down to celebrate the ending of the National Football League season, it is a time to eat, drink and be merry. In the spirit of the end of the NFL season, in this week’s Pucking Awesome Hat Trick we will take a look at the National Hockey League in an NFL style. Historic Franchises The two teams that are matched up in Super Bowl XLV have combined for 18 NFL Championships and 11 Super Bowl appearances. With that in mind for the NHL, the Stanley Cup Final this season would match up Montreal ...
Nov 16
The second line is sometimes the forgotten line on fantasy teams. First line players always are drafted and own in most leagues but you can’t ignore those players that take advantage of the less ice time to be productive fantasy options. In this week’s Pucking Awesome Fantasy Focus we will look at some teams and [...]
Read More…Nov 15
The NHL season will hit its quarter mark in the next couple of weeks. Some teams have limped their way into the first stretch while others have sprinted towards that first pole marker. Before I review the three hottest teams out of the gate and break down their staying power, let’s hand out some awards. [...]
Read More…Nov 8
The goaltender is the most talked about position in the NHL today. More and more teams are relying on a tandem or an unproven commodity to lead them to victory. Right now there are only six goalies who have started 12 or more games and most teams are not having their goaltender play more than [...]
Read More…Nov 3
Recap of Week 4 in the 2010-11 NHL Season. 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, Quote of the Week, Numbers Numbers and Rankings.
Read More…Nov 1
Happy Halloween everyone! Hopefully you got some candy you like and didn’t get scared because there were no NHL games to watch on Sunday night. Some more suspension handed out this week as the NHL continues to take no extracurricular behavior in the games. The NHL is serious about making their sport safer and throwing [...]
Read More…Oct 29
The defenseman is the most underrated fantasy stud an owner could have. This weekend the league takes Sunday off to pass out some candy. Let’s break down some of the weekend warriors who could be fantasy studs to watch out for. Teams with two games this weekend: Ducks, Thrashers, Sabres, Hurricanes, Blackhawks, Canadiens, Devils, Islanders, [...]
Read More…Oct 27
Recap of Week 3 in the 2010-11 NHL Season. 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 and Rankings.
Read More…Oct 26
The Goalie tandem issue runs every fantasy team. Do I try to own both goalies? If I own one what do I trade to get the other or get back in a trade to an owner who has the other tandem? In this week’s Pucking Awesome Fantasy Focus we will break down the strategy an [...]
Read More…Oct 25
The Hat Trick: What Should You Be Watching For This Week in the NHL
Analysis Written by: Eric Sutter No CommentsWhat a weekend of hockey with six hat tricks in two days. Friday saw Steven Stamkos, Rene Bourque and Daniel Alfredsson light the lamp three times. That was only to be followed Saturday by Alexander Semin, Brad Richardson and John Tavares first hat trick of his NHL career. Alfredsson eight career hat trick also led [...]
Read More…Oct 22
Do not let fantasy studs pass you by holding onto players that are not producing. This week we look at some players that need a big weekend or should hit the waiver wire soon. So let’s break down the Weekend Warriors of could be fantasy studs to watch out for. Teams with 2 games this [...]
Read More…Oct 20
Recap of Week 2 in the 2010-11 NHL Season. 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 and Rankings.
Read More…Oct 19
Fantasy Focus: Worth It Or Not? Some NHL Waiver Wire Advice After Week 1
Fantasy Written by: Eric Sutter 1 CommentOne week into the season and you are either loving your draft a top the standings or scouring the waiver wire trying to reconfigure a new team to compete. Either way the waiver wire and your current roster is full of hits and misses so lets break the forwards down Pucking Awesome style. Pick Up [...]
Read More…Oct 18
The Hat Trick: What to Watch For In Week 2 of the NHL Season
Analysis Written by: Eric Sutter No CommentsThe NHL is a week old and already we have some big surprises, some suspensions and some big injuries. Marian Hossa leads the league in points (nine) and tied for the league lead with five goals, as he seems primed to become the number one option in a star-laden lineup. Who is in panic mode [...]
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