With the National Hockey League season just a week away, if you haven’t completed a fantasy hockey draft, you will be doing so in the next few days. This article is part III of a three-part series exploring how you can get the most out of your fantasy draft, and[…]
Read More »With the NHL season just two weeks away, fantasy hockey fanatics – called “poolers” in Canada – are gearing up for their fantasy drafts. Generally, a typical fantasy hockey roster consists of 17 players including 6 forwards, four defensemen, two goalies, and two bench players. That means, as you look[…]
Read More »Fantasy sports is big business. Between pay-for-play leagues, magazines, “scouting” services, and TV and radio talk shows, fantasy sports accounts for billions of dollars in revenue. An estimated 30 million people played fantasy sports according to a survey conducted by the Fantasy Sports Trade Association in 2007, and that number[…]
Read More »The National Hockey League rejected a landmark deal today that would have given Forward Ilya Kovalchuk a 17-year, $102 million contract with the New Jersey Devils. The NHL ruled that the longest deal in its history violated the league salary cap. NHL Deputy Commissioner Bill Daly was quoted on NHL.com saying: “The[…]
Read More »Preliminary play is underway in Vancouver and Team Russia is looking to erase more than two decades of frustration as they seek a gold medal performance here in the 2010 Winter Olympics after a string of disappointments. In the ten Winter Olympiads spanning from 1956 to 1992, Russia was dominant.[…]
Read More »As preliminary pool play for men’s hockey begins in earnest during the 2010 Winter Olympics, the Swedish national team comes to western Canada with swagger and focus. The Swedes are the defending gold medal winners, knocking off arch rival Finland in the gold medal game in Torino back in 2006.[…]
Read More »With the 2010 Winter Olympics opening soon the United States men’s hockey team looks at Vancouver as a fresh start, a chance for redemption. The 2006 Olympics in Torino were unkind to the Americans on the ice, as they finished a disappointing eighth just four years after claiming the silver[…]
Read More »The 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver are just over a week away and all eyes will be riveted on Canada Hockey Place for the men’s Olympic hockey championships. Teams from twelve countries spanning the globe will do battle to try and claim the gold medal for their respective nations. The[…]
Read More »With the exception of major league baseball, no sport has as much upheaval at the trade deadline as the National Hockey League. This season, teams are faced with a double whammy as rosters freeze February 12th for the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver. By the time they unfreeze following the[…]
Read More »The NHL should set a quota of 30 minor penalties per game, according to an Institute for Hockey Affairs proposal, which attributes a 25% increase in scoring this year to a 50% increase in the number of penalties called. “We believe that by setting the 30-penalty quota, the league will[…]
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