After a fun-filled five weeks of fantasy hockey, it’s time for another monthly roundup. This season’s trends are now finding their tracks and we’re starting to see just who is going to do what this year. Despite that, it’s good to know who the little cogs are that will make your clock tick, so with all apologies for lateness due, and without further adieu, here are ten players that caught... 

The NHL is bursting with very young, very talented players. Most of the leading scorers are somewhere around 25 years of age or less. Five or six years from now, these players will be the veterans that everyone turns to for wisdom and insight on the game. When that happens, there will be a new crop of adept greenhorns trying to establish themselves as the league’s new stars. They will be the first... 

Right now, there’s an entire all-star team’s worth of players injured in the NHL. We could construct arguably the best first line in hockey with Russian wonders Alexander Ovechkin, Evgeni Malkin, and Ilya Kovalchuk all out with injuries. In case they can’t get it done, no worries, there is a dynamic second line waiting to come out in Johan Franzen, Marc Savard, and Marian Hossa. This is when... 

So, it’s November. It can be said that the NHL season is now completely and officially “in the swing of things”. With new squads starting to strut their stuff, and old titans showing some signs of slipping, it looks like we’re in for quite an exciting year. Injuries have ravaged team after team in the first month of play, and I’m sure they’re ravaging some fantasy teams as well. It’s... 

My last column examined a couple of guys who I think will break out with unexpectedly big 2009-10 campaigns. Today I’m going to take a look at several players who I don’t believe will deliver what many fans of their respective teams are hoping for. Mikael Samuelsson, Vancouver At $7.5 million over 3 years Samuelsson will not be a bust for Vancouver, but it’s tough to see him having... 

Whats the one thing most seasoned sports writers loathe most?  Predictions. Yet, year after year they’re produced en-masse as they’re arguably the most in-demand offering the media provides to the hockey reader. Predictions are silly.  So many factors and variables beyond even the players control impact the type of season he or his team will have.  Line mates, trades, coaching schemes,...