Archive for November, 2007

the best Flame ever

Friday, November 30th, 2007 Posted in Flames | No Comments »

last night Sportsnet West ran a poll before the Flames game about who the best Flame of all-time would be.  if you didn't realize the significance of last night's game then it could really cause you to think.  the Flames ...

Fantasy Stat Thursday - SOG/game

Thursday, November 29th, 2007 Posted in fantasy stat | No Comments »

it's relatively simple, if you don't shoot you won't score and so you want to get some snipers on your roster.  goals are harder to find than assists anyway and since you get closer to a 2:1 ratio on assists ...

Boom Boom Geoffrion’s Ghost

Tuesday, November 27th, 2007 Posted in fantasy team review | 2 Comments »

you know when you work at a place and you take notice of somebody who "cuts their own swath" on the landscape of whatever you're doing?  well, i wrote for talentedmrroto.com for several years and one of the guys you noticed ...

Sunday morning armchair

Sunday, November 25th, 2007 Posted in armchair | No Comments »

it had been nearly a month since Burnaby Joe Sakic had scored a goal.  i saw a quote by him earlier this week agreeing that he's really stunk lately and he needed to turn it up.  well, he got a ...

Impertinent fantasy thoughts

Friday, November 23rd, 2007 Posted in armchair | No Comments »

Ryan Malone looked like the star that many thought he was going to be last night; Marc Andre Fleury ... didn't.  Fleury got bounced after 4 shots, 2 that went in.  Malone got to line up with Sid and Colby ...

Fantasy Stat Thursday - PPTOI/game

Thursday, November 22nd, 2007 Posted in fantasy stat | 1 Comment »

i actually took a look at this stat on my blog when it was hosted elsewhere but i really do think there is some significant things to be noted here.  obviously if a skater is on the ice for a ...

Kerry Fraser’s Hair

Wednesday, November 21st, 2007 Posted in fantasy team review | No Comments »

this is the first installment in my weekly team reviews here at hockeyanalysis.com.  if you'd like your team to be considered for something like this then fire off an email to me at ian@hockeyanalysis.com.  some good fun can be had dissecting fantasy ...

Big Bird

Monday, November 19th, 2007 Posted in Canadiens | No Comments »

two time Norris trophy winner, three time NHL 1st team All Star, three time NHL 2nd team All Star, ten time All Star game participant, Conn Smythe trophy winner, and six(!) time Stanley Cup Champion. tonight the Montreal Canadiens retire the ...

Sunday morning armchair

Sunday, November 18th, 2007 Posted in armchair | 1 Comment »

this is one of my regular postings where i glance at some of the fantasy implications from games of late, particularly Saturday night, the biggest NHL night of the week.   i'm actually starting this on Saturday because of the fact ...

if you don’t have the goaltending …

Friday, November 16th, 2007 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »

you're not going to win.  simply put.  i commish my work league which is a 16 team roto league where you have to fill in 82 games at two starting goaltender slots.  that's 16 people all fighting to get their ...

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