First and foremost welcome back to the wonderful world of fantasy hockey. It’s what gets me through the winter; cheering on my players on a Sunday night. Some scrub I picked up in the morning hoping he will get into a fight so I can win the penalty minutes on the week. Or maybe it was a backup goalie I started Sunday praying that he put up good numbers or a miraculous shootout.
Ahhh yes!! That’s fantasy hockey.
Let’s get the ball rolling.
Sign up for the HBSL (HockeyBuzz Super League) – Set your lineup’s each week and put together a quality roster who will play a lot of games and put up more points than your head to head matchup. It’s easy, and it’s fun.
If you have any questions, fire away…
I rank my players on these categories (goals, assists, points, PPP, PIM, shorthanded points and game winning goals). I rank my goalies on (goals against average, save percent, wins and shutouts).
Forwards: 1. Connor McDavid 2. Nikita Kucherov 3. Sidney Crosby 4. Alexander Ovechkin 5. John Tavares 6. Nathan Mackinnon 7. Steven Stamkos 8. Jamie Benn 9. Claude Giroux 10. Brad Marchand 11. Johnny Gaudreau 12. Blake Wheeler 13. Evgeni Malkin 14. Mark Scheifele 15. Tyler Seguin 16. Auston Matthews 17. Jack Eichel 18. Taylor Hall 19. Patrick Kane 20. Patrik Laine
Defense: 1. Erik Karlsson 2. Victor Hedman 3. Brent Burns 4. John Klingberg 5. Shayne Gostisbehere 6. PK Subban 7. John Carlson 8. Seth Jones 9. Torey Krug 10. Roman Josi 11. Morgan Rielly 12. Drew Doughty 13. Zach Werenski 14. Dougie Hamilton 15. Alex Pietrangelo 16. Oliver Ekman-Larsson 17. Dustin Byfuglien 18. Ryan Ellis 19. Kris Letang 20. Keith Yandle
Goaltender: 1. Connor Hellebuyck 2. Andrei Vasilevskiy 3. Braden Holtby 4. Frederik Andersen 5. Pekka Rinne 6. Tuukka Rask 7. Matt Murray 8. Sergei Bobrovsky 9. Devan Dubnyk 10. John Gibson 11. Jonathan Quick 12. Martin Jones 13. Marc-Andre Fleury 14. Cam Talbot 15. Jake Allen 16. Carey Price 17. Ben Bishop 18. Mike Smith 19. Antti Raanta 20. Carter Hutton
Hopefully this list helps get you off to a good start when drafting your fantasy teams.
Thanks for reading, good luck in your drafts!
I will blog as much as I can to keep you up to date with injuries, goalies, hot/cold and a number of other fantasy topics.
Any trade ideas or drafting thoughts feel free to ask.