With today being trade deadline day there could be many positives and negatives that affect your fantasy because of it. First of all, keep a close eye on any trading that takes place; you don’t want to miss out on an opportunity if one arises. Sometimes a trade can increases a player’s value as he gets traded to a better team, plays on a better line and likely produces better results. Remember, that can drastically decrease another player’s value because they are bumped down a line. It’s important at this time of the year to be on the ball and not let it get away from you…playoffs are just around the corner after all. Roster locks (trading) start as early as March, so be sure you know when fantasy trade deadline is. Any moves you have thought of doing or want to do, now is the time; now or never.
Breaking down the week of games this week it looks as if it will be a busier week than last.
(4) Games Calgary – Minnesota – Montreal – Nashville - Ottawa – Philadelphia
(3) Games Anaheim – Arizona – Boston – Buffalo – Carolina – Chicago – Colorado – Columbus – Dallas – Detroit – Edmonton – Florida – Los Angeles – New Jersey – New York Islanders – New York Rangers – Pittsburgh – San Jose – Tampa Bay – Toronto – Vancouver – Washington
(2) Games St. Louis – Winnipeg
Injuries:
Mathieu Perreault – April Kevin Shattenkirk – April Christian Ehrhoff – DTD Clarke MacArthur – DTD Henrik Lundqvist – Indef. Mikhail Grabovski – DTD Kyle Okposo – mid March Tanner Pearson – week to week Taylor Hall – late March Darren Helm – DTD Henrik Zetterberg – DTD Johan Franzen – DTD Tyler Seguin – early April Valeri Nichushkin – late March Erik Johnson – week to week Brandon Dubinsky – Indef. Patrick Kane – late May Mark Giordano – DTD David Krejci – early April Sami Vatanen – late March Matt Beleskey – DTD
HBSL:
What a huge week in the HockeyBuzz SuperLeague!! A couple massive upsets this week in the free bracket as the number one seed “Mid Ice Crisis… has been eliminated. Other big upsets took place in the top 10 seeds as well as number 4, 6, 7, and 8 were also upset. We now move onto round three where the final 32 players will meet in head to head match ups. Make sure you put some time into your roster decisions this week. Do or die round three here we go! Congratulations to everyone who won their match-up and best of luck to everyone next year who fell short in week two. “sprutz a sprutz… won the week with the highest fantasy score of 536.00.
I will update later with the highest score of the STH bracket.
Keep an eye on Eklund’s “Trade Deadline 2015 – Rumor Tracker… for any action on the trading front.
Any trade questions or other fantasy advice feel free to ask in the comments section.
Thanks for reading and best of luck this week in your fantasy!