Mark Barbour (@18sktrs, 18skaters.com) Scoreboard Ottawa Senators 3 5 Carolina Hurricanes Montréal Canadiens 5 6 Toronto Maple Leafs Chicago Blackhawks 1 3 Boston Bruins Colorado Avalanche 5 2 Los Angeles Kings Edmonton Oilers 1 8 Vancouver Canucks Winnipeg Jets 3 5 Calgary Flames Multi-Point Scorers Skater Team Goals Assists Points Brock Boeser Vancouver Canucks 4Continue reading “Daily NHL Skater Summary (2023-10-11)”
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Daily NHL Skater Summary (2023-10-10)
Mark Barbour (@18sktrs, 18skaters.com) Scoreboard Nashville Predators 3 5 Tampa Bay Lightning Chicago Blackhawks 4 2 Pittsburgh Penguins Seattle Kraken 1 4 Vegas Golden Knights Multi-Point Scorers Skater Team Goals Assists Points Nicholas Paul Tampa Bay Lightning 2 1 3 Brayden Point Tampa Bay Lightning 0 3 3 Nikita Kucherov Tampa Bay Lightning 2 0Continue reading “Daily NHL Skater Summary (2023-10-10)”
Yahoo Mock Draft Series Episode 2: Safety First
This is the second in a series focusing on specific fantasy hockey drafting strategies, the outcomes, and what I learned as a result… blah, blah, blah…because something happened… FULL STOP. As mentioned ad nauseam (insert eye rolling emoji here), I’ve been playing fantasy hockey since 2007, but something changed last year, and perhaps more importantly,Continue reading “Yahoo Mock Draft Series Episode 2: Safety First”
Crushing a $100 Buy-In Fantasy Hockey Draft
Hi, everybody! My name is Gagan, and I’ve been a frequent listener of the podcast. As a thank you for helping me win a bunch of money over the years, I thought I’d give back to the community by helping out the Apples and Ginos team in whatever way I could! Today, I want toContinue reading “Crushing a $100 Buy-In Fantasy Hockey Draft”
Yahoo Mock Draft Series Episode 1: Zero G
This is the first of a series focusing on specific fantasy hockey drafting strategies, the outcomes, and what I learned as a result. Allegedly. Settings and Scoring: Other than “Roster Maximization,” knowing your individual league’s scoring settings is probably the most important thing to keep in mind during the fantasy hockey season. This is aContinue reading “Yahoo Mock Draft Series Episode 1: Zero G”
Top Ten Burning Questions in Fantasy Hockey for 2023-2024
1. Why does everyone hate Nickelback?…sorry, wrong list. Trusting the Process A few folks have asked about the writing process. In general, I’ll come up with a topic after conferring with Nate and or the other contributors. After that, it’s just about trying to establish some sort of starting point and seeing where that leads.Continue reading “Top Ten Burning Questions in Fantasy Hockey for 2023-2024”
Drafting Defensemen
Mark Barbour (@18sktrs, 18skaters.com) Introduction Similar to the Zero-G approach to drafting goalies, I like to invest as little draft capital as possible in defensemen. Put another way, I like to draft elite forwards and live or die with them. This article describes my process. Step 1: Get Good Skater Projections I don’t rely onContinue reading “Drafting Defensemen”
Thrift Store Shopping – 2023-24 Goalie Bargain Shopping
It’s that time of year we are all preparing for our drafts and looking at ADPs from what are supposed to be credible sources. I wanted to jump in with today’s article and release a public service announcement to all my fellow GMs out there. Stop what you are doing and listen! Do not overContinue reading “Thrift Store Shopping – 2023-24 Goalie Bargain Shopping “
Why You Should Use Apples & Ginos Projections
Hello everyone and welcome in for another article, this one examining my 2022/23 projections to see how accurately I was able to predict player performance for this past season. If you haven’t seen them yet, my 2023/24 projections are now live and free for all to use to dominate their fantasy drafts this season. IfContinue reading “Why You Should Use Apples & Ginos Projections”
10 Players I Was Right About in 2022-2023
Looking back at my fantasy hockey 2022-2023 draft results, suggests I’ve got some nerve writing this article. Fortunately the water is flowing rather rapidly under that troubled bridge. Ivan Provorov? Robert Thomas? Whadda ya kiddin’ me? I’d like to reiterate what I’ve been screaming about since I began writing for Apples and Ginos. Namely toContinue reading “10 Players I Was Right About in 2022-2023”
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