Tag Archives: Fantasy Hockey

How to Write a Good Hook: Chapter 1 “Hook” the readers with an interesting quote, anecdote, statistic, or question For this piece, I’m going full-on Riddler: Who were my four most important players and or free agent pickups across my two teams for the 2022-2023 fantasy hockey season?  …and then throw this at them: You’llContinue reading “I Wake Up Screaming: 2022-2023 Fantasy Hockey Season Review”

Mark Barbour (@18sktrs, 18skaters.com) Nate asked everyone on the Apples & Ginos content team to write a Year In Review article. The goal is to find ways to improve and to share some lessons that can help readers win their own leagues. This is my contribution to the Year In Review series. Overview Of MyContinue reading “Year In Review: 18 Skaters”

For those who know,  “…two all beef patties, special sauce, lettuce, cheese, pickles, onions on a sesame seed bun.”  When you have Connor McDavid on your roster and your opponent has Nathan MacKinnon, you’d think that the Big Mac game would be covered. And yet, neither was the Biggest Big Mac. At least not forContinue reading “The Biggest Big Mac”

It is that time of year: Time for fantasy hockey GMs to self-reflect and really ask ourselves: did I leave my 2022 draft with the right pieces to compete for a championship? Whether you made a deep playoff run or finished at the bottom of your league. To improve as GM we need to lookContinue reading “The Five Most Disappointing Players I Drafted this Year”

…in my stomach… Not that I mind singing the Blues, just not the Marty St. Louis type.  The Process This is the third installment in my series looking back at fantasy hockey from Week 21 through the playoffs, my thinking process behind the moves I made, and the pluses and minuses.  Hopefully, you can gainContinue reading “Week 24: The Habs and the Hab Knots”

…Substitution, mass confusion, clouds inside your head… You know the rest. I think?  Hello, The Cars? Rock and Roll HOF? C’mon. They were doing Let’s Go before Let’s Go was Let’s Go…So let’s go alright?  The Process This is the third installment in my series looking back at fantasy hockey from Week 21 through theContinue reading “Week 23:  Bye Bye Love”

.00007638. Remember this ridiculous number.  That’s a number? Looks more like a sentence. You have no idea… The Process This is the second installment in my series looking back at fantasy hockey from Week 21 through the playoffs, my thinking process behind the moves I made, and the hits and misses.  Hopefully, you can gainContinue reading “Week 22: Hello, Good-Bye”

Mark Barbour (@18sktrs, 18skaters.com) I like to fade defensemen in fantasy hockey drafts, much like I fade goalies (the “Zero-G” strategy popularized by Nate here at Apples & Ginos). In this article I will very briefly set out some data that shows why I like this strategy. Before getting into that, though, I’ll mention thatContinue reading “Thoughts On Drafting Defensemen”