Open Ice: A new play on the Rater
Sean Allen, Special to ESPN.comSean Allen takes an alternate look at player values by evaluating only the scoring categories for the top players owned in ESPN standard fantasy hockey leagues.
Story | Conversation | December 21, 2009Front Line: Hossa back, rising
Sean Allen, Special to ESPN.comMarian Hossa defied even the most optimistic of prognoses by returning to the Blackhawks before the calendar turned to December. With his injury behind him, Sean Allen is ready to consider him elite again.
Story | Conversation | December 01, 2009Open Ice: The Phil Factor
Sean Allen, Special to ESPN.comSean Allen looks at the difference a single player can make on an team, using Phil Kessel and Ryan Smyth as the positive and negative examples of the rule.
Story | Conversation | November 30, 2009Front Line: What's wrong with Havlat?
Sean Allen, Special to ESPN.comSean Allen explores three possible explanations for Martin Havlat's struggles in his weekly roundup and rankings of everything related to fantasy hockey forwards.
Story | Conversation | November 17, 2009Front Line: Stars shine
Sean Allen, Special to ESPN.comSean Allen takes a closer look at the teams that are scoring more than expected, like the Dallas Stars, and adjusts their forwards accordingly in his weekly news and rankings feature.
Story | Conversation | November 10, 2009Front Line: Ranking the injured
Sean Allen, Special to ESPN.comRanking the injured, and players returning from injury, can be tricky business. Sean Allen reveals his methods as he introduces the convalescing Phil Kessel to the rankings.
Story | Conversation | November 03, 2009Front Line: Let your sleepers lie
Sean Allen, Special to ESPN.comSean Allen ponders the question of how long you should wait on your sleepers before deciding this isn't their year and running the risk of watching them live up to their potential on someone else's roster. Plus, weekly forward news, notes and rankings.
Story | Conversation | October 27, 2009Open Ice: Boosting your plus/minus
Sean Allen, Special to ESPN.comSean Allen lays out a strategy owners can use to boost their plus/minus using widely available players and without exceeding games-played limits.
Story | Conversation | October 26, 2009Front Line: Semin on the rise
Sean Allen, Special to ESPN.comSean Allen's news, notes and rankings of fantasy hockey forwards focuses on the rise of Alexander Semin to the Washington Capitals' top line.
Story | Conversation | October 06, 2009Northwest Division preview
Sean Allen, Special to ESPN.comSean Allen looks at every Northwest Division team from the fantasy hockey perspective for the 2009-10 season.
Story | Conversation | September 23, 2009Open Ice: Much more than your Average Joe
Sean Allen, Special to ESPN.comSean Allen gives his own twist on the Player Rater by comparing fantasy values to players who are actually usable in ESPN leagues.
Story | Conversation | January 26, 2009Open Ice: AHL stars today, NHL call-ups tomorrow
Sean Allen, Special to ESPN.comSean Allen looks at several AHL hot starters, including a couple who made their season debut in the NHL this past weekend.
Story | Conversation | November 03, 2008Crosby And Malkin Together Again
Sean AllenIf they keep working together like this, there will never be any concern in Pittsburgh about Sidney Crosby or Evgeni Malkin holding the other back fro...
Blog Entry | Conversation | October 19, 2008Fantasy Hockey: Love/Hate for 2008
Sean Allen, Special to ESPN.comSean Allen gives the Love/Hate treatment to dozens of potential NHL fantasy hockey draft picks.
Story | Conversation | August 15, 2008Offseason Notebook: Free-agent frenzy
Sean Allen, Special to ESPN.comSean Allen breaks down the most fantasy-relevent moves that have been made in the first two days of the NHL free-agent season.
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