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, 2009NHL Forecaster: The whiff!
Sean Allen, ESPN.comSean Allen previews Week 12 of the fantasy hockey season, discussing the value of missed shots and players like Jeff Carter, who benefits from a four-game week.
Story | Conversation | December 18, 2009Front Line: Deconstructing Mike Fisher
Sean Allen, Special to ESPN.comSean Allen explains the disparity between his ranking of Mike Fisher and what Player Rater says about the Senators forward's stats.
Story | Conversation | December 15, 2009Open Ice: Return of the King
Sean Allen, Special to ESPN.comSean Allen looks forward to the return of Ryan Smyth and the effect it will have on the Los Angeles Kings' offense in general and Anze Kopitar in particular.
Story | Conversation | December 14, 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, 2009Northeast Division preview
Sean Allen, Special to ESPN.comA look at the Boston Bruins, Buffalo Sabres, Montreal Canadiens, Ottawa Senators and Toronto Maple Leafs from the fantasy perspective.
Story | Conversation | September 28, 2009Open Ice: Waiver-wire picks to fill every category
Sean Allen, Special to ESPN.comSean Allen gives out plenty of waiver-wire advice to fill out every ESPN fantasy category.
Story | Conversation | February 02, 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: The 'Grand Theft Roto' edition
Sean Allen, Special to ESPN.comSean Allen talks trade in this week's rendition, looking at six players he's "stealing" and six he's "dealing."
Story | Conversation | January 12, 2009Open Ice: New Year's resolutions for all 30 teams
Sean Allen, Special to ESPN.comSean Allen helps all 30 NHL teams formulate fantasy-friendly resolutions for the rest of the season.
Story | Conversation | December 29, 2008Open Ice: Finding replacement goalies
Sean Allen, Special to ESPN.comSean Allen highlights some lightly owned goaltenders with high ceilings and whom might be worth picking up as injury replacements.
Story | Conversation | November 24, 2008Open Ice: Are you for real?
Sean Allen, Special to ESPN.comSean Allen evaluates more than 20 players whose hot or cold starts to the season have us wondering: Are they for real?
Story | Conversation | November 19, 2008Brodeur goes down, unsure for how long
Sean AllenThe unspeakable has occurred. Martin Brodeur left Saturday night's game against Atlanta with a bruised right elbow. After making a sprawling stop at 6...
Blog Entry | Conversation | November 02, 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, 2008Canadiens line shuffling effective
Sean Allen...Lang and Alexei Kovalev from their Penguin days. There was also some talk of a Sergei Kostitsyn-Andrei Kostitsyn connection. The line combos they have iced through two games of the regular season are...
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