Open Ice: A new play on the Rater

Sean 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.

Open Ice: The Phil Factor

Sean 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.

Open Ice: Trade targets

Sean Allen offers suggestions for players to trade for to turn your fantasy fortunes around.

Front Line: Let your sleepers lie

Sean 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.

Front Line: Ascending Kings

Sean Allen revises his preseason opinions on certain players based on the on-ice action to date. Among his latest conclusions: The LA Kings are better than advertised, and the St. Louis Blues are not.

Front Line: A leap of faith

Sean Allen explains why he is willing to move up injury-prone forwards Marian Gaborik and Martin Havlat in his weekly forwards rankings.

Front Line: Semin on the rise

Sean Allen's news, notes and rankings of fantasy hockey forwards focuses on the rise of Alexander Semin to the Washington Capitals' top line.

Atlantic Division preview

A look at the Devils, Rangers, Islanders, Flyers and Penguins from the fantasy perspective

Ovechkin, Crosby go 1-2

Victoria Matiash breaks down the 22 rounds of the first fantasy hockey mock draft of the season.

Rankings: The Top 200

Fantasy hockey rankings for the 2009-10 season

Forwards: Ovechkin, Malkin at top

Fantasy hockey forwards rankings for the 2009-10 season

The best among the rookies and sophs

Sean Allen scans the NHL rookies and sophomores for potential sleepers.

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Fantasy Forecaster: Martin Brodeur's return

Tristan H. Cockcroft previews the 21st week of the NHL season and notes that the return of Martin Brodeur muddies the Devils' goalie situation.

Open Ice: Waiver-wire picks to fill every category

Sean Allen gives out plenty of waiver-wire advice to fill out every ESPN fantasy category.