37 Results for chris hope

Open Ice: Return of the King

Sean Allen, Special to ESPN.com

Sean 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, 2009

Open Ice: Howard spreads his wings

Sean Allen, Special to ESPN.com

Sean Allen proposes some worthy fantasy hockey pickups such as new Red Wings starting goalie Jimmy Howard and some new blood on the top lines in Colorado and Florida.

Story | Conversation | December 07, 2009

Open Ice: Thanks for nothing

Sean Allen, Special to ESPN.com

Sean Allen plays the role of the Thanksgiving grinch by listing what he is not thankful for at this point in the fantasy hockey season.

Story | Conversation | November 23, 2009

Front Line: What's wrong with Havlat?

Sean Allen, Special to ESPN.com

Sean 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, 2009

NHL Forecaster: The perfect storm

Sean Allen, ESPN.com

There's hope yet for the reeling Carolina Hurricanes, says Sean Allen. Their slow start and the expected return of Evgeni Malkin are the topics of Week 7 of the NHL season.

Story | Conversation | November 13, 2009

Front Line: Ranking the injured

Sean Allen, Special to ESPN.com

Ranking 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, 2009

Front Line: Let your sleepers lie

Sean Allen, Special to ESPN.com

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.

Story | Conversation | October 27, 2009

Open Ice: Boosting your plus/minus

Sean Allen, Special to ESPN.com

Sean 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, 2009

Front Line: A leap of faith

Sean Allen, Special to ESPN.com

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

Story | Conversation | October 13, 2009

Open Ice: Time to cut Franzen?

Sean Allen, Special to ESPN.com

Sean Allen discusses whether it's worth holding on to a player like Johan Franzen, who will miss the next few months with an injury.

Story | Conversation | October 12, 2009

Northeast Division preview

Sean Allen, Special to ESPN.com

A look at the Boston Bruins, Buffalo Sabres, Montreal Canadiens, Ottawa Senators and Toronto Maple Leafs from the fantasy perspective.

Story | Conversation | September 28, 2009

Pacific Division preview

Sean Allen, Special to ESPN.com

Sean Allen looks at every Pacific Division team from the fantasy hockey perspective for the 2009-10 season.

Story | Conversation | September 24, 2009

Northwest Division preview

Sean Allen, Special to ESPN.com

Sean Allen looks at every Northwest Division team from the fantasy hockey perspective for the 2009-10 season.

Story | Conversation | September 23, 2009

Central Division preview

Sean Allen, Special to ESPN.com

Sean Allen looks at every Central Division team from the fantasy hockey perspective for the 2009-10 season.

Story | Conversation | September 23, 2009

Open Ice: Top producers from non-contenders

Sean Allen, Special to ESPN.com

Sean Allen looks at players from non-contending teams who can still help your fantasy team produce down the stretch.

Story | Conversation | March 16, 2009