Open 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, 2009Open Ice: Thanks for nothing
Sean Allen, Special to ESPN.comSean 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, 2009Open Ice: Fleischmann thriving
Sean Allen, Special to ESPN.comSean Allen scans the waiver wires for players who should be owned in more ESPN.com leagues and suggests some that might be owned in too many.
Story | Conversation | November 09, 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, 2009Open Ice: Time to cut Franzen?
Sean Allen, Special to ESPN.comSean 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, 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, 2009Open Ice: And awaaaay we go!
Sean Allen, Special to ESPN.comSean Allen passes along his pickup (Matt Duchene) and drop (Andrei Markov) suggestions following the season's first few games.
Story | Conversation | October 05, 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, 2009Central Division preview
Sean Allen, Special to ESPN.comSean Allen looks at every Central Division team from the fantasy hockey perspective for the 2009-10 season.
Story | Conversation | September 23, 2009The best among the rookies and sophs
Sean Allen, Special to ESPN.comSean Allen scans the NHL rookies and sophomores for potential sleepers.
Story | Conversation | September 09, 2009Tavares, Hedman only names to know
Sean Allen, Special to ESPN.comSean Allen recaps the NHL draft from a fantasy perspective and notes that there are really only two names to know for the upcoming season.
Story | Conversation | June 28, 2009Open Ice: Finding solutions for your late-season problems
Sean Allen, Special to ESPN.comSean Allen is in Q-and-A mode as he addresses late-season problems fantasy owners could have.
Story | Conversation | March 30, 2009Open Ice: Trades have brought welcome (or unwelcome) changes
Sean Allen, Special to ESPN.comSean Allen looks at the action in the aftermath of the trade deadline, not necessarily the traded players but those whose lines are affected by them.
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