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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: Stars shine

Sean Allen, Special to ESPN.com

Sean 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, 2009

Open Ice: Trade targets

Sean Allen, Special to ESPN.com

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

Story | Conversation | November 02, 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

NHL Forecaster: Shark week

Sean Allen, ESPN.com

Sean Allen previews the opening week of the NHL season, highlighted by a set of favorable defensive matchups for the San Jose Sharks.

Story | Conversation | September 29, 2009

Ovechkin, Crosby go 1-2

Victoria Matiash, Special to ESPN.com

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

Story | Conversation | September 15, 2009

How to win your ESPN league

Sean Allen, Special to ESPN.com

Sean Allen presents eight simple rules for winning your ESPN fantasy hockey league.

Story | Conversation | September 10, 2009

The best among the rookies and sophs

Sean Allen, Special to ESPN.com

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

Story | Conversation | September 09, 2009

Fantasy Hockey: Faces in new places

Victoria Matiash, Special to ESPN.com

Victoria Matiash breaks down the biggest offseason moves and how each affects the fantasy landscape.

Story | Conversation | September 08, 2009

Open Ice: Assessing each team's goaltending situation

Sean Allen, Special to ESPN.com

Sean Allen looks at every team's goaltending situation and which players you want for your fantasy team.

Story | Conversation | January 19, 2009

Open Ice: Fishing for goalies

Sean Allen, Special to ESPN.com

Sean Allen looks at the teams whose goaltending situations may yield some unexpected fantasy value.

Story | Conversation | October 20, 2008

Offseason Notebook: Sharks, Sabres and Lightning swap power-play point men

Sean Allen, Special to ESPN.com

Sean Allen assesses new power-play point men in San Jose, Buffalo and Tampa Bay, and reports on more movement since the first two days of the free-agent season in the NHL.

Story | Conversation | July 09, 2008

Allen: Hossa headlines deadline deals

Sean Allen, Special to ESPN.com

Sean Allen breaks down all the trade-deadline action from the fantasy perspective.

Story | Conversation | February 26, 2008

Becker: Get what you can for Forsberg

Pete Becker, ESPN.com

Pete Becker discusses his expectations for Peter Forsberg's return to Denver. They (the expectations) are not mile-high.

Story | Conversation | February 25, 2008

Fantasy Forecaster: Flames caught in trap

Tristan H. Cockcroft, ESPN.com

Tristan H. Cockcroft previews the week ahead for good and bad matchups.

Story | Conversation | October 21, 2007