DraftKings.com NHL Lineup for April 12

April 12, 2013 by Leave a Comment
Photo courtesy of SomeHoosier

Photo courtesy of SomeHoosier

The Fantasy Fix and Draft Kings have partnered together to give you the best fantasy and gaming experience, offering hockey fans two games to play via Draft Kings. Their ‘One-Timer’ and ‘Daily Dollar’ games offer affordable, competitive fun with payouts suitable for the beginner and the seasoned veteran.

The gist is simple: pay to play, play to win. One top five finish can sufficiently supply your gaming fix for weeks. The small buy-in amount ($5) makes it easy to spend a small amount to see how good you are at crafting your best hockey team. Speaking of teams, building your team is simple. Your team will consist of a starting five (C-LW-RW-D-D), a goalie, and three utility positions. Those three spots can be filled with any position that is not a netminder.

The one restriction you do have is the amount of money allotted to spend on filling your roster. Your total to fill nine positions is $50,000. To learn more about the scoring system and the nuts and bolts of games, check out the page linked here.

Here are the links to Draft Kings’ NHL ‘One-Timer’ and Daily Dollar games for your quick fix needs.

NHL Daily Dollar:  https://www.draftkings.com/Gateway?S=945734428
NHL One-Timer:  https://www.draftkings.com/Gateway?S=242421180

This will be my last roster for the season. Yes, there is one more week left, but I personally like to enjoy one week of the season as a fan. Winning money is always fun, but to be a fan is something money cannot replace.

Here is my final roster for Draft Kings this hockey season.

 

Center: Alex Steen ($6,000)

Left Wing: Brandon Saad (4,400)

Right Wing: Marian Hossa (5,300)

Defenseman: Brent Seabrook (4,600)

Defenseman: Duncan Keith (4,400)

Goaltender: Corey Crawford (8,600)

Utility: Henrik Zetterberg (6,300)

Utility: Patrick Sharp (5,400)

Utility: Mike Camalleri (5,000)

Total: $50,000

 

Team Notes

I am going all in on the Chicago Blackhawks for my last hurrah. They are healthy, hungry, and facing their biggest rival Friday night.

You could say I am all in on the Central Division as well. I have enjoyed watching Alex Steen come into his own this season after a great season for St. Louis in 2012-13. He faces a Nashville Predators team that just lost two top nine forwards to planned season-ending surgeries. I am a fan of Zetterberg’s game, and see him contributing a goal against the rival Hawks.

Mike Camalleri is my wild card play, as he has the task of face a red-hot goalie in Mike Smith. Smith has stopped 93 of his last 95 shots. The Yotes’ netminder surrendered five goals in their last meeting, so something has to give.

Thank you for reading and participating in the Draft Kings NHL money games. I hope next season produces more wins for everyone, unless it is against me. Do not forget to keep playing through the end of the regular season, and keep an eye out for me on Draft Kings. My username is jeffrotull44.

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Draft Kings NHL Lineup for April 9, 2013

April 9, 2013 by Leave a Comment
Photo courtesy of the Puck Daddy Blog

Photo courtesy of the Puck Daddy Blog

The Fantasy Fix and Draft Kings have partnered together to give you the best fantasy and gaming experience, offering hockey fans two games to play via Draft Kings. Their ‘One-Timer’ and ‘Daily Dollar’ games offer affordable, competitive fun with payouts suitable for the beginner and the seasoned veteran.

The gist is simple: pay to play, play to win. One top five finish can sufficiently supply your gaming fix for weeks. The small buy-in amount ($5) makes it easy to spend a small amount to see how good you are at crafting your best hockey team. Speaking of teams, building your team is simple. Your team will consist of a starting five (C-LW-RW-D-D), a goalie, and three utility positions. Those three spots can be filled with any position that is not a netminder.

The one restriction you do have is the amount of money allotted to spend on filling your roster. Your total to fill nine positions is $50,000. To learn more about the scoring system and the nuts and bolts of games, check out the page linked here.

Here are the links to Draft Kings’ NHL ‘One-Timer’ and Daily Dollar games for your quick fix needs.

NHL Daily Dollar
NHL One-Timer

This is who I am playing on April 9th in both formats.

Center: John Tavares ($6,700)

Left Wing: Brandon Saad (4,300)

Right Wing: Jakub Voracek (5,900)

Defenseman: Brent Burns (4,900)

Defenseman: Drew Doughty (3,900)

Goaltender: Antti Niemi (9,600)

Utility: Jason Pominville (4,600)

Utility: Mike Ribiero (5,300)

Utility: Jarome Iginla (4,800)

Total: $50,000

 

Team Notes

Brandon Saad is on fire. He is a bargain at $4,300.

Antti Niemi has not played too well in the last few games, but I still have issue hitching my trailer to his bandwagon against Columbus. If I had a second goalie choice, it would have been Sergei Bobrovsky.

Brent Burns is playing the forward position for San Jose nowadays, but is still listed as a defenseman. That gives him great value with more scoring opportunities. Burns has put up 14 points this season, nine of which have come in his last 10 games.

Jakub Voracek and Mike Ribeiro have been spearheading the offenses in Philly and D.C., respectively. Voracek has been a point-per-game guy all season, and Ribeiro is playing on a Capitals team that has found its scoring touch.

The NHL regular season is approaching the end, so get in the game now before it ends!

 

Check out my weekly column, ‘Peaks and Valleys,’ only at The Fantasy Fix!

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2013 Fantasy Hockey: Peaks and Valleys- The End

April 8, 2013 by Leave a Comment
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Photo courtesy of clydeorama

You’re in, or you’re out. This week (and probably next) are your fantasy championships. Fingers crossed that you made it, because I missed out in mine by a small margin. If you are in a rotisserie league, you have ten games to figure out how to use your remaining games to snag the top spot.

If you are at that point, it is safe to say your roster is set. Even so, it never hurts to look at the waiver wire and hope you catch lightning in a bottle. I recommend looking, but cannot blame you if you do not. You got this far with or without my advice, and straying off that path now could doom your team.

This will be the last ‘Peaks and Valleys’ for the fantasy hockey season, so I want to take a different approach and write a long-form column for you. You will get the same advice, just in a new context.

The one thing I am shopping for on waivers is players on teams who are on the border of making or missing the playoffs. 10 games remain for majority of teams, and the races for the final seeds in both conferences are jammed pack. Nashville, Washington, New Jersey, Winnipeg, Dallas, Phoenix, and both New York squads, have players who could get hot and push their team into the playoffs. Throw in Detroit, Columbus, Edmonton, and Buffalo, and the choices for streaking candidates are plentiful.

Teams like Washington, Nashville, and Edmonton have had numerous players contribute now more than in earlier months, so check recent stats on some of their available players in your league.

I feel like my biggest hit of late has been recommending Brandon Saad of the Chicago Blackhawks. The 20-year old’s stock has shot up like a rocket over the past few weeks, and I have been near the front of his bandwagon. People may not remember, but Saad was a top-10 prospect in the 2011 NHL Entry Draft, but dropped to Chicago at pick 43 overall because of contract demands. I would imagine 29 other teams are ticked that they chose to not pick him up when they had the chance. Saad is still available in 25-40 percent of leagues.

My biggest misses of the 2013 season include advising the removal of all Columbus Blue Jackets and adding goaltender Dan Ellis. The Jackets are in the thick of the Western Conference playoff race, and the recent addition of Marian Gaborik at the trade deadline gave them a proven scorer in need of redemption. Ellis, like Carolina, has been the epitome of this column’s name. Add in goalie prospect Justin Peters, and Ellis never became roster worthy.

Thank you all for checking out ‘Peaks.’ Despite the fantasy season coming to an end, I am jumping ship to fantasy baseball starting next week. Same premise, same format, same results (luck please be on my side).

Check out more sports and entertainment thoughts of mine on Twitter @jeffrotull44.

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Draft Kings NHL Games Roster for April 3rd- The Trade Deadline

April 3, 2013 by Leave a Comment
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Photo courtesy of hdemois10

The Fantasy Fix and Draft Kings have partnered together to give you the best fantasy and gaming experience, offering hockey fans two games to play via Draft Kings. Their ‘One-Timer’ and ‘Daily Dollar’ games offer affordable, competitive fun with payouts suitable for the beginner and the seasoned veteran.

The gist is simple: pay to play, play to win. One top five finish can sufficiently supply your gaming fix for weeks. The small buy-in amount ($5) makes it easy to spend a small amount to see how good you are at crafting your best hockey team. Speaking of teams, building your team is simple. Your team will consist of a starting five (C-LW-RW-D-D), a goalie, and three utility positions. Those three spots can be filled with any position that is not a netminder.

The one restriction you do have is the amount of money allotted to spend on filling your roster. Your total to fill nine positions is $50,000. To learn more about the scoring system and the nuts and bolts of games, check out the page linked here.

Here are the links to Draft Kings’ NHL ‘One-Timer’ and Daily Dollar games for your quick fix needs.

NHL Daily Dollar
NHL One-Timer

Here is my roster for April 3, a trade deadline edition, if you will.

Center: Derek Stepan ($5,200)

 Left Wing: Max Pacioretty (6,100)

Right Wing: Brendan Gallagher (5,500)

Defenseman: Dennis Wideman (5,600)

 Defenseman: Francois Beauchemin (5,800)

Goaltender: Antti Niemi (9,600)

Utility: Teemu Selanne (3,700)

Utility: David Desharnais (3,900)

Utility: Ryan Nugent-Hopkins (4,600)

Total: $50,000

 

Team Notes

A major theme with my team is that most of my roster is willing to block a shot. Blocked shots is a sneaky and lucrative category if you have a top six forward on your team that plays on both special teams units.

Francois Beauchemin is have a renaissance season on a very good Anaheim team. Coach Bruce Boudreau has rejuvenated a number of Ducks players, and it has shown.

Brendan Gallagher and Ryan Nugent-Hopkins have played well the last two weeks, and are on teams continuing to push for positioning in the playoffs. Edmonton still has a chance, so keep your comments to yourself. RNH is playing his best hockey of the season, and a favorable match up against a trade-depleted Calgary Flames is a recipe for success.

Antti Niemi is the best goalie in hockey right now. He has stolen a handful of games this season, and San Jose has been hot over the last ten days. He is worth the enormous price tag.

Hope to see you playing, and look for jeffrotull44 to see how your roster stacks up against mine. Don’t forget to check out ‘Peaks and Valleys,’ available weekly.

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2013 Fantasy Hockey: Peaks and Valleys -This Is it

April 1, 2013 by Leave a Comment
Photo courtesy of Hattie Trott

Photo courtesy of Hattie Trott

Congratulations! If you are reading this, you have made it to your league’s fantasy playoffs, or you are relegated to the consolation bracket and appreciate this column.

I think the former is the more likely reason.

Regardless of your reason, it is good to know that you are seeking advice. This is it. You have to do any and everything to win your league. The past week of games gave me a lot to think about, and made me question what can be done to push your team to the top. Your rise depends on your decision to take a chance, or stand pat. To be fair, what you have done my column or not, has worked. I am the person who can cut bait if part of the ship starts to take down the rest. That being said, take a look at the highs and lows I have for the first week of the fantasy playoffs.

 

Peaking

Brandon Saad, Left Wing, Chicago Blackhawks: I mentioned that Saad was slowly rising on the list of players to watch and/or add, and he has made me look like a genius. Sunday’s two goal, three point effort against Detroit is a small sample of what can happen when the luck falls his way. The first 20 games or so, Saad was on the verge of exploding offensively. Now, he is a must own for the playoffs. No joke.

Matt Cullen, Center, Minnesota Wild: Cullen is 10 points away from matching his 2011-12 season total (35). The 36-year old is having a career year in this shortened season. The career plus/minus -59 is a plus-8 this season, his second highest of his career. Enjoy Cullen’s scoring now, because March was kind to him, and Minnesota is set up for a playoff run thanks in part to Cullen.

Viktor Stalberg, Left Wing, Chicago Blackhawks: The trade deadline is this Wednesday, April 3rd, and if Chicago decides to add a top-9 forward, Stalberg is likely being shipped out. He will be an unrestricted free agent after this season, and due a pat raise as his game is progressing well. Stalberg only has 12 points, but he is a plus-12 and would see an uptick in minutes on another team. Stalberg could be a diamond in the rough if you have a player recently knocked out for the season, or out for the next couple of weeks.

Down In the Valley

The St. Louis Blues: The Blues have fallen farther than most expected, and it has taken a toll on fantasy owners. Steady players like Alex Pietrangelo and Kevin Shattenkirk have hurt more than helped, and scoring from stars like David Backes and Alex Steen dries up as quick it shows up. If you want to add a hot player from waivers, do not feel bad if you have to cut a Blues player.

Daniel Winnik, Center, Anaheim Ducks: Winnik has not been fantasy relevant since January. JANUARY! He should be owned in zero leagues, but is still owned in nearly one third of leagues across all formats. There are too many relevant players available on the waiver wire that will make your better than Winnik.

 Dougie Hamilton, Defenseman, Boston Bruins: If you have a rookie not named Brandon Saad, drop him. Hamilton does not see enough time to be used on your ‘D’ corps. Dougie’s teammate Dennis Seidenberg should be owned in all formats, but is still available in enough to get a mention with the rookie.

I want to wish you the best of luck in your first week of your playoffs. I made it in half of my leagues, so I plan on sticking it out with all of you. If your playoffs are one week matchups, be aggressive. One bad day can spell the end of your championship run. If you play in two week match league, you have some leeway with your roster.

Good luck to all!

 

 

Check out my ramblings and wisdom on Twitter @jeffrotull44.

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Draft Kings Daily Hockey Challenges for March 28

March 28, 2013 by Leave a Comment
Photo courtesy of Bob Fina

Photo courtesy of Bob Fina

The Fantasy Fix and Draft Kings have partnered together to give you the best fantasy and gaming experience, offering hockey fans two games to play via Draft Kings. Their ‘One-Timer’ and ‘Daily Dollar’ games offer affordable, competitive fun with payouts suitable for the beginner and the seasoned veteran.

The gist is simple: pay to play, play to win. One top five finish can sufficiently supply your gaming fix for weeks. The small buy-in amount ($5) makes it easy to spend a small amount to see how good you are at crafting your best hockey team. Speaking of teams, building your team is simple. Your team will consist of a starting five (C-LW-RW-D-D), a goalie, and three utility positions. Those three spots can be filled with any position that is not a netminder.

The one restriction you do have is the amount of money allotted to spend on filling your roster. Your total to fill nine positions is $50,000. To learn more about the scoring system and the nuts and bolts of games, check out the page linked here.

Here are the links to Draft Kings’ NHL ‘One-Timer’ and Daily Dollar games for your quick fix needs.

NHL Daily Dollar:  https://www.draftkings.com/Gateway?S=945734428
NHL One-Timer:  https://www.draftkings.com/Gateway?S=242421180

If you want to start from the beginning and check out the entire site, go to www.draftkings.com.

Here is my Draft Kings lineup for March 28, which I would use in both formats. [Read more...]

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2013 Fantasy Hockey: Draft Kings ‘One-Timer’ Challenge for March 26

March 26, 2013 by Leave a Comment
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Photo courtesy of Douglas Family

The Fantasy Fix and DraftKings have partnered together to give you the best fantasy and gaming experience, offering hockey fans two games to play via Draft Kings. Their ‘One-Timer’ and ‘Daily Dollar’ games offer affordable, competitive fun with payouts suitable for the beginner and the seasoned veteran.

The gist is simple: pay to play, play to win. One top five finish can sufficiently supply your gaming fix for weeks. The small buy-in amount ($5) makes it easy to spend a small amount to see how good you are at crafting your best hockey team. Speaking of teams, building your team is simple. Your team will consist of a starting five (C-LW-RW-D-D), a goalie, and three utility positions. Those three spots can be filled with any position that is not a netminder.

The one restriction you do have is the amount of money allotted to spend on filling your roster. Your total to fill nine positions is $50,000. To learn more about the scoring system and the nuts and bolts of games, check out the page linked here.

Below is my lineup for March 26th. If you follow my weekly ‘Peaks and Valleys’ column, you will see a familiar name from Monday’s piece.

 

Center: Steven Stamkos ($7,000)

Left Wing: Brandon Saad (3.400)

 Right Wing: Blake Wheeler (5,500)

Defenseman: Dustin Byfuglien (4,900)

 Defenseman: Alex Pietrangelo (5,200)

Goaltender: Ray Emery (7,400)

Utility: Nazem Kadri (6,600)

Utility: Tobias Enstrom (5,700)

Utility: Wayne Simmonds (4,300)

Total: $50,000

 

Team Notes

Brandon Saad continues to produce for the Chicago Blackhawks. His time working and getting to the dirty areas in front of the net has put him on the stat sheet in 10 of his last 12 games. Rookies are tough to trust in fantasy or daily games, but as long as he is hot he is worth the roster spot, especially for his cheap price tag.

I have stood by Wayne Simmonds and Alex Pietrangelo all season. Both of them been extremely good and extremely bad during the shortened season. That being said, Simmonds still contributes special teams play and gets his hands dirty. St. Louis is playing much better hockey, and Pietrangelo is huge in their continued success. He gets in the lineup being the quarterback of that offense.

Ray Emery stole a win for Chicago in Calgary February 2nd, stopping 45 of 47 shots against him. He will get the start Tuesday on the back end of back-to-back games. Chicago has been playing mediocre hockey, but Emery getting another chance to play the Flames should warrant a win and great scoring based on Draft Kings’ point system.

I am 1-for-1 in Draft Kings games with The Fantasy Fix, getting in the money with a 5th place finish. There are more than enough spots left in the One-Timer daily game for you to try and best me. Hope to see you playing, and look for jeffrotull44 at the top of the standings tomorrow night.

Follow me @jeffrotull44 on Twitter, and catch my weekly ‘Peaks and Valleys’ column at TheFantasyFix.com.

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Peaks and Valleys – Calm Before the Storm

March 25, 2013 by Leave a Comment
Photo courtesy of Hattie Trott

Photo courtesy of Hattie Trott

Head-to-head leagues are approaching the stretch run before the playoffs, and every point, assist, and save matter. Personally, I am on the border of playoff fantasy hockey and concentrating on hockey as a fan, strictly. This is probably the one time of the year where I evaluate my entire roster to decide if I should hold for the week, or make multiple roster moves. That urge to evaluate will also hang around if I make the playoffs.

Roto league teams have to continue to leaf through waivers at a similar pace with only a few weeks in the season remaining. In my one roto league, I just made a roster move, dropping the one rookie I advised for owners to keep, Justin Huberdeau. The player I added will be in the Peaks section, as well as two (TWO!!!) rookies who are must owns.

I hope my columns have helped you during this shortened hockey season. It has been as fun to write them as it has been to see players who are peaking make contributions to teams in real and in fantasy.

Peaking

Teddy Purcell, Right Wing, Tampa Bay Lightning: Purcell was playing at a point per game pace for a good while, and then Vinny Lecavalier got hurt. Superstars make secondary players better, and Purcell saw his production dip without the Lightning captain on the same line. He is good depth going forward and his scored three goals in his last four games. [Read more...]

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Peaks and Valleys- That Guy, Really?

March 18, 2013 by Leave a Comment
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Photo courtesy of halifaxdrunk

Every season, a handful of players stand out as potential all or nothing fantasy players going forward. Lately, a few of those players have made themselves known for good and for bad. As a fan, I find it refreshing to see those that flamed out after their breakout season becomes relevant again.

I may be a sucker for a good story, but a good story is not always a fantasy worthy one. You will find a few of those Jekyll and Hyde’s below.

Peaking

Joffrey Lupul, Right Wing, Toronto Maple Leafs: Lupul is a classic example of talent taking time to show. He had one fantasy-relevant season prior to his 67 points in 66 games in 2011-12. His return from injury will only spark a Leafs team playing at an exceptional level. His two goals in Saturday’s shootout loss to Winnipeg is a sign that last season could be the norm going forward. Lupul is available in roughly 50% of leagues across the board.

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Draft Kings NHL ‘One-Timer’ Challenge for March 15

March 15, 2013 by Leave a Comment
Photo courtesy of Bob Fina

Photo courtesy of Bob Fina

The Fantasy Fix and Draft Kings have partnered together to give you the best fantasy and gaming experience, offering hockey fans two games to play via Draft Kings. Their ‘One-Timer’ and ‘Daily Dollar’ games offer affordable, competitive fun with payouts suitable for the beginner and the seasoned veteran.

The gist is simple: pay to play, play to win. One top five finish can sufficiently supply your gaming fix for weeks. The small buy-in amount ($5) makes it easy to spend a small amount to see how good you are at crafting your best hockey team. Speaking of teams, building your team is simple. Your team will consist of a starting five (C-LW-RW-D-D), a goalie, and three utility positions. Those three spots can be filled with any position that is not a netminder.

The one restriction you do have is the amount of money allotted to spend on filling your roster. Your total to fill nine positions is $50,000. To learn more about the scoring system and the nuts and bolts of games, check out the page linked here.

Here is my roster for the March 15 ‘One-Timer’ contest, hopefully the luckiest roster heading into St. Paddy’s Day weekend (yeah, that was a bad joke, deal with it):

 

Center: Sam Gagne ($4,700)

Left Wing: Patrik Elias (5,600)

Right Wing: Jakub Voracek (5,100)

Defenseman: Niklas Kronwall (4,900)

Defenseman: Kimmo Timonen (5,200)

Goaltender: Jimmy Howard (8,800)

Utility: Wayne Simmonds (5,000)

Utility: Damien Brunner (4,500)

Utility: Henrik Zetterberg (6,000)

Total: $48,800

 

Team Notes

Friday’s NHL schedule is contained to only three games, cutting your choices down. In my opinion, there were a few match-ups ripe for the picking, namely Detroit versus a young, raw Edmonton team. The Oil remind of the 2008-09 Blackhawks in that they have an unending pool of talent, but it won’t be realized in the very near future. I prefer the disciplined game of the Red Wings, which is why four grace my team. I do like Sam Gagne for Edmonton, as his game is continuing to make strides.

I expect Philadelphia to show some life in the back end of their home-and-home against the Devils. Wayne Simmonds and Jakub Voracek are steals at their prices. The plus for them too, is if Philly falls behind (yet again), plus/minus is not a category with Draft Kings. Simmonds is a must-play in daily games.

I avoided the Nashville-Calgary game simply because both teams are inconsistent. I love Pekka Rinne in net, but if the guys in front of him fail to show up, he is a non-factor in daily money games. Getting the ‘W’ is crucial for your goalie selection.

I hope to see many of you playing now and in the future. These leagues fill up FAST. Look for my team under the user jeffrotull44. I expect most of you to give me a run for my money, but I really like money, so no promises that I do not take the pot o’ gold tomorrow,

Pathetic jokes aside, good luck!

 

Follow me @jeffrotull44, and check out my weekly fantasy hockey column, ‘Peaks and Valleys,’ at The Fantasy Fix.

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