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RW Jonathan Cheechoo, Ottawa Senators—Looks like he will line up with Mike Fisher and Alex Kovalev, who will give Cheechoo plenty of chances to score. A happy Bryan Murray is a healthy Jonathan Cheechoo. A healthy Cheechoo is a happier fantasy owner. A happier fantasy owner expects 25 goals. LW Milan Michalek, Ottawa Senators—Not really a sleeper, but becomes Jason Spezza’s new toy on the left side, o he has the ...

Earlier this week, assistant captain of the Canadiens, Andrei Markov, turned down the opportunity to wear the “C” for the Montreal Canadiens. The Montreal Canadiens’ franchise is one of the most storied organizations in sports history. Players who don the jersey are praised, Stanley Cup champions are praised, and captains are immortalized. So why would Markov turn down such a distinctive position? He has seen what former Canadien Saku Koivu went through ...

I realize that the Dany Heatley trade happened a few days ago, but it took me a little while to comprehend and analyze all the different situations that the San Jose Sharks and Ottawa Senators could find themselves in come October. Therefore, on the morning that Heatley is expected to have his Visa ready and report to Sharks’ camp, I will present to you the winners and losers of the ...

Dany Heatley’s ‘09 summer checklist: Get out of Ottawa Lay low all summer Exercise No-Trade Clause Get out of Ottawa Mow the lawn Although Heatley’s lawn has grown to unbelievable proportions, he is going, going back, back to Cali. Heatley may not have been there before, but he’s there now, and you get the point. Specifically, San Jose. In this trade, Heatley got everything he wanted. The main thing was getting out of Ottawa. He is ...

ESPN – the world’s sports leader – came out with its annual Fantasy Hockey Rankings today to prepare its registrants for the upcoming fantasy season. After five seconds of browsing through the page, the only thing that came to mind was “what the…?” It is pretty clear who the top three fantasy hockey players are: Alexander Ovechkin, Evgeni Malkin and Sidney Crosby. Yet, ESPN bravely goes against everything and everyone in ...

Do you ever look at your fantasy pool’s champion and wonder: How is his team better than mine? You look up and down his team and compare him to yours. You look down his team and come to Mikko Koivu and wonder how he has room on his championship team for a guy like Mikko Koivu? Then you look at his numbers and then you realize why he won the ...

A lot of buzz this off season has been around the Philadelphia Flyers and where they are going to replace the 52 goals that Mike Knuble and Joffrey Lupul left behind. There is a similar, and possibly more enticing situation for fantasy in Detroit, where the Red Wings lost Marian Hossa, Jiri Hudler and Mikael Samuelsson. Between those three players, there is a total of 82 goals that have to ...

Near the end of last season, TJ Oshie became one of my favorite players. There are two main reasons why: His first hit on Rick Nash and his second hit on Rick Nash. Going into the season, there was a little bit of hype around Oshie. He was the 24th pick of the 2005 draft, but his development at the University of North Dakota landed him on the Blues’ roster ...