Winnipeg Jets

We're already a quarter of the way through the hockey season, and now's the time to start evaluating whether teams and players can maintain their early-season production. There have been a lot of surprises so far. Brent Burns is in a historic scoring slump, the Vegas Golden Knights might actually be good, 37 players are at a point-per-game pace or more, and the Edmonton Oilers, Montreal Canadiens, and Arizona Coyotes aren't playing to their potential. These are all examples of early trends that probably won't last the entire…

Winnipeg Jets From now until the start of next season, I’ll be looking at each NHL team’s prospect situation and assessing each prospect’s projected fantasy value. With all due respect to turnover leagues, I will be focusing solely on keeper and dynasty leagues, because prospects have minimal value in re-draft leagues. Most fantasy leagues vary in structure, so for the purpose of this exercise, I will be referring to leagues that include a main roster and a prospect roster, each with their own respective draft. Last week,…

The biggest hockey story that happened last season was the emergence of the Columbus Blue Jackets, Toronto Maple Leafs and Edmonton Oilers. All three of these teams have been in the bottom of the standings for the past couple of years, but through a couple of rookies and young players, better defense, and goaltending, all three teams made it to the playoffs. Whether these teams can make it to the playoffs this season remains to be seen. But they did give hope to other teams that could make the playoffs this season. Here…