theScore's 2016 Fantasy Hockey Draft Kit
With fantasy drafts just around the corner, theScore has all the fantasy hockey advice you'll need to dominate your league.
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The draft kit will be updated daily until the start of the NHL season.
2016 Fantasy Rankings (Updated Sept. 30)
Standard Leagues: Top 200 | C | LW | RW | D | G
Banger Leagues: Top 200 | C | LW | RW | D | G
10-team fantasy hockey mock draft review
Positional Primers
Goalies: Who moved? | Unrepeatable seasons | Rookies | Breakouts
Defensemen: Who moved? | Unrepeatable seasons | Rookies | Breakouts | Over the hill
Wingers: Who moved? | Unrepeatable seasons | Rookies | Breakouts | Over the hill
Centers: Who moved? | Unrepeatable seasons | Rookies | Breakouts | Over the hill
Fantasy Roundtables
Centers
Wingers
Defensemen
Goaltenders
Season-Long Features
- Which stats should your league use
- Players you don't know about
- How to make your fantasy team more "special"
- 5 players you shouldn't draft
- Players bouncing back from injuries
- Why building from the net out works in fantasy hockey
- Improved defense corps that will lead to better goaltending
- Forwards in new roles
- When is a backup goalie better than a starter?
- The other guys: Second-half defensemen worth a fantasy flier
- Third-wheel forwards you can trust in fantasy
- Post-hype Sleepers: Players who deserve another chance
- How to build a winning fantasy team through trades
- Preseason position battles and their fantasy relevance
- How to win your banger league
- Why multi-position players are the key to success
- Fantasy Faceoff: Crawford vs. Holtby
- Fantasy Faceoff: Subban vs. Josi
- Fantasy Faceoff: Seguin vs. Crosby
- Fantasy Faceoff: Benn vs. Ovechkin
- Fantasy Faceoff: Matthews vs. Laine vs. Puljujarvi
- Something to prove: Players in contract years
- How to approach later rounds in draft-position keeper leagues
- 3 fantasy starters to cherish this season
- Extracting extra value from underrated second-line centers
- Using the NHL schedule to your advantage
- Rookie Power Rankings
Daily Fantasy Features
- What to look for in a goalie matchup
- What to look for in a forward matchup
- Finding value forwards
- Never pay for a mid-price defenseman
- Finding value at defense
- When to trust/fade a "hot streak"
- Assembling a cash-game roster
- Assembling a tournament roster
- Target teams, not players
Upcoming
- Knowing which line to stack
- Matchups to fade
- Matchups to target