Happy St. Patty's Day! May the beer flow green and both you and your fantasy hockey team's score....and look out below for the St. Patricks Day video I bless you with today.
What a night for John Tavares. 2 goals and 5 points as he led the Islanders to a 5-2 win over the Vancouver Canucks. The slump is bumped.
Mikael Samuelsson left the Canucks/Islanders game in the 3rd period with a shoulder injury. Early reports say it is not seperated, but he will have an MRI on Wednesday. He's been red-hot as of late so this is a tough break for fantasy hockey owners hoping to benefit from him during fantasy playoffs, so stay tuned. During the 2nd period Samuelsson was moved to the 2nd line while Alex Burrows moved back to the top line with the twins and scored his 32nd goal of the season. UPDATE: Samuelsson is expected to miss at least 7-10 days.
Of course he did. Kari Lehtonen stopped 45 of 47 shots and was superb in the Dallas Stars 8-2 thumping of San Jose. If you read Daily Fantasy Gold yesterday you will recall I advised you to only to start Lehtonen if you enjoy playing on highways or with fire.
The Carolina Hurricanes called up prospect defenseman Jamie McBain yesterday and he picked up an assist in his first career NHL game. What's really impressive is that he logged 19:42 of ice-time of which 4:39 came playing on the first-unit powerplay. If you are a regular reader here at SYP you will know that we are very high on McBain and had him ranked 50th among our top-65 prospects last September. McBain has had a rock solid rookie season in the AHL, scoring 40 points in 68 games and projects as a solid two-way defenseman with 40-45 point potential.
I swear Peter Mueller is going to make the Phoenix Coyotes look silly for trading him away. Don't get me wrong, Wojtek Wolski is a nice player, but Mueller has star potential. Mueller picked up another 3 points last night including a pair of goals. Mueller now has 4 goals and 11 points in 7 games since joining the Avalanche.
Antti Niemi will start for Chicago on Wednesday vs the Anaheim Ducks. Cristobal Huet missed Tuesday's practice with the flu and Corey Crawford was summoned from the AHL as an emergency backup.
Jordan Eberle wasn't the only well known NHL prospect called up to the AHL from the WHL on Tuesday. Tampa Bay Lightning 2009 1st round pick Carter Ashton was also assigned to the AHL. Ashton is the son of former NHL'er Brent Ashton and according to scouts has his dad's excellent work ethic. He's 6-3, 205 and projects as a 2nd or 3rd line power forward down the road.
Who's hot? How about Ilya Bryzgalov (5 straight wins) and Jaroslav Halak (6 straight wins).
Finally, a St. Patrick's day gift. From March 17, 1991.
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