6. Vancouver +127
I’m not as thrilled as most outlets with the Flames off-season moves, bringing in Neal/Hanfin/Lindholm and losing Hamilton/Ferland seems like a loss to me. Sure, Hamilton has a history of issues off the ice and this could be an addition by subtraction in the locker room, but that’s beyond the information I have access to.
I see the Flames exactly as they were a year ago, likely a disappointment who fails to earn a playoff berth. The offense was a bottom six side and the PP unit was abysmal last year and I don’t see Neal turning that around. The backline loses significant contributions from Hamilton and Smith is an aging depreciating asset. The team did get younger and faster, which is a plus and youngsters like Dube could make a significant difference in giving this team some much needed offensive depth.
On the flip side, I’m higher than most on the young Canucks. Boeser, Pettersson and Horvat are an excellent young trio of forwards and Pettersson is my favorite to win the Calder and should make an immediate impact. This side is young and will have their growing pains, but I’m not in the camp of media experts suggesting this is a bottom two side in the league. Utica is stacked with young talent and the future is bright in Vancouver, but it will certainly be a process and take some time.
I’m an Edler fan and think he always underrated, but the rest of the back line is a mess. They will likely be a deficient unit throughout the season. Markstrom is serviceable and won’t get a ton of help infront of him. Youngster Demko could start to see significant playing time as the season progresses.
I’ll back the home side here as a dog, in a rivalry that home teams have owned of late. Add the Flames being overrated IMO and the Canucks slightly underrated and I’ll bite.
DFS Impact:
I’ll have significant ownership of the Boeser/Horvat/Baertschi/Edler stack that are affordable ($21.7K) and should see plenty of opportunity against the Flames. They all play on the PP1 unit as well and should hold limited ownership in tonight’s slate featuring powerhouses such as TOR, BOS, WSH, SJ and trendy ownership on Gaudreau/Monahan/Lindholm/Giordano on those fadingVancouver.
VAN2 featuring Goldobin/Pettersson/Eriksson/Pouliot could be a sneaky buy and at only $17.0K allows a stack with one of the monster lines in BOS, TOR or SJ. All are expected to feature on the PP2, with the exception of Pettersson on the first PP line. Keep an eye out on Eriksson’s injury status, I’m hearing he is good to go, but I don’t believe that has been confirmed.
Best of luck with your action.
Continued success.
I’m not as thrilled as most outlets with the Flames off-season moves, bringing in Neal/Hanfin/Lindholm and losing Hamilton/Ferland seems like a loss to me. Sure, Hamilton has a history of issues off the ice and this could be an addition by subtraction in the locker room, but that’s beyond the information I have access to.
I see the Flames exactly as they were a year ago, likely a disappointment who fails to earn a playoff berth. The offense was a bottom six side and the PP unit was abysmal last year and I don’t see Neal turning that around. The backline loses significant contributions from Hamilton and Smith is an aging depreciating asset. The team did get younger and faster, which is a plus and youngsters like Dube could make a significant difference in giving this team some much needed offensive depth.
On the flip side, I’m higher than most on the young Canucks. Boeser, Pettersson and Horvat are an excellent young trio of forwards and Pettersson is my favorite to win the Calder and should make an immediate impact. This side is young and will have their growing pains, but I’m not in the camp of media experts suggesting this is a bottom two side in the league. Utica is stacked with young talent and the future is bright in Vancouver, but it will certainly be a process and take some time.
I’m an Edler fan and think he always underrated, but the rest of the back line is a mess. They will likely be a deficient unit throughout the season. Markstrom is serviceable and won’t get a ton of help infront of him. Youngster Demko could start to see significant playing time as the season progresses.
I’ll back the home side here as a dog, in a rivalry that home teams have owned of late. Add the Flames being overrated IMO and the Canucks slightly underrated and I’ll bite.
DFS Impact:
I’ll have significant ownership of the Boeser/Horvat/Baertschi/Edler stack that are affordable ($21.7K) and should see plenty of opportunity against the Flames. They all play on the PP1 unit as well and should hold limited ownership in tonight’s slate featuring powerhouses such as TOR, BOS, WSH, SJ and trendy ownership on Gaudreau/Monahan/Lindholm/Giordano on those fadingVancouver.
VAN2 featuring Goldobin/Pettersson/Eriksson/Pouliot could be a sneaky buy and at only $17.0K allows a stack with one of the monster lines in BOS, TOR or SJ. All are expected to feature on the PP2, with the exception of Pettersson on the first PP line. Keep an eye out on Eriksson’s injury status, I’m hearing he is good to go, but I don’t believe that has been confirmed.
Best of luck with your action.
Continued success.
