FDH Fantasy Newsletter: Volume VI, Issue XII

Welcome to our 222nd edition of the FDH Fantasy Newsletter, as we continue to bring you weekly fantasy sports updates in addition to our usual content on FantasyDrafthelp.com. Our archive of past editions is available right here on The FantasyDrafthelp.com Blog and specific links to past editions are available at FantasyDrafthelp.com.

This week we bring you our 2013 Stanley Cup Playoffs Hockey Pool Draft Board.

2013 Stanley Cup Playoffs Hockey Pool Draft Board

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TOP 25 OVERALL

1 Patrick Kane

2 Evgeni Malkin

3 Sidney Crosby

4 Jonathan Toews

5 Chris Kunitz

6 Kris Letang

7 Ryan Getzlaf

8 Henrik Sedin

9 John Tavares

10 Alex Ovechkin

11 Daniel Sedin

12 Anze Kopitar

13 James Neal

14 Corey Crawford

15 Marc-Andre Fleury

16 Pascal Dupuis

17 Nicklas Backstrom

18 Phil Kessel

19 Rick Nash

20 Jeff Carter

21 Brad Marchand

22 Joe Thornton

23 Duncan Keith

24 PK Subban

25 Mike Ribeiro

FORWARDS

1 Patrick Kane

2 Evgeni Malkin

3 Sidney Crosby

4 Jonathan Toews

5 Chris Kunitz

6 Ryan Getzlaf

7 Henrik Sedin

8 John Tavares

9 Alex Ovechkin

10 Daniel Sedin

11 Anze Kopitar

12 James Neal

13 Pascal Dupuis

14 Nicklas Backstrom

15 Phil Kessel

16 Rick Nash

17 Jeff Carter

18 Brad Marchand

19 Joe Thornton

20 Mike Ribeiro

21 Pavel Datsyuk

22 Henrik Zetterberg

23 Zach Parise

24 Corey Perry

25 Nazem Kadri

26 Derek Stepan

27 Jaromir Jagr

28 Logan Couture

29 Max Pacioretty

30 Matt Moulson

31 Chris Stewart

32 Mikko Koivu

33 Michael Ryder

34 Brad Boyes

35 Johan Franzen

DEFENSEMEN

1 Kris Letang

2 Duncan Keith

3 PK Subban

4 Andrei Markov

5 Ryan Suter

6 Brent Seabrook

7 Paul Martin

8 Mike Green

9 Slava Voynov

10 Niklas Kronwall

11 Alex Pietrangelo

12 Dion Phaneuf

13 Drew Doughty

14 Francois Beauchemin

15 Dan Hamhuis

16 Sergei Gonchar

17 Cody Franson

18 Kevin Shattenkirk

19 Mark Streit

20 Brent Burns

GOALIES

1 Corey Crawford

2 Marc-Andre Fleury

3 Tuukka Rask

4 Cory Schneider

5 Henrik Lundqvist

6 Jimmy Howard

7 Jonas Hiller

8 Craig Anderson

9 Jaroslav Halak

10 Antti Niemi

11 James Reimer

12 Niklas Backstrom

13 Evgeni Nabokov

14 Carey Price

15 Roberto Luongo

16 Viktor Fasth

17 Brian Elliott

18 Ray Emery

19 Jonathan Bernier

20 Braden Holtby

FDH Fantasy Newsletter: Volume VI, Issue XI

Welcome to our 221st edition of the FDH Fantasy Newsletter, as we continue to bring you weekly fantasy sports updates in addition to our usual content on FantasyDrafthelp.com. Our archive of past editions is available right here on The FantasyDrafthelp.com Blog and specific links to past editions are available at FantasyDrafthelp.com.

This week we bring you our 2013 NFL Rookie Fantasy Analysis, serialized from PRO FOOTBALL DRAFTOLOGY 2013, your ultimate guide to this year’s NFL Draft.

2013 NFL Rookie Fantasy Analysis

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The 2012 NFL Draft yielded some excellent fantasy QBs (Luck, RGIII, Hustle-Like-Russell), big-time RBs (Alfred Morris and Doug Martin) and … well, not as much at WR, although Josh Gordon got his career off to a good start.  Fantasy owners, however, will find the pickings much sparser when evaluating the rookies of 2013.

The highest-impact fantasy rookie of 2013 – and maybe, through the course of his career – is Notre Dame TE Tyler Eifert, a polished receiver who projects as a multiple Pro Bowl player.

Working our way back from there, WRs Tavon Austin of West Virginia, Corradelle Patterson of Tennessee, Keenan Allen of California and DeAndre Hopkins of Clemson project to make decent impact in the passing game, although all figure as WR3 at best at the outset.  USC’s Robert Woods, whose stock fell greatly in 2013, projects at the perimeter of this conversation.

The only RB with any discernible fantasy upside going into the season is Alabama’s Eddie Lacy, but he’s a bruiser likely to be paired with a third-down scatback in some team’s rotation.

Notwithstanding Russell Wilson’s success in 2012, he was an outlier in terms of being a third-round starter making an immediate impact.  Usually, drafting is destiny when it comes to rookie QBs: if you aren’t a high pick, at least in the first round, then teams will be reluctant to give you much playing time in your freshman campaign.  As such, there are only two passers with a decent chance of earning much playing time in their first year: Geno Smith of West Virginia and Matt Barkley of USC.  Neither is regarded as highly as Luck and Griffin a year ago, however, so even if they end up starting most of their games, they won’t be worth much more than a decent roll of the dice for a bye-week substitution.

PRO FOOTBALL DRAFTOLOGY 2013

FantasyDrafthelp.com, The FDH Lounge, Sportsology, 1^st Down Scouting and other major forces in The 21^st Century Media Alliance have come together to publish PRO FOOTBALL DRAFTOLOGY 2013.  Here’s what’s inside:

Page 1: Pro Football Draft Overview

Page 2: First Look Ahead to 2014 Pro Football Draft, QB Rankings, OT Rankings, OG Rankings

Page 3: Draft Priorities By Team, Strength of Positions in Draft

Page 4: RB Rankings, WR Rankings, Draft Play-Along Game

Page 5: 2012 Fantasy Football UQB Rankings

Page 6: TE Rankings, C Rankings, 2013 Rookie Class Fantasy Analysis

Page 7: 4-3 DE Rankings, 3-4 DE Rankings, Jason Jones 25 Key Notes About The Draft

Page 8: LB Rankings (Outside 4-3, Outside 3-4 and Inside), Links to Top Prospect Highlight Videos, Top 10 Team Rankings Heading Into NFL Draft

Page 9: S Rankings, CB Rankings, Blank Draft Tracking Worksheet

Page 10: 4-3 DT Rankings, Nose Tackle Rankings, Why Value Matters in Fantasy & Pro Sports Drafts

Page 11: Jason Jones Mock Draft, Rick Morris Mock Draft, Jason Jones Possible Trade Scenarios

Page 12: Top 75 Players Overall, Best & Market Value

Page 13: Why QB Value Continues to Diminish

Page 14: Jason Jones’ “First-Round Pedigree” & “If Injury & Off-Field Concerns Didn’t Exist” Teams, The FDH Lounge 25 Most-Anticipated NFL Games of 2013 Season

FDH Fantasy Newsletter: Volume VI, Issue X

Welcome to our 220th edition of the FDH Fantasy Newsletter, as we continue to bring you weekly fantasy sports updates in addition to our usual content on FantasyDrafthelp.com. Our archive of past editions is available right here on The FantasyDrafthelp.com Blog and specific links to past editions are available at FantasyDrafthelp.com.

This week we bring you our Fantasy Baseball Buy Low, Sell High.  For more insight, check out our free draft guide, FANTASY BASEBALL DRAFTOLOGY 2013.

Fantasy Baseball Buy Low, Sell High

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BUY LOW

^ Bronson Arroyo

^ Trevor Cahill

^ Gavin Floyd

^ Tommy Hanson

^ Jason Heyward

^ Matt Holliday

^ Ryan Howard

^ Mitch Moreland

^ Jake Peavy

^ Josh Reddick

SELL HIGH

^ Clay Buchholz

^ Chris Davis

^ Evan Gattis

^ Travis Hafner

^ Matt Harvey

^ Justin Masterson

^ Bud Norris

^ Mark Reynolds

^ Anibal Sanchez

^ Chase Utley