Tuesday, April 30, 2013

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

Tuesday, April 23, 2013

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.

Monday, April 22, 2013

PRO FOOTBALL DRAFTOLOGY 2013



FantasyDrafthelp.com, The FDH Lounge, Sportsology, 1st Down Scouting and other major forces in The 21st 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

Saturday, April 13, 2013

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