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DEPARTMENTS
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UFA GUIDE
Some big names, such as Jake Gardiner
and Joe Thornton, were still on the open
market when we went to press July 19
NHL STATS
All the numbers you need to know from
the 2018-19 NHL season are at your
fingertips, including special-teams stats
SPECIALTY STATS
Special category stats, such as hits,
blocked shots and faceoff leaders, are
identified in our top 20 leaders section
CHECKLIST
This is the key section to use on draft day,
with players ranked by projected points
and goalies ranked by projected wins
WORKSHEET
Adjacent to the checklist pages is an
easy-to-use worksheet for you to make
notes and jot down your selections
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ASK THE EXPERTS
Our editorial team tackles 20 juicy
fantasy-pool questions for 2019-
BY THE HOCKEY NEWS STAFF
MOCK DRAFT
To get a better sense of how early some
players will go in your pool, consult this
200-player deep dive BY SAM MCCAIG
PROSPECT TIMELINE
Future stars are always in the pipeline.
Keeper-league poolies need to know
when they’ll arrive BY RYAN KENNEDY
VINTAGE FANTASY LEAGUE
The venerable PPA fantasy league out of
St. Mary’s, Ont., has been around since
the mid-1970s BY DAVID LYNCH
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FIRST WORD
Winning your fantasy league often comes
down to picking up key free agents early
in the season BY BRIAN COSTELLO
LAST WORD
Consider fine-tuning your pool to have
realistic stat categories. It’s truer to life.
You’ll be glad you did BY MATT LARKIN
DRAFT TIPS
Pool prep work has changed over time.
It’s all about league-wide trends. We
must adjust BY MURRAY TOWNSEND
FAB FRESHMEN
Jack Hughes and Kaapo Kakko top this
list, but don’t forget to consider the
whole rookie crop BY JARED CLINTON
BUYER BELIEVE/BEWARE
Some great performances from 2018-
are harbingers of more to come. Others
are probably one-offs BY MATT LARKIN
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FEATURES
OVECHKIN: WILL NEWTON/GETTY IMAGES;
MCDAVID: MARK BLINCH/NHLI VIA GETTY IMAGES;
TAVARES: TAVARES: MARK BLINCH/NHLI VIA GETTY IMAGES
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SKATER & GOALIE FANTASY BIOS
Astute fantasy hockey-pool GMs do their research before their drafts by scouring our in-depth profiles of key forwards, defensemen and goalies. The key to winning your
league is making value picks, nabbing players at opportune times in the selection process. Our 315 profile boxes include stats, analysis by longtime prognosticator Murray
Townsend and labels identifying rising stars, value picks, red flags and key contributors in specific scoring categories. BY MURRAY TOWNSEND
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