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Steven Reinprecht, Florida Panthers – Steven had five points (four goals, 1 assist) in three games (1.67 points/game) last week with a +5 plus/minus rating. He put eight shots on goal and won 20 face-offs. He has 11 points (eight goals, three assists) in 12 games (0.92) on the year with a +5 rating. Reinprecht has a cap number of $0.51M in the Sporting News salary cap game, and is owned in 12 percent of Yahoo! and 7.6 percent of ESPN leagues.

Winger
Jeff Tambellini, New York Islanders - Jeff has eight points (six goals, 2 assists) in his last six games (1.33) with a +4 plus/minus rating. He put 22 shots on goal and has three power play goals. He has eight points (six goals, two assists) in nine games (0.89) with a +4 plus/minus rating. Tambellini has a $0.50M SN cap number, and is owned in four percentof Yahoo! and three percent of ESPN leagues.

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Need some help with your fantasy hockey team? You’ve come to the right place. Try these hot players on for size.

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Sam Gagner, Edmonton Oilers - Sam had 5 Points (1 Goal, 4 Assists) and a even Plus/Minus rating in four games (1.2 points/game) last week. Three of his Points came via the Power Play. He put 6 shots on goal and won 25 face-offs. On the year he has 10 Points (4 Goal, 6 Assists), a +4 rating, and 4 Power Play Points in 12 games (0.83). He has a $1.61M cap number in the Sporting News salary cap game, and is owned in 31% of Yahoo! and 14.2% of ESPN leagues.

Winger
Michael Grabner, Vancouver Canucks - Michael had 4 Points (2 Goals, 2 Assists)  in four games (1.0) last week with an even rating, and 4 Power Play Points. He put 20 shots on goal. On the year he has 5 Points (2 Goals, 3 Assists) in 7 games (0.71) with all 5 Points coming via the Power Play. He has a $0.52M SN cap number, and is owned in 5% of Yahoo! and 2.7% of ESPN leagues.

Defenseman
Tomas Kaberle, Toronto Maple Leafs – Tomas had6 Points (1 Goal, 5 Assists) in two games (3.0) last week with a -2 rating. All of his Points came via the Power Play, and he put 7 shots on goal.  He has 10 Points (1 Goal, 9 Assists) in 9 games (1.11), a -6 rating, and 9 Power Play Points. He has a $0.84 SN cap number, and is owned in 47% of Yahoo! and 30.4% of ESPN leagues.

Goalie
Jose Theodore, Washington Capitals – Jose was 2-0 last week with a 1.98 Goals Agaisnt Average and a 94.5% Save Percentage. He stopped 73 of the 77 shots he faced. On the year he’s 3-2-2 with a 2.47 GAA and a 92.2% Save Percentage. He has a $5.70M SN cap number, and is owned in 55% of Yahoo! and 27.8% of ESPN leagues.

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Need some help with your fantasy hockey team? You’ve come to the right place. Try these hot players on for size.

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Rich Peverley, Atlanta Thrashers – Peverley had 4 points (2 goals, 2 assists)  in three games (1.33 points per game) and  a +1 plus/minus rating last week.  He had 3 power play points.  On the year he has 8 points in 6 games (1.33), a +3 rating, and 4 power play points.  He’s owned in 20% of Yahoo! and 24.7% of ESPN leagues.

Winger
Dustin Penner, Edmonton Oilers – Penner had 4 points (3 goals, 1 assist) in 3 games (1.33) last week with a +4 rating and 1 power play point.  On the year he has 9 points in 8 games (1.13), a +6 rating, and 1 power play point.  He’s owned in 48% of Yahoo! and 31% of ESPN leagues.

Defenseman
Jason Demers, San Jose Sharks – Goligoski had 4 assists in 3 games (1.33) last week with a +2 rating.  He had 3 power play points.  On the year he has 7 points in 9 games (0.78), a +5 rating, and 4 power play points.  He’s owned in 8% of Yahoo! and 0.3% of ESPN leagues.

Goalie
Ty Conklin, St. Louis Blues – Conklin was 1-0 last week with a 0.75 Goals Against Average, a 97.1% save percentage, and a shutout.  On the year he’s 2-0 with a 1.71 GAA, a 94% save percentage, and 1 shutout.  He’s owne din 34% of Yahoo! and 50% of ESPN leagues.

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Need some help with your fantasy hockey team?  You’ve come to the right place.  Try these hot players on for size.

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Brandon Dubinsky, New York Rangers – Brandon has 6 points (2 goals, 4 assists) in 6 games (1.0 points per game) and a +7 plus/minus rating with one power play point and one short-handed point.  He has put 12 shots on goal.  He has a salary cap of $3.10 in the Sporting News salary cap game, and is owned in 63.2% of ESPN and 43% of Yahoo leagues.

Winger
Ryan Malone, Tampa Bay Lightning – Ryan has 5 points (5 goals) in 5 games (1.0 ppg) and a +2 plus/minus rating with 1 power play point.  He has put 17 shots on goal.  He $2.94 SN cap number, and is owned in 93.1% of ESPN and 48% of Yahoo leagues.

Defenseman
Daniel Girardi, New York Rangerss – Girardi has 4 points (3 goals, 1 assist) in 6 games (0.75 ppg) and a +6 plus/minus rating with 1 short-handed point.  He has put 12 shots on goal.  He $1.68 SN cap number, and is owned in 9.7% of ESPN and 12% of Yahoo leagues.

Goalie
Atti Niemi, Chicago Blackhawks – Niemi is 2-0 with a 1.06 Goals Against Average and a 94.7% Save Percentage.  He recorded a Shutout in his 2009 debut.  He $4.48 SN cap number, and is owned in 6.6% of ESPN and 18% of Yahoo leagues.

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The Minnesota Wild had an interesting day.  A franchise that usually doesn’t make headlines was in the news twice today.  Marian Gaborik, the face of the Minnesota Wild for eight seasons has moved onto New York to play for the Rangers.  The Rangers will be more than happy with Gaborik’s ability, especially in a more offensive-minded system.  He will feel like the chains have been lifted getting out of Jacques Lemaire’s zone trap.  Ranger fans and future Gaborik fantasy owners need to beware though.  Gaborik has been injury-prone.  He has played in only 272 of the Wild’s 410 (66%) games the past five seasons.  The Wild fans were pretty tolerant of Gaborik’s inability to stay healthy for the most part.  This year was a little different.  They knew the Wild needed to trade him or risk getting nothing in return.  His hip injury prevented them from accomplishing that goal.  In New York though, if he isn’t on the ice, he’ll feel the heat from the fans and from the media.  I wish you the best of luck in New York.  You got what you want.  I hope you were careful what you wished for.

To replace Gaborik’s firepower the Wild added Martin Havlat.  Havlat had 77 points (29 goals, 48 assists) for the Blackhawks, who earlier signed Marian Hossa to a mega deal.  More importantly, he played in 81 games last year, although Havlat has also had a tendency to miss time.  Havlat’s deal ($5 million annually) is for $2.5 million less per season.

TSN is reporting that the prized free agent RW Marian Hossa and the Chicago Blackhawks have agreed to a monster 12-year, $62 million deal.  Hossa tallied 71 points (40 points, 31 assists) last year for the Detroit Red Wings.  He has been to the last two Stanely Cup finals, coming up short both times. 

Chicago, who made great strides last year, should continue its resurgence as Hossa joins a talented young team featuring Patrick Kane and Jonathan Toews.