Top 200 Overall - Week 4 Fantasy Hockey Rankings for 2019-2020

We're back with fantasy hockey coverage at RotoBaller. Just like last year, over the course of the 2019-2020 NHL season, we'll be providing weekly updates to our fantasy hockey rankings - listing each player in terms of his rest-of-season value. Below you can find our top 200 player rankings from Week 4 going forward. This […]

Cam Atkinson Delivers Overtime Winner On Thursday

Columbus Blue Jackets right wing Cam Atkinson scored in overtime on Thursday against the Carolina Hurricanes in a 4-3 win. The Jackets took an early lead through an Alexandre Texier goal but found themselves trailing 3-1 ahead of the second period. Goals from Ryan Murray, who also had an assist, and Sonny Milano took the […]

Top 200 Overall - Week 3 Fantasy Hockey Rankings for 2019-2020

We're back with fantasy hockey coverage at RotoBaller. Just like last year, over the course of the 2019-2020 NHL season, we'll be providing weekly updates to our fantasy hockey rankings - listing each player in terms of his rest-of-season value. Below you can find our top 200 player rankings from Week 3 going forward. This […]

Seth Jones Gets First Goal Of The Year

Columbus Blue Jackets defenseman Seth Jones scored his first goal of the season in Saturday's 3-2 overtime loss to the Islanders. Sonny Milano and Jakob Lilja bagged the helpers, while Boone Jenner notched his first goal of the season as well. Jones had only nine goals last season, but he was just one short of […]

Joonas Korpisalo Catapults Jackets To Another Win

Columbus Blue Jackets goaltender Joonas Korpisalo came up big once again for the team on Wednesday, stopping 30 of 32 shots in a 3-2 win over Dallas. Zach Werenski, Alexander Wennberg and Sonny Milano took care of the goals. Korpisalo has now won both of his last two starts and three of his last four, […]

NHL DFS Prop Picks for 10/16/19 - Monkey Knife Fight

Early in this NHL season, we catch a couple of marquee matchups on Wednesday night, at least in terms of high-powered scorers going head-to-head. The Colorado Avalanche and Pittsburgh Penguins meet up and that means two Nova Scotia natives will face off when the puck drops between Nathan MacKinnon and Sidney Crosby. They are two […]

Top 200 Overall - Week 2 Fantasy Hockey Rankings for 2019-2020

We're back with fantasy hockey coverage at RotoBaller. Just like last year, over the course of the 2019-2020 NHL season, we'll be providing weekly updates to our fantasy hockey rankings - listing each player in terms of his rest-of-season value. Below you can find our top 200 player rankings from Week 2 going forward. This […]

FanDuel, DraftKings NHL DFS Lineup Picks (10/11/19): Daily Fantasy Hockey Advice

The Friday slate features only three games, with Florida visiting Buffalo, Anaheim visiting Columbus, and the New York Islanders visiting Carolina. The Buffalo Sabres are among the top teams in the league in goals per game, averaging 4.5 over their first four games. In comparison, the Florida Panthers have been allowing an average of four […]

Joonas Korpisalo Struggling in New Starting Role

Columbus Blue Jackets goaltender Joonas Korpisalo knew it wasn't going to be easy to replace Sergei Bobrovsky when he left the team in free agency, but Korpisalo hasn't done much to instill confidence in his teammates with his performances. Albeit in a win on Monday night, Korpisalo only managed to stop 15 of 18 shots, […]

Top 200 Overall - Week 1 Fantasy Hockey Rankings for 2019-2020

We're back with fantasy hockey coverage at RotoBaller. Just like last year, over the course of the 2019-2020 NHL season, we'll be providing weekly updates to our fantasy hockey rankings - listing each player in terms of his rest-of-season value. Below you can find our top 200 player rankings from Week 1 going forward. This […]

Alexandre Texier Scores Overtime Winner

Columbus Blue Jackets forward Alexandre Texier scored the overtime winning goal in a 4-3 victory over the Buffalo Sabres on Monday night. Texier added an assist in regulation time on Nick Foligno's powerplay goal, while Foligno returned the favor on the overtime winner. In a tough year after the offseason departures of many great players […]

Joonas Korpisalo Starts Life As Starter Versus Toronto

Columbus Blue Jackets goaltender Joonas Korpisalo will start life as the team's No. 1 in a tough matchup against Toronto on Friday. The 25-year-old Finn has shown some promise in his previous 90 NHL outings ahead of what should be a make-or-break year for him. Korpisalo has a 41-31-9 record so far in his career […]

Top 200 Overall - Fantasy Hockey Draft Rankings for 2019-2020

We're back with fantasy hockey coverage at RotoBaller. Just like last year, over the course of the 2019-2020 NHL season, we'll be providing weekly updates to our fantasy hockey rankings - listing each player in terms of his rest-of-season value. Below you can find the inaugural version of our rankings, our preseason top 200 player rankings. The […]

Top 40 Defensemen - Fantasy Hockey Draft Rankings for 2019-2020

We're back with fantasy hockey coverage at RotoBaller. Just like last year, over the course of the 2019-2020 NHL season, we'll be providing weekly updates to our fantasy hockey rankings - listing each player in terms of his rest-of-season value. Today we'll look at defensemen. Below you can find the inaugural version of our fantasy […]

Top 100 Forwards - Fantasy Hockey Draft Rankings for 2019-2020

We're back with fantasy hockey coverage at RotoBaller. Just like last year, over the course of the 2019-2020 NHL season, we'll be providing weekly updates to our fantasy hockey rankings - listing each player in terms of his rest-of-season value. Below you can find the inaugural version of our rankings, our preseason top 100 forward rankings. The […]

Joonas Korpisalo Looks To Step Out Of Shadow

Columbus Blue Jackets goaltender Joonas Finland has been working out in his native Finland, looking to step out of the shadows of the departed Sergei Bobrovsky (Panthers). He is expected to be the primary starting netminder in Columbus, battling Elvis Merzlikins for the job. "There's no true No. 1 available, so why wouldn't we see […]

Artemi Panarin Heads To The Blueshirts

The New York Rangers inked free-agent left wing Artemi Panarin (Blue Jackets) to a seven-year contract worth $81.494 million on Monday. The Islanders took a run at Panarin, but he opted to join the rival Rangers instead, so that should set up for a nice storyline in the season. Florida was also interested in his […]

Florida Lands Big Fish With Sergei Bobrovsky

The Florida Panthers signed free-agent goaltender Sergei Bobrovsky (Blue Jackets) to a seven-year contract on Monday. The two-time Vezina Trophy winner replaced the retired Roberto Luongo in between the pipes in Sunrise. "Sergei is an elite starting goaltender who has consistently proven to be one of the best in the NHL," general manager Dale Tallon […]

Matt Duchene Signs Long-Term Deal In Nashville

The Nashville Predators inked center Matt Duchene to a seven-year, $56 million contract on Monday, keeping him in the Music City through the 2025-26 season. "Our objective this offseason was to bolster our offense, and signing Matt Duchene gives us another dynamic goal-scoring, playmaking center," general manager David Poile said. Duchene split time between the […]

Elvis Merzlikins Signs Deal With Blue Jackets

Latvian goaltender Elvis Merzlikins has signed a one-year contract to join the Columbus Blue Jackets next season. The 25-year-old, having played the last seven seasons in the Swiss National League, is expected to compete for the Jacket's starting netminder role in 2019-2020 as the team seems likely to lose both Sergei Bobrovsky and Keith Kinkaid […]

Artemi Panarin Remains Productive in Columbus Loss

Columbus Blue Jackets forward Artemi Panarin picked up the lone goal for Columbus in Thursday night's 4-1 loss to Boston. Panarin leads the series in goals (three) and points (five), scoring in all but one of the four games so far. Incidentally, Panarin logged more than 20 minutes of ice time for the third time […]

NHL DFS Prop Picks for 5/2/19 - Monkey Knife Fight

There are two playoff series with crucial Game Four matchups Thursday night, chances for the Boston Bruins and Colorado Avalanche to get back to even, or to fall down into a daunting 3-1 hole in their respective series. The Bruins and the Columbus Blue Jackets have gone to overtime in two of three games in […]

Matt Duchene Continues To Pay Big Dividends

Columbus Blue Jackets center Matt Duchene registered a power-play goal in Game 3 against the Boston Bruins on Tuesday in the Eastern Conference Semifinals, and the goal stood up as the game-winning tally. The former Senator got off to a slow start in his initial days in C-Bus, but he is making up for lost […]

Sergei Bobrovsky Leads Jackets to Series Lead

Columbus Blue Jackets goaltender Sergei Bobrovsky allowed one goal on 37 shots in Tuesday's 2-1 victory against the Boston Bruins at home in Game 3 of the Eastern Conference Semifinals. Bobrovsky was on fire, garnering first-start honors in the victory. Bobrovsky improved to 6-1-0 in the postseason, including 3-0-0 with a 1.67 goals-against average and […]

Artemi Panarin Registers Three Points In Game 2 Win

Columbus Blue Jackets left wing Artemi Panarin had a giant performance in Game 2 of the Eastern Conference Semifinals against the Boston Bruins on Saturday in a 3-2 double-overtime victory. Panarin posted a power-play goal just 1:03 into the second period, and he added an even-strength marker at 8:01 of the second, and the goal […]

Sergei Bobrovsky Secures 2OT Win In Game 2

Columbus Blue Jackets goaltender Sergei Bobrovsky allowed two goals on 31 shots in Saturday's Game 2 road victory in the Eastern Conference Semifinals against the Boston Bruins. One of the goals he allowed was a power-play marker to Matt Grzelcyk just 7:50 into regulation, but he yielded just one goal for the remainder of the […]

Sergei Bobrovsky Remains In Top Form

Columbus Blue Jackets goaltender Sergei Bobrovsky produced another superb performance in Game 3 against Tampa Bay, finishing a 3-1 win with 30 saves and a .968 save percentage. He has now allowed just two goals in the last seven periods of play in the series. Bob has been notoriously bad in the postseason throughout his […]

Cam Atkinson Collects Two Points In Game 3 Victory

Columbus Blue Jackets right wing Cam Atkinson picked up two points in Sunday's 3-1 victory over the Tampa Bay Lightning, finishing off the scoring with an empty-netter and assisting Matt Duchene on his second goal of the series. Oliver Bjorkstrand registered the game-winner on a power play. Atkinson was a 40-goal scorer during the regular […]

Seth Jones Sends Fans Home In A Foul Mood

Columbus Blue Jackets defenseman Seth Jones scored the game-winning goal on the power play at 14:05 of the third period in Game 1 of the Eastern Conference Quarterfinals in Wednesday's 4-3 victory against the Tampa Bay Lightning. Defenseman Zach Werenski and left wing Artemi Panarin chipped in with the assists, as the Blue Jackets sprung […]

Sergei Bobrovsky Leads Jackets To Game 1 Upset

Columbus Blue Jackets goaltender Sergei Bobrovsky allowed three goals on 29 shots in Game 1 of the Eastern Conference Quarterfinals against the Tampa Bay Lightning, as the Jackets picked up a road victory to take a 1-0 series lead. Bobrovsky didn't get off to a great start, allowing a shorthanded goal at 4:12 of the […]