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It’s mailbag time! Ian Gooding will be glad to answer questions about your fantasy team, so send your queries to ian@fantasyhockey.com. Today, he answers questions about the Kings’ goalie situation and whether it’s better to attempt to trade for a goalie or a defenseman.

You can analyze the hell out of your draft list, but if you don’t know how to react to unexpected selections from your competitors then you’ve already lost.
SOURCE: YAHOO SPORTS

The San Jose Sharks recently signed Stanley Cup winning goaltender Antti Niemi to a one-year deal. We all know San Jose scores a lot of goals and wins a lot of games, but what does this signing mean for fantasy owners?

Here are a few players at each position that might be better off to let someone else draft, based on past performance, injury history, a new team or coaching staff, or something personal.
SOURCE: CBS SPORTS

For Part 4 of the Mock Draft Analysis, Steve critiques the fantasy teams of two regular fantasyhockey.com columnists. See what Ives has to say about the boss and his team… you’ll want to read on.

Steven Ives continues his analysis of the fantasyhockey.com Mock Draft, which was completed recently. On both teams, there are some intriguing selections that Ivesalicious felt were both good and bad.

With Fantasy Hockey draft prep coming soon, Fantasy Focus would like to help out with our position by position fantasy draft rankings. First up, the most important position to a fantasy team: the goalie.
SOURCE: FANTASY KNUCKLEHEADS

Steven Ives continues with his unabashed opinions on the fantasyhockey.com Mock Draft. Both teams come with their share of risks, mostly of the injury variety.

Steven Ives provides his unabashed analysis of the fantasyhockey.com Mock Draft. And we’re being nice at calling these picks unabashed, since he refers to his own analyses as “elitist” and “obnoxious.” If those words grab your attention, then read on.

It is my *expert* opinion that right wing is the hardest positon to fill. The top options have the lowest ceilings of elite players at any position, and the dropoff in the first few tiers is steep.
SOURCE: SB NATION