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  • Sell High and Buy Low

                      
    		   
    		   
    		   
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    Aaron Brouwer
    Published on 03-14-2012 12:27  Number of Views: 436  
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    Each week we will highlight one player who is playing above their regular contribution level and therefore you should sell high. We will also highlight one player who is playing below their usual level, making their value low and therefore a player you should buy now.

    Sell High. Curtis Glencross (Calgary Flames)

    Glencross is smoking, red hot right now. Before last nights game, he was riding a seven game point streak where he scored 10 points. Glencross would have likely continued his scoring streak had it not been for a boarding major that ejected him from the game in the first period.

    During his point streak Glencross has scored a goal in each of the seven games. Those seven goals pushed his goal total this season to his career high 25 goals this season and he is on pace for 30 goals. Glencross has also tied career high in points with 43 but did it in 24 fewer games this season.

    Glencross is a career 0.5 point-per-game player and this season he is scoring points at a 0.78 point-per-game rate. He is playing well above his usual level and riding the scoring machine called the Flames who are pushing for a playoff spot. The Flames are 4-0 in their last four games and averaging 4.25 goals a game. Trade Glencross now before the Flames start to fizzle and his production returns to his normal level.

    Buy Low. Alexander Radulov (Nashville Predators)

    Radulov is not your typical buy low player as he is probably the best hockey player in the world not playing in the NHL. There are so many rumours of him possibly returning to the NHL this season however we have heard this story too many times before, potentially making him a buy low player.

    Radulov is an elite, offensive sniper who followed the money to Russia, however Nashville still owns his rights. With his season over in Russia and the Predators wanting to make a run at the Cup they want Radulov back in the fold. It’s a win-win for everyone as the Predators get an elite player in their line-up and Radulov finishes out his contract with Nashville and becomes an UFA for next season.

    In his two seasons in the NHL, Radulov scored 44 goals and 99 points in 145 games, that’s a 0.68 point-per-game rate. In the KHL he scored 91 goals and 254 points in 210 games, that’s a goal every two games and a scoring rate of 1.21 points-per-game.

    Most fantasy GMs are fed up on Radulov rumours and have either dropped him or will trade him for cheap. Don’t overpay but take the gamble on him and you could end up with a superstar sniper who is back in the NHL next season.


    Aaron Brouwer is the co-creator of fantasyhockeycoach.com. FHC is a free fantasy hockey service that developed a ranking system combining post-lockout statistics, current factors and our own hockey knowledge. Brouwer writes a weekly fantasy hockey column for The Fischler Report, The Star Phoenix, Fantrax and Inside Hockey. Email Coach Brouwer at [email protected] or check us out on twitter at twitter.com/fanhockeycoach.



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