A trade normally changes a hockey player’s fantasy value, and it usually changes it for the better.
A player’s fantasy value goes up or stays the same the majority of the time when he is traded. This is because the team that acquires him usually has a plan in place that affords the player more power-play time, a spot on a higher line and just more ice time overall than what he was getting with his old team.
A lot also has to do with the player’s new teammates. When players are traded from cellar-dwelling squads to playoff contenders, the talent level of his new linemates is bound to be better, and hockey is a game where sometimes you are only as good as the people around you are.
Here is a look at fantasy hockey’s trade deadline winners, starting with the biggest name that was dealt on deadline day:
Keith Yandle, New York Rangers (D)
The biggest prize of the trading deadline, Keith Yandle has scored 50 points from the blue line on two different occasions in his career and is on pace to do it again this season. That is why the Rangers traded two high draft picks, a top prospect and ...
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Fantasy Hockey 2015: Keith Yandle and Other Trade Deadline Winners
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