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Forum: General Fantasy TalkMar. 7 at 11:16 a.m.
Since the fantasy trade season has passed, I thought I’d look at all the trades I’ve made and see how they’d turned out. I’m just kind of realizing my team is first in points for (and the reason I’m not first is because I’m also first in points again), so I was curious if the trades I made help that

Stone and Marchessault for Konecny and Meier
Not a good trade for me in the end, all of Stone, March and Konecny turned out about the same but Meier has struggled. So in the end not good. The silver lining is Stone is out for the rest of the season

Kadri and Drysdale for Vilardi and Lafreniere
Would have been fair or a slight win for me but I dropped Vilardi 🤦‍♂️. However, I turned around and traded Laf which brings me to…

Laf and Ullmark for Kyrou and Bobrovsky
This was a risky trade at the time but this ended up being a home run for me. Bob has been arguably THE best fantasy goalie this year and Kyrou has definitely turned out to be better than Laf. Definitely my best trade. And I ended up not even missing Ullmark since I was able to steal Markstrom off waivers lol (which more than made up for dropping Vilardi)

Ekblad and Kruger for Ekholm and Myers
I mean I guess I won since Hydration Squad dropped both guys and I still have Myers and traded Ekholm, which brings me to my next trade…

Theodore and Ekholm for Debrincat and Seth Jones
Pretty fair considering I made this trade to have less guys on IR (I had 2 with only one IR spot), and it’s been fine for me as well. Although ironically Jones got injured (not as long as Theodore but still) so I made another trade…

Jenner for Dunn and Haula
Again, it was fine, maybe a slight loss for me.

All in all I think my trades were pretty neutral in how my team did. Some were good and some bad. But in my opinion they’re fun to make so I’m happy with it
Forum: NHL TradesMar. 7 at 10:18 a.m.
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>LuckyMoneyPuck</b></div><div>I played NCAA level.
Being on your off hand is a huge deal. You can just stop right there.
Not only is the curve of your stick on the inside which messes up your passing but it offers no advantage.

Playing your off side is not better for 1 timers, your natural hold on your natural stick is facing the wall.
You have to turn to open the blade up which puts you out of position as a defenseman., Instead of your back being toward your own net it's now toward the wall.
This is hockey 101 and why very few players play their off side and those who do are not better at it than they are on their natural side.</div></div>

<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Dahlin_On_Me</b></div><div>I don’t want to get into a thing, maybe some players struggle on the opposite side and that’s fine no judgement but other players do and actually prefer it.

If you seen the TV interview with Don G last night he almost said verbatim what I was explaining with LH/RH D. Not saying Granato is the world’s greatest hockey expert but he has spent a lifetime playing and learning hockey and is a Professional. I think he knows what he’s talking about.</div></div>

<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>LuckyMoneyPuck</b></div><div>anyone who has ever played hockey at any organizational level can tell you playing your side matters. Everything I have stated above is true.
Most people who play their off hands don't even play a legit defensive position. They play center field.
They do this to make their passes shorter both receiving and sending, as it's hard to backhand pass all over the ice, especially across the whole blueline when defenders want to jump the pass.
Mark Streit is a perfect example of that. A lefty that played RD. But it was never really RD it was center field.
Center field sucks for the offense big time, as it cuts your ice in half.

So I don't really care what some TV host says. I can tell you from playing at an organizational level of hockey, it matters.
It's much harder to backhand things across the ice, or get a pass on the back of your stick. It also sucks playing with a straight as possible blade to decrease the bow on the outside of the stick.
Which is why almost every player you see today has a curve in their blade on any level of hockey.

You either have to switch your stick and grip, which means you're playing on your weak grip, or play with a stick facing the wall.
While people do that in organizations where they don't have the bodies to find people, in more complex levels of hockey they don't have that issue.</div></div>

Just to add my two sense, I think if your a winger, it doesn’t really matter, in fact when I used to play hockey (not at a high level or anything but I still played) I almost preferred my off side and I know a lot of wingers in the NHL play on their off side (Ovi, Kane, Tarasenko, etc)

But it’s a lot harder for defence men to play on their off side and there’s a reason few do it well. It can be done but it’s harder