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Dustin Nelson - Rotoballer

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Dustin Nelson is the News Editor for The Hockey Writers and a columnist with Rotowire and Hockey Prospectus. He's written for Sports Illustrated, Hockey Wilderness (SB Nation), Electric Literature, the Walker Reader, Bookslut and many other publications. He's on Twitter at @dlukenelson and has a newsletter with hockey news and opinion at tinyletter.com/dlukenelson.

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NHL DFS Lineup Picks (4/18/16): FanDuel & DraftKings Daily Fantasy Hockey Advice

Welcome to the Daily Fantasy Hockey (NHL DFS) lineup picks article for 4/18/16 of the 2015/2016 NHL season. Each day we'll be providing you with a handful of forward, defensemen, and goaltender picks for DraftKings and FanDuel GPP and cash games. Are you worried about the Ducks? They looked like they had the potential to […]


NHL DFS Lineup Picks (4/6/16): FanDuel & DraftKings Daily Fantasy Hockey Advice

Welcome to the Daily Fantasy Hockey (NHL DFS) lineup picks article for 4/6/16 of the 2015/2016 NHL season. Each day we'll be providing you with a handful of forward, defensemen, and goaltender picks for DraftKings and FanDuel GPP and cash games. There's just a few days left in the season and today's a weird one. […]


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NHL DFS Lineup Picks (4/3/16): FanDuel & DraftKings Daily Fantasy Hockey Advice

Welcome to the Daily Fantasy Hockey (NHL DFS) lineup picks article for 4/2/16 of the 2015/2016 NHL season. Each day we'll be providing you with a handful of forward, defensemen, and goaltender picks for DraftKings and FanDuel GPP and cash games. If you've been leaning on Steven Stamkos down the stretch, you were in for […]


NHL DFS Lineup Picks (3/29/16): FanDuel & DraftKings Daily Fantasy Hockey Advice

Welcome to the Daily Fantasy Hockey (NHL DFS) lineup picks article for 3/29/16of the 2015/2016 NHL season. Each day we'll be providing you with a handful of forward, defensemen, and goaltender picks for DraftKings and FanDuel GPP and cash games.   RotoBaller's Premium NHL Cheat Sheets and DFS Lineup Picks Our Premium DFS Cheat Sheets […]


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NHL DFS Lineup Picks (3/22/16): FanDuel & DraftKings Daily Fantasy Hockey Advice

Welcome to the Daily Fantasy Hockey (NHL DFS) lineup picks article for 3/22/16of the 2015/2016 NHL season. Each day we'll be providing you with a handful of forward, defensemen, and goaltender picks for DraftKings and FanDuel GPP and cash games. With 10 games on the slate Tuesday, there are deals and exciting match-ups galore. That […]


Stacking the Pads: Using 10-Game Trends to Find Steals

At this point in the season we have a pretty good sense of how every goaltender is playing. There’s always going to be some variance, but we have a nice sense of what to expect, this side of hot streaks and slumps, across the board. Outside of playing a backup, finding a steal at netminder […]


Power Play Sleepers for Daily Fantasy Hockey (2/25 - 3/1) on FanDuel and DraftKings

Welcome to the Daily Fantasy Hockey (NHL DFS) Power Play Sleeper Picks article for games from 2/25 to 3/1. We're going to highlight a couple of power plays with great sleeper picks for your DraftKings and FanDuel GPP and cash games. When you’re looking for some power play points out of your roster in daily fantasy […]


Man Up: Power Play Help From Waiver Wire Defensemen

Last week we talked about finding forward help on waivers when you need some power play assistance. Here, I'll use the same premise to dig up some defensemen that can give you a nice boost in power play points and are widely available. Below are the five defensemen with the most power play points among players […]


Stacking the Pads: Sneaky Goalies for DFS Lineups

At this point in the season we have a pretty good sense of how every goaltender is playing. There’s always going to be some variance, but we have a nice sense of what to expect, this side of hot streaks and slumps, across the board. That winds up making it tricky to find a good […]


Man Up: Power Play Help From Waiver Forwards

At this point in the season it can be difficult to track down a boost in power play points on waivers of daily fantasy hockey. The possibilities teams have on the power play have kind of been explored and emergent dark horses become less and less frequent. Shayne Gostisbehere was an exception to this, but […]


Stacking the Pads: Fragile Goaltending Trios for Fantasy Hockey

We’re out of the All-Star break, marching toward the trade deadline and the postseason. It’s February and that means we’re hitting the stretch for keeper leagues too. Daily games will start to get more and more sleeper candidates for those paying close attention. In this column, we’ll be looking at fantasy hockey trends and tandems across […]


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