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Open Ice: Free agents with power-play potential

By Sean Allen
Special to ESPN.com

Monday, January 5, 2009

It's by no means a hard and fast rule, but the players in the NHL who spend the most time on the power play tend to be the most valuable for fantasy hockey purposes. Think of power-play time as the icing on a player's fantasy-value cake. If the player is talented and plays top-six minutes on his team, the cake is probably going to taste good. By no means would you turn down this cake just because it doesn't have any icing on it. However, if the coach of said cake-player decides to smother him wi ...

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