UND Hockey: Four Former Players in the Top 200 Overall Fantasy Hockey Rankings

1. Sidney Crosby, C, Pittsburgh Penguins
2. Steven Stamkos, C, Tampa Bay Lightning
3. Alex Ovechkin, RW, Washington Capitals
4. Evgeni Malkin, C, Pittsburgh Penguins
5. John Tavares, C, New York Islanders
6. Henrik Lundqvist, G, New York Rangers
7. Jonathan Quick, G , L.A. Kings, UMASS
8. Jonathan Toews, C, Chicago Blackhawks, UND
9. Claude Giroux, C, Philadelphia Flyers
10. Patrick Kane, RW, Chicago Blackhawks
30. Zach Parise, LW, Minnesota Wild, UND
131. T.J. Oshie, RW, St Louis, UND
193. Travis Zajac, C, New Jersey Devils, UND

Four former UND hockey players are in the Top 200 Overall Fantasy Hockey Rankings over on the NHL.com webpage. There are also many former college hockey players in the top 200 as well.

Free agent updates: Matt Watkins signs free agent deal with the Captials

Jul 9	Watkins, Matt	RW	NY Islanders	Washington	$550K	1	$550K
Jul 9	Leggio, David	G	Buffalo	Washington	$550K	1	$550K
Jul 9	Janssen, Cam	RW	New Jersey	New Jersey	$550K	1	$550K
Jul 9	Rallo, Greg	C	Florida	Florida	$600K	1	$600K
Jul 9	Moore, Mike	D	Nashville	Boston	$550K	1	$550K
Jul 9	Johnson, Nick	RW	Phoenix	Boston	$600K	1	$600K
Jul 9	Bachman, Richard	G	Dallas	Edmonton	$625K	1	$625K

Former Fighting Sioux forward Matt Watkins, has signed a one year, two way free agent contract, with the Washington Capitals.

Aaron Dell involved in huge brawl.

And then there's this! Former UND goaltender Aaron Dell @adell32 laying haymakers in the minors: youtube.com/watch?v=6aFuyO… …
— Jody Norstedt (@J_Norstedt) February 24, 2013

Check this out... Former Fighting Sioux All-American goalie Aaron Dell is involved in a huge Donny Brook.

Oshie to file for Arbitration

Former Fighting Sioux forward T.J. Oshie is going to file for Salary Arbitration, according to Andy Strickland Oshie is still a restricted free agent so he really isn’t able to rest the free agent market as of yet.

Andy Strickland, TrueHockey.com --- Sources close to Blues forward T.J. Oshie tell me he will file for arbitration before today’s 5:00 eastern deadline.

This is often nothing more than simple protocol to protect a player’s rights. Oshie, who tied Captain David Backes for the team lead in scoring, enjoyed career highs last season in goals, assists, points, penalty minutes, and games played. His 19:31 minutes per game were second among Blues forwards while leading the way with 1:48 per game shorthanded. He also averaged over 2:00 per game on the power play.

Considering Oshie’s versatility it’s hard to put a number on his actual value. He does much more than what you find on the scoresheet and head Coach Ken Hitchcock has referred to him as one of the better defensive forwards in the NHL today. With that being said he’s also among the Blues more talented offensive players as well.

Ryan Duncan gets 45 stiches from skate blade

If you haven’t seen it, former Fighting Sioux forward Ryan Duncan caught a skate in the face causing 45 stitches. Ouch!!! That is definitely going to leave a mark and I can imagine he will have a scare from that laceration.  Picture was on Ryan’s twitter account at http://www.twitter.com/@rduncan16