Avs' Stastny Suffers Poor Outing Monday Vs. Sharks: Paul Stastny was a minus-4 during Monday's 5-1 loss to San Jose, his worst single-game plus-minus rating of the season. (Updated 03/27/2012)
Injury Report
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Fantasy Analysis
"It was one of those nights where the puck wasn't going in for you and you're out there for all the goals," Paul Stastny said after the game. "There's no excuse. It's a tough one to take." Stastny is having a relatively productive March, with four goals and six helpers in 14 games so far this month, but Monday's game was huge in terms of the Avs' playoff chances and he just didn't show up. He needs to be better. (Updated 03/27/2012).
05/15/2012 17:23 Team USA takes down Swiss, sets up quarterfinal rematch with Finland
Team USA finished its round-robin schedule at the Hockey World Championships with a 5-2 win over Switzerland on Tuesday. The win means that the U.S. clinches the second seed in their pool and will face Finland on Thursday.
Stastny took a major step back last season scoring-wise, recording just 57 points (22G, 35A) in 74 games after posting a career-high 79 (20, 59) in 81 games the previous season. Normally when a player experiences a drop-off such as this, it's often indicative of some sort of nagging injury that prevents him from playing to his potential, but at this point, this does not appear to be the case with Stastny. All fantasy leaguers can really do is shrug and chalk it up to one of those seasons where the bounces just didn't go his way. Including his career-best 2009-10 season, Stastny has two other years of almost point-per-game production (2006-07 and 2007-08), so we'd be surprised if he didn't revert back to his usual high-scoring self this season. He will likely drop down a few slots in most fantasy draft lists this season, so be ready to grab him on the cheap. (Updated 10/4/11)
