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It's been busy behind the scenes for me, and one of the things I've been working on is a fantasy hockey preview for The Globe to help promote the paper's annual online pool. Part 1 on picking forwards is here, with some words on defencemen and goaltenders going up Wednesday and Thursday. Eric Duhatschek puts out his master fantasy list on Friday.

I've started up a group over at the fantasy pool for those who want to play along:

Group name: Mirtle Hockey
Password: blog

As for the chart above, well it's just a quick look at how forwards who play more minutes per game on the power play ultimately score more points. That relationship is a no-brainer, really, given the top offensive players are going to get the most minutes, but the graph gives you an idea of how important first-unit PP time is in terms of fantasy production.

See you in the pool.