Bloom’s Blog: Top 5 Fantasy Hockey Players All-Time

Fantasy sports, a new-age instrument designed to give the responsibilities of managing a professional sports team to any man, woman, or child with internet access. The very interesting thing I have always thought about fantasy sports is the question, “what if we could somehow draft players from different era’s to see how they could play together?”. Well lucky for the more hockey-minded reader, I have compiled a short list of the all-time best fantasy players. Coming in at #5 is Capitals legend Dale Hunter. I know it looks quite biased coming from a Capitals fan but let me remind you that though Hunter has the second-most penalty minutes (His 3,565 career penalty minutes dwarf any other players on this list) in the history of the NHL, he also recorded over 1,000 points. Hunter was a valuable part of developing the team that went to the Stanley Cup Finals in 1998. Though he was also on the Capitals when they went to the Finals, Hunter’s most valuable export was helping and protectin...