It seems as if the NHL season began just yesterday, and now, in the final week of February, teams are closing on the halfway mark. Well, some teams anyway. The Dallas Stars and New Jersey Devils aren't even at the quarter-mark on their seasons.

For the most part, though, the season is humming along at a breakneck pace, and the fantasy season with it. That means it's time to fire up a monthly fantasy mailbag. That's right. Once a month, I'll open the floodgates and let the questions hit the EP Rinkside page wave after wave with a corresponding answer. I'll always have an answer, and time will prove it right or not.

As always, my caveat for this rendition of NHL hockey is to remember that these are extraordinarily strange times and with them comes strange outcomes. Do not make rash decisions o