This week's Frozen Pool Forensics dives into a down season production-wise for David Backes. **** Entering the second round of the NHL playoffs, the St. Louis Blues had reason to celebrate. It is a well-known fact that the Blues have had extensive playoff trouble, yet this season, they were finally able to advance past the [...]
Top 100 Defensemen (May): Letang, Shatty, Carlson get bumps... These defensemen were pulled from the Top 300 Keeper League Players list. Get details on criteria (points-only keeper leagues - and other factors) here. Def. Rk Player Team Rating May Apr 1 Erik Karlsson OTT 135.1 11 9 2 John Klingberg DAL 100.6 28 28 [...]
Recapping the postseason games, Jacob Trouba in fantasy, penalty killing, Calgary, and more. **** It was an incredibly fast-paced start to the game, with both teams getting their chances to score. Brent Burns would catch Pekka Rinne cheating, and score short side over the shoulder to tie the game 1-1 after Colin Wilson opened the [...]
Top 300 Fantasy Hockey Keeper League Players - May edition. Crosby recaptures the crown. And look! There's McDavid... In your points-only keeper leagues, here are the top 300 players to own. Remember, positions don't matter (so a defenseman may be undervalued here vs. in your league). Other factors - potential points longterm, their likely [...]
This week's Capped discusses some free agent signings from last year that did not work out. **** In the previous Capped, I reviewed some of the better unrestricted free agent signings from the summer of 2015. In this week’s Capped, we flip the script, and take a look at a few that simply didn’t work [...]
Recapping the Pens/Caps, Targets for the Jets, Salary Cap Problems, Jonathan Drouin, and more. **** This was a game the Caps absolutely needed. With no Kris Letang, and no Olli Maatta, there were no excuses not to win, puck luck or not. A win would tie the series, and give Washington the home ice in [...]
Injury updates: The latest - what little is revealed - on injured playoff players such as Seguin, Maatta and others... Hey everyone, welcome to your mid-round recap of injuries in the Stanley Cup Playoffs! As usual, injury news is scarce in the postseason, but there’s some stuff the coaches just can’t hide. The East [...]
Digging deep on defensemen Alec Martinez and Erik Johnson. Who's the better own? Facing off this week are defensemen Alec Martinez and Erik Johnson. Both are 28, and seemingly at career crossroads. Can Martinez continue his late blooming to further improve? Will Johnson be able to climb back to previous production levels, which saw [...]
Ramblings: pylons in Dallas, injuries in Boston, Wilson on fire, my Calder picks and more *** Big day tomorrow. It should have been Monday but I’ve been waiting for the final word from Draft Kings as to whether or not they want me to offer their $10 Ultimate Fantasy Pack deal for the third straight summer. [...]
The Calgary Flames fired head coach Bob Hartley Tuesday. […]
