After Tuesday’s discussion of goalie fatigue, I got to thinking about the most important traits a goaltender can have. Undoubtedly, you want a goalie playing on a good team. We’ll never completely parse the impact of goalie talent, player talent, coaching and systems, but for fantasy owners you’ll do well in goalie stats by playing [...]
Here are the Top 200 prospect forwards to own your fantasy hockey keeper league - March edition! Takes into account several aspects - each one is very important and how you prioritize them for your fantasy squad depends on your current needs (long-term, high upside or short-term, NHL-ready, lower ceiling). As always, two players within [...]
This is one of my favorite times of year for Cage Matches, since I have enough season-long data to see if breakout players are for real or simply enjoying a long but ultimately unsustainable spike in production. Case in point is Mathew Barzal, who, although always highly touted, has already far and away exceeded rookie [...]
The big injury news from Tuesday was Jack Eichel returning to the Sabres and participating in a full practice. He was slotted in his usual second line position as well as the top power-play unit. The original diagnosis for his high-ankle sprain was four to six weeks and a return on Thursday would be about [...]
This week we try to find value where others aren’t looking. It’s important to focus on what a player can provide going forward as opposed to what they’ve done in the past. Best of luck to those of you in playoff matchups! Andrew Cogliano – Ryan Kesler – Jakob Silfverberg The Anaheim [...]
With the pressure off of those teams who are out of the playoff race, many teams are playing all loosey-goosey. I love that Jimmy Vesey had a hat trick for the Rangers last night and that Seth Jones add two big power play points as Columbus fights for a playoff position. The Sens Magnus [...]
Goaltender fatigue has become one of the big discussion points late in this season. Braden Holtby has had a miserable run, leading to Philipp Grubauer taking over the crease. Frederik Andersen’s heavy starting load has been a hot button issue in Toronto. Andrei Vasilevskiy has discussed how fatigue has affected his second half play: [...]
With Evander Kane in tow, San Jose is making a late year push to up their playoff stock. There’s little chance they’ll catch Vegas in the Pacific which currently boasts a 12-point lead, but they have a solid shot at the West’s fourth playoff spot and home-ice advantage in the first series at least, [...]
Elan and Brian have decided to be decisive on this new episode of the Keeping Karlsson Hockey Podcast! They pick a side in Washington and Long Island goaltending duels, top six forwards in Philadelphia, a promoted Jet, a yet-to-settle Golden Knight, post-Boeser offense in Vancouver, weirdly scheduled Sabres and Pens, surging Blue Jackets, a [...]
It’s always a little annoying to own a Band-Aid player, but at least you can plan for that. You take into consideration that players like Evgeni Malkin and Taylor Hall are going to miss some time. When they don’t, you get seasons like this year. It’s even more frustrating when you own a player [...]
