We had a pretty lopsided game in Washington on Thursday night in favour of the Capitals. Unfortunately for Washington and their fans, this was a scene that has played out often in the playoffs over the last decade: dominate the opposition and lose. A late third-period goal from Alex Killorn just as a penalty was [...]
Phew. What a wild ride we are on this spring. Lots of great hockey, and a few more series still to be decided. Any of the final four teams make for good Stanley Cup winning stories. Since the Bolts have made their series a little closer, it really is wide open with these remaining four [...]
Vegas played its first-ever home Conference Final game and managed to skate away with a 4-2 win. They started off flying as Jonathan Marchessault broke in alone and deked to the backhand on Connor Hellebuyck just 35 seconds into the game. Mark Scheifele would square things early in the second period with a goal of [...]
A dilemma in fantasy is whether it’s better to own a player producing well despite not having a strong supporting cast, or one doing so while playing alongside (and perhaps being partially propped up by) other fantasy stars. Today’s battle tackles this head-on, matching Dylan Larkin, who’s starring for the less talented Red Wings, [...]
Andrei Vasilevskiy - USA Today Sports Images Sorry to burst your bubble, but you’re all stuck with me tonight. Ian Gooding was gracious enough to switch Rambling nights. I’ll be taking the family up to a lakefront cabin for the long weekend to get some sun and relaxation. Ian will cover my [...]
The Atlantic produced some excellent seasons from the center position. They may not have been true breakouts but the seasons put together by Aleksander Barkov and Vincent Trocheck led to some fantasy owners finding gold down the middle this year. Here is how to interpret the below graph: The X-axis is expected goals for centers [...]
After dominating most of Game 1, Winnipeg didn’t look quite the same team in Game 2. Either that, or Vegas really brought their speed that we’ve been seeing from them all year. Maybe a little from both columns. Either way, Vegas managed to take Game 2 and even up the series at one apiece. David [...]
This is the third of a multi-part series looking at the most valuable players at each position this year from the Western Conference (part one looked at right wings here, part two was left wings and is here). Just as a refresher, we are using the Fantasy Hockey Geek ranking tool to get a [...]
There is never an offseason for fantasy general managers in cap leagues. Even if rosters, trades and waiver claims are frozen, GMs still need to keep atop of the players on their teams that are free agents and what their potential salaries might be. Too many big raises could put you way over your league’s [...]
Ramblings: Caps talk, Preds talk, Wilson, Waddell, Tolvanen and more (May 14) *** The Hurricanes lost a coach that I feel they wanted to keep. So them giving Rod Brind’Amour a chance – I’m fine with. He was an assistant for six years and to me he was always one of those players who had [...]
