It was locker-clearing day for the Penguins yesterday and though no one from the team would expand on any injuries players suffered or were playing through, there was this little nugget from general manager Jim Rutherford: Rutherford on Sprong next season: "He should be a regular on our team." — Sam Werner (@SWernerPG) May 9, [...]
Thoughts on Playoffs, Coach Brind’Amour, Thornton, and more… […]
Carolina had some gaps to fill this offseason with Bill Peters heading to Calgary and Ron Francis being fired before the end of the regular season. New owner Tom Dundon filled those vacancies with former team captain and Stanley Cup champion Rod Brind’Amour as the head coach and Don Waddell as the general manager Brind’Amour [...]
If you haven’t had a chance to check out the new Frozen Tool changes over at Dobber – I suggest you do so -> (Frozen Pool: Sidney Crosby). Excellent stuff – really quick info on some advanced stats. You will be at a disadvantage next year if you’re not utilizing this information when making trade [...]
They slayed the beast, exorcised their demons, and eradicated their tormentor. In other words, the Caps beat the Pittsburgh Penguins in a playoff series to move to the Eastern Conference Final. Things looked bleak as we found out during warmup that Nicklas Backstrom would miss the game with a hand injury. Lars Eller moved up [...]
This past year was a season of extremes for fantasy hockey. It seems as if either everything was awesome or everything sucked, depending on your point of view. Scoring was up, but goaltending suffered. Youth is king, but older players are just as valuable. Tampa put together a season not seen in years, but everyone [...]
This is the second of a multi-part series looking at the most valuable players at each position this year from the Western Conference (part one is here). Just as a refresher, we are using the Fantasy Hockey Geek ranking tool to get a ranking that combines all of a player’s stats for the searched [...]
Even as Elan and Brian are feeling the playoff high, they're already thinking ahead to what 2018-19 might look like on this this new episode of the Keeping Karlsson Hockey Podcast. After a couple more casual episodes, the guys get out their number shovels and dig into the data to see what's in store for the Sabres [...]
AWWW! Now I have to wait all summer before I can watch Brad Marchand lick someone’s face again. * The Bruins are out, which actually surprises me because I felt that Tampa Bay went from being by far and away the best team in the league in the first half – to being seventh or [...]
