In a surprising move, the Chicago Blackhawks fired coach Joel Quenneville on Tuesday morning. The team missed the playoffs in 2017-18 and had started this season with a 6-6-3 record. Quenneville won three Stanley Cups with the franchise and is the second-most winningest coach behind only Scotty Bowman. A pretty impressive record. Jeremy Colliton, [...]
In this week’s installment, we take a look at the top 15 line combinations around the league (one from each team). This top 15 was determined by which lines had tallied the most even strength points so far this season. Using Dobber’s Line Production Tool, I compiled a list of the highest scoring line [...]
A week after the MGM partnership announcement, the NHL has announced another partnership, this one with FanDuel, the daily fantasy sports site. Beyond advertising, the partnership will include things like contests for ‘experiences’ like the Winter Classic. From someone who plays a lot of DFS, all I have to say is, “lol.” FanDuel is [...]
With our first month in the rearview, let’s take a quick look at how our goalies in the West are stacking up. We are using the Fantasy Hockey Geek (FHG) tool for rankings and the categories of save percentage, saves, goals against average, and wins. In our rankings below we have a player rank which [...]
Goalie confusion abounds on the newest episode of the Keeping Karlsson Fantasy Hockey Podcast! Why are some of the best goalies actually awful so far? Why are some of the oldest 'tenders dodging regression for their 3rd year in a row? How badly should you want an awful goalie on one of the best teams [...]
There’s no more important position in fantasy hockey than the goalie position. After all, you dress so many skaters that if a left winger has a bad week, the impact isn’t felt that much. If your netminder has an off week, you’re screwed and more than likely losing your matchup in head-to-head leagues, or [...]
Ramblings: “Slide” candidates down to two, Yanni’s out of his Gourde, and why is Skjei producing now? (Nov 05) *** I remember when Barry Trotz coached the Predators. Year after year the prognosticators, myself included, would put the Preds near the bottom of a playoff spot, or just missing. Nashville always had a solid enough [...]
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