Frozen Tools Forensics: Looking to Free Agency – Part 1
For part one of our look at UFAs for next season, we will look at the players available who might be considered in the lowest tier. I’ve broken the players into four separate tiers, with the fourth being replacement level or slightly above, tier three being above replacement level, tier two being solid top-nine [...]
Ramblings: Hyman Injury; Pirri’s Future; Ted Lindsay Finalists; Second Round Begins – April 26
Zach Hyman has a torn ACL in his knee, though the press releases and journalist tweets I saw did not include which knee. Regardless, the expected recovery time is at least six months, which means he won’t be ready for the start of the 2019-20 season. This is has the potential to be a [...]
Capped: Reviewing Hits and Misses – Part 2
After a completely unpredictable first round, here’s something a little more predictable: the weekly Capped article for you. Last week I covered half of the 62 players that were featured in last-summer’s buy/sell series. This week we finish off the second half, covering Minnesota through Anaheim in reverse alphabetical order. Next week we will [...]
Ramblings: Caps/’Canes Game 7; Radulov; Meier; Demko; More – April 25
The Bruins will be without Kevan Miller to start their series against Columbus and is considered week-to-week for now. If I were a Bruins fan, I wouldn’t expect him back in this series and just be pleasantly surprised if he does. * It may not be as serious as Miller’s injury, but Jamie Oleksiak [...]
Fantasy Hockey Mailbag: Chabot, Hertl, Schenn, Berdin, Buchnevich, Bjugstad, & Terry
It’s that time again – to empty the mailbag and answer your fantasy hockey questions. The goals here is for me to give thorough answers to the questions while making sure to address them in a way which also provides fantasy advice and food for thought to other readers, even if they don’t own [...]
Ramblings: Insanity in San Jose, The Bruins 2nd Line, & Impact of Coach Q in Florida
It's the greatest day of the year. Seventh game great. Tuesday evening featured four clubs playing for their lives and that always brings the best/worst out of each player. Some rise to the occasion, others crumble under the pressure. As someone without a rooting interest, it's a very pleasurable experience. For all of you [...]
Eastern Edge: Goals and Expected Goals Among Right Wingers in the Metro
Thus far in my offseason Eastern Edge columns, we’ve supposedly uncovered the pitfall of drafting Jeff Skinner next season regardless where he signs this summer, and we’ve zeroed in on Anthony Mantha as a must draft. This week, we will continue this discussion with right wingers in the Metro. There were quite a few [...]
Ramblings: Jets and Flames Post-Knockout; Keller; Playoff Hockey – April 23
It was locker cleaning day for the Winnipeg Jets and there was a lot of interesting tidbits to come of it. There were a lot of votes of confidence for coach Paul Maurice, namely one coming from Blake Wheeler, with the captain saying he’d run through a brick wall for his bench boss. The [...]