For part three of four in our look at UFAs for next season, we will look at the players available who would be considered established top-four forwards or defensemen. An enjoyable reference is Evolving Wild’s contract projections, which has an algorithm for free agent player salaries on a google spreadsheet. Most of their projections [...]
A pair of Boston power play goals about 30 seconds apart in the third period was the difference in Game 1 between the Hurricanes and the Bruins, with the latter jumping to a 1-0 series lead thanks to a 5-2 win. It wasn’t as lopsided as the score indicates. Carolina carried a 2-1 lead [...]
Every summer there is one under-hyped period that always gets my attention: the buyout period. Teams can pay to have their mistakes disappear, new GMs try to put their mark on a roster, and some players just need a change of scenery. The capfriendly buyout tool allows you to see what impact a buyout [...]
The big news before Game 7 was that Joe Pavelski returned to the lineup for San Jose for the first time since the Vegas series. There may have been questions about how ready he would be for a game of this magnitude, but the fact that he scored a trademark redirection in the first [...]
Welcome back to another installment of “Goldipucks and the Three Skaters.” For first time readers, or those needing a refresher, this column is a play on the Goldilocks and the Three Bears story, except instead of there being three bowls of porridge I’m covering three skaters and declaring one too hot (i.e., doing unsustainably [...]
The first game seven of the second-round culminated on Tuesday evening in Missouri. And I'll be frank, it was almost exclusively the Blues dictating play and Ben Bishop accepting the pepper with a spicy smile. Vince Dunn got things going in the first frame with a seeing-eye wrister from the point to [...]
It was certainly an interesting season in the Metro for the center position, more so than any other division the Metro looks like it has a few players ripe to rebound next season. The crazy stat of the week for this division is that Sebastian Aho, Evgeni Malkin, and Evgeny Kuznetsov all shot below [...]
Here are the Top 100 defensemen to own in your points-only keeper leagues - May edition! More tweaks this month, mostly based on playoff performances. As always, players ranked between +/- 5.0 rating points should be considered equal value and at that point become a matter of team needs and/or personal bias. Click [...]
