All of the conference finalists are now set after the completion of the third and final Game 7. Dallas and Vegas will face off today (Sunday), while the NY Islanders and Tampa Bay will begin their series on Monday. NY Islanders 4, Philadelphia 0 (NY Islanders win series 4-3) Barry Trotz decided to switch out [...]
In just over a month, 20 teams have been eliminated from the return to play, with just four teams left in the chase for Lord Stanley’s mug. There aren’t as many predictions to make going forward, but we are back to make them anyway. Updating the conference semifinal results, the panel majority chose three of [...]
Welcome back to another fine Saturday. I recently had some viewers reach out regarding potential prospects to target in certain regions. Of course, this got my wheels turning. As we inch closer to draft season, I thought this would be a great opportunity to run a mini-series to highlight potential prospects making their way to [...]
You the hockey fan were gifted not one, but two Game 7’s on Friday. One went to overtime, while the other one nearly made it there. Dallas 5, Colorado 4 OT (Dallas wins series 4-3) You’ve heard of Cinderella teams… what about Cinderella players? Meet Joel Kiviranta. Kiviranta’s insertion into the Dallas lineup as an [...]
Here are the top defensemen to own in your points-only keeper leagues - September edition! Curated directly from the overall Top 300 skaters list (posted Thursday here), these defensemen are valuable based on their ability to either reach at least 35 points in the year ahead, have 'some' odds of doing so, or could potentially [...]
The Islanders and the Golden Knights have looked like the better teams in their respective series. Yet the Flyers and Canucks have both clawed back from 3-1 series deficits to force Game 7. And you should know by now than in a Game 7, anything can happen. Here’s what happened in an incredible night of [...]
Here are the top skaters to own in your points-only keeper leagues - September edition! Some tweaks based on play over the last month, as well as injury news, plus I removed a handful of the bottom guys on my chart who I felt would never gain or regain value in these types of keeper [...]
It’s Thursday again, that means it’s time to read some weekly thoughts on players, their salaries, and whatever else crosses my mind. Let’s get to it. The bubble presents a weird in-between season. Do we call this a separate season of development for the youngsters that are getting closer to a breakout? Should the 2019-2020 [...]
The Florida Panthers have hired Bill Zito to be their new general manager, a few weeks after Dale Tallon was let go. Tallon’s era was marked by a lot of turmoil between hiring, firing, re-hiring and plethora of terrible moves that sunk a team that had Aleksander Barkov, Jonathan Huberdeau, and Aaron Ekblad under contract [...]
The Montreal Canadiens traded 2020 third and seventh-round picks to the St. Louis Blues in exchange for goaltender Jake Allen. Montreal Receives: A competent backup netminder to fill the bridge until Cayden Primeau is ready to take the job. The 30-year-old, Allen posted a 12-6-3 record with a .927 save percentage in 24 regular-season games [...]
