Welcome back for another installment of The Journey. In the midst of all this entertaining playoff action, two clubs, both of which were eliminated in the qualifying round, blessed us with a fun announcement. That’s right folks, we had a trade. In case you missed it, here is a recap of the deal: Pittsburgh Penguins [...]
As you likely already know, the NHL had postponed all its games on Friday, the second consecutive day it had done so. Games will resume today (Saturday) starting bright and early at noon ET (9 a.m. where I live), when the Bruins and Lightning will face off. To make up for the lost time, teams [...]
We have been following the playoffs for the last several weeks here at Frozen Tool Forensics and I wanted to continue that trend this week. So far we looked at potential targets in the Play-In rounds, some of the results of the Play-Ins, and then some high performers from the teams that were eliminated (see [...]
I wanted to take the time to highlight some of the work our writers, podcasters, and editors have been doing around the site of late. Of course, there needs to be a mention of our Prospects Report. Dobber and our prospect team put in thousands of combined hours of scouting, writing, and editing to put [...]
It’s hard to start off with anything but the protests occurring across the sports world. Being from Canada some may feel that I shouldn’t be putting my voice out here, but every voice does matter – and on that note Canada isn’t perfect either. The Milwaukee Bucks took the latest step with plenty of players [...]
In light of the NBA and WNBA players deciding not to play their playoff games, the MLS cancelling games, MLB teams like Seattle and Milwaukee deciding not to play, Kenny Smith walking off the NBA on TNT set, and Naomi Osaka pulling out of her tennis tournament, the NHL had a 70-some word statement before [...]
In this week’s Eastern Edge, I’ll highlight fantasy takeaways from a couple of teams that were eliminated during the first round of this year’s playoffs. Let me know your thoughts in the comments or shoot me a message on Twitter @BrennanDeSouza! Montreal Canadiens These playoffs seemed to accelerate Nick Suzuki’s evolution into a superstar. [...]
The big news on Tuesday was Kasperi Kapanen being traded back to Pittsburgh, the team that originally drafted him, for Pittsburgh’s 2020 first-round pick (15th overall). There were other pieces on both sides, and Cam had the full breakdown of the trade here. I have the Ramblings tomorrow so I’m going to dive into it [...]
On Tuesday morning, the Toronto Maple Leafs traded Kasperi Kapanen, Jesper Lindgren and Pontus Aberg to the Pittsburgh Penguins in exchange for Filip Hallander, Evan Rodrigues, David Warsofsky and the 15th overall selection in the 2020 NHL Entry Draft. The Penguins Receive: A 24-year-old, speed-driven winger in Kapanen who the team knows well. In [...]
The Isles took care of business in the opener of their second-round series against the Flyers. Semyon Varlamov posted a 29-save shutout and New York was able to get three past Carter Hart (and one into an empty net). The game wasn't that far out of reach, as the Flyers out-attempted NYI 63-47. However, the [...]
