What a time to be alive, hockey heads. With no shortage of amazing individual success stories or teams flexing their Cup caliber, the NHL is buzzing right now with enticing betting angles to analyze across the entire league. An absolutely juicy 13 games await on today’s NHL betting board with a few of our favorite [...]
Straight to the DFS this weekend - again, there are plenty of earlier options to fill my platter of prop bets, but for a DraftKings lineup I’ll focus on the six matchups that drop the pucks at 7 pm Eastern or later. Anchors away! Columbus Blue Jackets @ San Jose Sharks. No, these teams don’t [...]
This happened during one of the later games on Thursday, so I didn’t get a chance to write about it yesterday. Filip Zadina scored two goals and added two assists and a plus-3 in the Sharks’ 6-3 win against Calgary. Even though Zadina was once a high first-round pick (chosen one pick before Quinn Hughes!) [...]
Here are the top prospect forwards to own in your points-only dynasty leagues - February edition! As always, players rated within +/-5.0 rating points should be considered equal value, and at that point become a matter of team need (upside vs. immediate help vs. likelihood vs. track record vs. injury risk vs. age vs. wait [...]
Today on Frozen Tools Forensics we are going to embark on another little mini-series. Last week we looked at IPP, and we will be continuing to review some other ‘underlying’ numbers in the next few weeks as well. This week though, I wanted to turn to another data point where we don’t typically spend a [...]
Welcome back all! Is it just me or does it feel like the NHL sort of hits this low point each season following the All-Star break? The break itself along with a lighter week of games certainly doesn’t help but, but never fear. We have six slates next week with five or more games, and [...]
Jake Guentzel is expected to miss up to the next four weeks with an upper-body injury that forced him to leave Wednesday’s game. On the final year of his contract, Guentzel has been the subject of trade rumors, particularly if the Penguins cannot find a way to advance above the Eastern Conference playoff bar soon. [...]
We’re over halfway into the season, and many players’ rankings are beginning to firm up. As such, there aren’t as many changes to the rankings as there have been in previous months. The stat categories for the Roto Rankings are as follows: Goals, Assists, Special Teams Points, Shots on Goal, Penalty Minutes, Hits, and Blocked [...]
Welcome back my CapFriendlies! This is a public service announcement, we interrupt your regularly scheduled trade talks (we’ll circle back on that), to discuss all things Calgary and potential moves that they may have. What sparked this was the simply when I go to open my iPhone to look at all things puck, I inevitably [...]
In today's NHL, the fusion of traditional scouting and advanced analytics offers a multifaceted view of player evaluation, transcending beyond simple goal counts and assist tallies. Central to this analytical revolution is the Corsi For Percentage (CF%), a metric that sheds light on a player's ability to influence game play positively. This analysis seeks to [...]
