The Columbus Blue Jackets have traded defenseman David Jiricek and a 2025 5th round pick to the Minnesota Wild for defenseman Daemon Hunt, a 2025 conditional 1st round pick, a 2027 2nd round pick, a 2026 3rd round pick, and a 2026 4th round pick. The Wild receive: Jiricek, the sixth overall pick in the [...]
Welcome back to The Journey, where we track the development of prospects as they excel in junior, make the NHL, and push towards stardom. **** We have hit the quarter mark of the NHL season, and things are starting to take shape. Teams are beginning to show their true colors, some are stepping up as legitimate contenders, [...]
The Nashville Predators have traded goalie Scott Wedgewood to the Colorado Avalanche for Justus Annunen and a sixth-round pick. A goaltending shakeup was needed in Colorado, which has the third-worst team goals-against average in the league (3.71 GA/GP). Alexandar Georgiev has not been a reliable starter for a team that has Stanley Cup hopes, and [...]
Good morning all! So I haven’t really been able to get into much DFS during the Thanksgiving holiday here in the States, but I did have a New Jersey power-play stack on Tuesday. I was a little tight on salary while building and wanted to do a couple different things, so I went full NJ [...]
LOTS of early Black Friday hockey, so I won’t waste your time with a lengthy intro. The knives are out on the Rangers, who have now lost five consecutive games. (Comparing them to the NFL Giants and Jets? Nasty!) Along with being out of the lineup due to an upper-body injury, Chris Kreider is [...]
Analyzing Player Performance Across Seasons: A Fantasy Hockey Deep Dive Welcome back to this week’s edition of Analytics Advantage! As the NHL season progresses, understanding player trends is crucial for fantasy hockey managers aiming to outmaneuver their competition. This week, we’re comparing player performances from November 27th of the 2023/24 season to the same date [...]
Welcome back everyone and wishing everyone Stateside a happy and safe Thanksgiving. Last week, I referred to the week of American Thanksgiving in fantasy hockey as “sprint”, and I think it’s been just that. We’re going to have another loaded slate today and tomorrow so it’s just a matter of plugging in and playing the [...]
The Canucks’ injury situation might be getting worse before it gets better. According to multiple reports, Filip Hronek is expected to be out for a while after being injured late in Wednesday’s game against Pittsburgh. Hronek is valuable to the Canucks as Quinn Hughes’s partner on the top pair and a mainstay on the second [...]
Here are the top prospect forwards to own in your points-only dynasty leagues - November edition! Free Starting goalie notifications!The Goalie Post app is FREE, and it includes my own formula for each starter's odds of winning. It also projects saves for each goalie based on recent performance of the goalie, his team and the [...]
Welcome back in all! Yesterday I was traveling for Thanksgiving here in the States and between connecting flights and toddlers slamming the tray table in the row behind me, I started to think about prospect pools for different clubs. This was brought on by Macklin Celebrini’s performance the other night in the San Jose game [...]
