Welcome back to The Journey, where we track the development of prospects as they excel in junior, make the NHL, and push towards stardom. *** Inspired by Thomas Harley’s incredible break out campaign in 2023-24—more on that in a moment—this will be the first in a series highlighting young players (under 24) around the league [...]
Two games of playoff pucks on Friday. Let’s get to it. Panthers 6, Bruins 2 (Panthers lead series 2-1) After a fight-filled Game 2, the two teams were on much better behavior in Game 3, combining for just 16 penalty minutes. However, 12 of those minutes were from the Bruins, and the Panthers made them [...]
The first round of the playoffs is officially wrapped, and it is time to turn our attentions, at long last, to those series. We are going to dive into this extra set of games and see if there is anything to learn about a player’s performance. We will go round by round and look at [...]
Welcome back. This week we are going to be completing the round one analysis for the last remaining teams which we have not covered. I realize that the format/writing style I have chosen currently is not ideal because this article come out weekly, so after this week, I am going to be trying to find [...]
New York took a stranglehold of their second-round series with a 3-2 overtime win in Carolina. The Rangers are now up 3-0 in the matchup and have a chance to close things out Saturday night back in Raleigh. Alexis Lafreniere and Artemi Panarin both had a goal and an assist with the latter tallying the [...]
Travis Green was introduced as the new coach for Ottawa on Wednesday. I wrote about his time in Vancouver and why he could be good for the top Senators skaters in the fantasy game. It is a very interesting offseason ahead in Ottawa and, by happenstance, I wrote about their 2023-24 season and their future [...]
When it comes to mastering your fantasy hockey roster and dominating your league, sometimes you need to look back to get ahead. Such is the case with some of the underrated x-factor-type players that can fly under-the-radar with their impressive fantasy production - smaller markets, teams in the basement, and players without household names are [...]
Welcome back to Goldipucks and the Three Skaters, a play on words of the Goldilocks and the Three Bears story. Instead of there being three bowls of porridge though, I cover three skaters and declare one too hot (i.e., doing unsustainably better than he should), another too cold (i.e., doing unsustainably worse), and a third [...]
The NHL’s draft lottery yesterday was anti-climactic, with the San Jose Sharks winning the first overall selection, and the Chicago Blackhawks winning the second overall pick – exactly where they were slotted before the lottery. That means no teams changed position, not even Detroit, who always seems to find a way to drop. https://twitter.com/wyshynski/status/1787979897362637252 It’s [...]
With the Ottawa Senators firing head coach DJ Smith in December and moving Jacques Martin into that role, the search for a new head coach effectively started before Christmas. With so much turnover in that role across the league, there was no shortage of applicants, and Ottawa finally made their decision by hiring Travis Green: [...]
