Ramblings: Oilers Force Game 7! Chinakhov Signs, Cogliano Retires, Possible Values of More Players that Could Be Traded (Jun 22)
Can the Edmonton Oilers complete an improbable comeback in the Stanley Cup Final? We will find out on Monday evening in Game 7. I’ll get to the individual player stats shortly, but let’s take a [...]
Frozen Tools Forensics: Analyzing 2023-24’s Most Consistent Skaters
There are a couple of more playoff related topics that we are going to hit in this column, but they need to wait until the finals have wrapped up. In the meantime, let’s return to [...]
Ramblings: McDavid for Conn Smythe, Nedeljkovic Signed, Possible Values of Players That Could Be Traded (Jun 21)
Well, we have a Stanley Cup Final series now. There’s no way the Panthers wanted to make the long trek back to Edmonton for another crack at winning the cup. The good news for Florida [...]
Ramblings: Markstrom and Dubois Traded; Hronek’s Extension; Thoughts on Ehlers, Larkin, Couturier, Hertl, and More – June 20
On Tuesday, Vancouver extended defenceman Filip Hronek for eight years at $7.25M. While that might seem like a big number, as a percentage of the cap in 2024-25, that works out to just over 8%, [...]
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Fantasy Take: Kings and Capitals Swap Kuemper for Dubois
Unlike the Jacob Markstrom to New Jersey trade that had been teased for months if not a year, this bombshell came out of nowhere. https://twitter.com/PierreVLeBrun/status/1803502883041898781 The Capitals are taking on some huge term, banking [...]
Fantasy Take: Flames Finally Make a Markstrom Deal With the Devils
The New Jersey Devils acquired Jacob Markstrom (salary 31.25% retained), and he will now form a tandem next year with Jake Allen. This is a /significant/ improvement over the options from last season. The return [...]
Fantasy Hockey Poll: Scoring Increase Streaks
It’s time for another of my annual offseason polls. This one focuses on players who have seen their scoring pace rise for three or more consecutive seasons, or who’ve played a total of only three [...]
Ramblings: Oilers Drag Out a Game Six; Columbus Coaching Change; Hronek and Perunovich Sign & More (Jun 19)
The Edmonton Oilers took game five to drag the Florida Panthers back to Alberta. The Panthers still have two chances to close out this series, but it really has the feeling of one that’s going [...]
Eastern Edge: Power Ranking the Atlantic Division
Much like last week’s Eastern Edge power ranking of the Metro Division, the team at the top of the table is a no-brainer: The Florida Panthers are the best team in the East and are [...]
Ramblings: Heavy Lifting for Hughes, Pionk, Parayko, Walker, and Others – June 18
Last week, San Jose filled their vacant head coaching spot by hiring Ryan Warsofsky. My breakdown of the hiring can be read here. With Will Smith, Macklin Celebrini, William Eklund, Henry Thrun, and a few [...]