Now that we are a couple of weeks into the season and we have some massive sample sizes to work with (notice the tongue firmly planted in cheek here), I want to turn our attention to players who have been seeing a change in deployment that could impact their fantasy value going forward. This week [...]
So hands, please who drafted the Buffalo goalies? No? Your loss. The start of the season has given us some real surprises in net. The caveat here is of course we are dealing with one, two, and three-game samples for the most part. Most goalies in the league can pull off one good game every [...]
Alex Ovechkin is already going to go down in history as one of the best goal scorers of all time. The only question is just where exactly on that list does he sit? After his two-goal premier and moving into fifth place all time, it seemed like time to take a look at where he [...]
We are coming up to the final weekend before the start of the season. We have gotten a chance to glimpse some NHL-ish action through an extended week of preseason games with a few more on the docket. Many fantasy leagues have completed their drafts so we have some idea of where managers are valuing [...]
Last week we started a conversation about 2020’s most streaky players. Using the Most Consistent report from the report’s page we were able to look at which players were pointing more or less consistently than we would expect given their point pace. We left off with one major question though - is this something that [...]
In prepping for my own drafts (reading Dobber’s Columns, listening to Keeping Karlsson, you know the things you do), I have been noticing a minor theme; interest in streaks. Players getting hot and going on point runs is something we all have experienced as managers. Sometimes it happens to your players, but it usually seems [...]
As we get closer to the start of hockey, managers everywhere are beginning to prep their draft strategies. A big part of that for many is to take a look at projections for the upcoming players to try and make some judgements about their value (pro tip: go grab Dobber’s). If we are looking at [...]
It is time to continue Bubble Week in Frozen Tool Forensics. As I hope everyone has picked up on by now, Bubble Week is about trying to dig a little deeper on our ‘bubble’ players. The ones managers may be considering keeping or letting go. To help in our analysis we are going to look [...]
This week it is time for Part 2 of our miniseries. In Part 1 we took a look at forwards who perform well across peripheral categories like hits and blocks. This week we are moving on to defensemen. As a reminder - here is the process laid out from last week. Frozen Tools has an [...]
This week we are going to switch gears a little bit and turn our attention to our peripheral categories. This miniseries will divide up our skaters into forwards and defensemen and take a look at top performers in various categories and which players excel across multiple categories. This week on Frozen Tool Forensics: Multicategory Forwards [...]
