The stage is set and the stars are all in place - no, unfortunately for Dallas fans not those ones. All bad jokes aside, the better team is moving on to the Stanley Cup Final as the Edmonton Oilers took care of business on Sunday night while punching their ticket to the big dance for [...]
Springtime hockey tends to reveal a number of similar characteristics when it comes to how teams get it done in April, May, and June: winning on the road, elite special teams play, good goaltending, and of course, the ability to roll four lines. Depth is a word you hear a lot at this time of [...]
After closely monitoring the eastern fantasy hockey newsreel all season long we’ve arrived at the conference final with clearly the two best teams out east. The Florida Panthers and New York Rangers deserve to be here and should be looked at as the class of the conference - for a number of reasons. Elite coaching, [...]
The Stanley Cup is only a couple of weeks away from being hoisted for the 108th time in NHL history. As much as most of the hockey world is focused on who will be doing it, some attention is beginning to shift to the offseason and free agency - especially in the fantasy hockey realm [...]
Last week’s iteration of Eastern Edge featured a retrospective into some of the best under-the-radar fantasy hockey performances of the previous regular season from players on non-playoff teams. As mentioned, sometimes in the fantasy game you have to look back to get ahead. Conversely, it’s never too early to dig into some research and have [...]
Regardless of what series you’re talking about, all teams remaining in the playoffs clearly have talented rosters with fantasy-relevant pieces up-and-down their lineups. However, just like with any team sport and a prolonged postseason push, not every player pulls their weight and poor playoff performances can have a direct impact on fantasy value heading into [...]
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 [...]
In the fantasy hockey world, it’s never too early to look ahead at draft season to start pondering and plotting moves to get a leg up on other GMs who might be slacking. Digging into numbers, doing advanced research, and having a constant eye on how the rest of the playoffs unfold are all excellent [...]
Depending on the timing of when you’re taking in this article, the second round of the Eastern Conference playoff picture could already be crystal clear. For what is supposed to be the most intense and hard-fought action of the entire NHL season, the first week-and-change of games have been somewhat underwhelming in terms of competitive [...]
The pursuit of the Stanley Cup over the course of a six-to-eight-week onslaught of intense hockey action tends to reveal the best - and worst - of NHL players. Springtime puck can take an NHLer’s career to the next level or it can send it reeling into the abyss of postseason performances we want to [...]
