Happy New Year! This week, we are going to look at players in the Western Conference who are seeing top-six (forwards) or top-four (defenders) minutes, evaluating who might see that opportunity end sooner rather than later. The flip side to these players having their ice time reduced is that someone will need to replace them. [...]
A very Merry Christmas and a Happy Holidays to everyone! This week we will look at each team in the West to see what they would like in their stockings from Santa Claus. For some, it is a small, thoughtful gift; for others, it is the equivalent of a brand-new car. Anaheim Ducks - 12-21-0 [...]
This week, we are going to look at some standouts (good or bad) in the Western Conference over the past 30 days (games since November 17) and see if there are some players or goalies who have turned on their production or hit a wall. I’m not going to list players who have duplicated their [...]
This week, I will look at some players in the Western Conference who don’t necessarily stand out as players who hit or block shots, but are quietly above average in one or both of those categories. Some of these skaters might have started slowly and come on lately or vice versa. If you were already [...]
This week, using Frozen Tools Report Generator 3 and a report titled EV Line Production (which is available to Patreon Members), we are going to look at lines at regular strength and see what lines have played the most together, had the best and worst goal differential, and had the best and worst shots for [...]
This week we will look at the top rookies in the West, including a diamond in the rough named Connor Bedard. Surprisingly, there is only one goalie included. I thought Lukas Dostal would be a bit better, but John Gibson has played well enough to hold onto his crease, while Dostal has struggled in his [...]
As we are almost to the first-quarter point of the season, I’m going to choose a most valuable player and a most disappointing player from each team in the West this week. I’m going to try and choose players who have been a revelation or a disaster for fantasy pools. The nice thing about disappointing [...]
After two weeks of covering the Monday Ramblings, I’m happy to be back doing the Wild West this week. This week, we are going to look at each team in the West and see how the goalies are doing, what the current deployment is and what it might be going forward. I’m also going to [...]
I’m standing in for the Ramblings for the second week in a row and as there were just two games on Sunday, I thought I’d breakdown both of them. Anaheim has been playing well in 2023-2024 and hit their peak to this point with a 4-2 win over the Vegas Golden Knights after scoring four [...]
The good news for Edmonton and Calgary was that one of them was going to come out of Sunday’s Heritage Classic with a much-needed victory. In the end, the Oilers won 5-2 and more importantly for them, Connor McDavid returned to the lineup after missing two games, Evander Kane had a goal and two assists [...]
