It's early, but… Steven Stamkos has yet to register his first point as a Nashville Predator. Missing a 100-assist playmaker like Nikita Kucherov might have something to do with it, but Stamkos is at least shooting the puck. With 14 shots over his four games, Stamkos’ 3.5 SOG/GP is as high as it has been [...]
We’re barely a week into the season, and already the questions are pouring in about whether to drop a struggling goalie. In fact, it’s a usual rite of passage of every fantasy hockey season. This season, the goalies happen to be Alexandar Georgiev and Tristan Jarry. I didn’t expand on the stats too much when [...]
After some major adjustments to the September version thanks to Bangers Fantasy Hockey, we are only making minor injury-related tweaks to the rankings for October. More significant changes should appear in November once a larger sample of games has been played. The stat categories for the Roto Rankings as of September are as follows: Goals, [...]
It’s the first Saturday night of the NHL season! Lots to talk about, so I’ll break down what I noticed from a fantasy perspective. Elias Lindholm is off to a great start with his new team. Lindholm scored a goal in the Bruins’ 2-1 matinee win over the Kings. That gives him points in all [...]
First off, it’s great to be back writing about actual games again. After a long summer of predictions and projections, we can finally find out how everything will play out. Following a memorable debut with a first-period goal and assist, Macklin Celebrini is considered questionable for tonight’s game with a lower-body injury. Celebrini was battling [...]
With the puck about to drop on the 2024-25 season, our writers weigh in on their predictions for both player and team awards and accomplishments. Brief observations: The Edmonton Oilers are all over both our player and team picks for the second consecutive season. From a player standpoint, Connor McDavid is the favorite for both [...]
Hopefully you were able to watch hockey while eating your breakfast or brunch on Saturday. If so, you would have seen the Devils complete the sweep of the Sabres in the two-game Global Series in Prague to start the regular season. In New Jersey’s 3-1 win, Seamus Casey scored his first NHL goal and was [...]
The puck officially dropped on the NHL regular season on Friday with New Jersey defeating Buffalo by a score of 4-1 in Prague. A number of brand-new Devils made a great first impression with their new team in this game, so that’s who I’ll focus on here. Playing in his first game with the Devils, [...]
The majority of players who come to camp on a professional tryout (PTO) won’t be successful on their tryout attempt, but attending Flames’ camp was worth Tyson Barrie’s time. Barrie has landed a one-year contract with the Flames for $1.25 million. The upside for Barrie is that he is able to secure time on the [...]
Patrik Laine’s fresh start with the Canadiens might have to be put on hold for a while. Laine was forced to leave Saturday’s preseason game against Toronto after taking a knee-on-knee hit from Cedric Pare. Following the game, Laine was seen on crutches with a brace on his left knee. Once he is evaluated further, [...]
