Goaltending in fantasy hockey is fickle; hence, the popularity of Zero G and other methods of fading goalies. I won’t profess to being a hockey training expert, but it seems like performance is more psychologically-based at the goaltending position than at any other. Ilya Samsonov’s interview after Thursday’s debacle (five goals allowed in less than [...]
Gabriel Vilardi is the most-searched player on Frozen Tools as I write this, which makes sense because he should unquestionably be the top waiver-wire pickup of the past week. In case you haven’t been following, Vilardi has five goals and 10 points and a plus-10 over his last four games, which includes three multi-point games. [...]
The Hurricanes have placed Antti Raanta on waivers. Raanta is hardly the only Carolina goalie to struggle this season, but he had managed just one quality start in his past five games and has more really bad starts (5) than quality starts (4). Most recently, Raanta allowed six goals in a 6-5 overtime loss to [...]
As you may have seen on my X account, I just returned from a field trip to Seattle to watch the Kraken play the Blackhawks at Climate Pledge Arena. Needless to say, I have some observations based on that game. After the Kraken lost eight games in a row, Joey Daccord has posted wins in [...]
There are plenty of updates for the Roto Rankings for December. Lots of injuries to account for, plus we have more of a sample size from players so we have a better idea of what to expect for the rest of the season. As of September, the updated stat categories for the Roto Rankings are [...]
Boone Jenner is expected to miss the next six weeks with a broken jaw. The Columbus captain leads the Blue Jackets with 13 goals and 80 shots on goal while leading Jackets forwards in icetime (19:18). Expect rookies Adam Fantilli and Dmitri Voronkov to pick up more icetime and potentially increase their value while Jenner [...]
I tried to trade Sergei Bobrovsky to anyone that was paying attention during the offseason, but to no avail. That may have turned out to be a blessing in disguise, as he and the Panthers are performing better than I had expected. With a 26-save effort in a 3-1 win over Pittsburgh, Goalie Bob now [...]
Alex Newhook is expected to miss the next 10-12 weeks with a high ankle sprain. In his first season with Montreal, Newhook has been on his highest point pace (46 PT 82-GP pace), as well as his highest average icetime (16:34) and power-play time (38.2 PP%). Newhook is also currently tied for the team lead [...]
Sam Montembeault has signed a three-year extension worth $9.45 million (cap hit $3.15 million) to remain with Montreal. This is a significant raise over his current cap hit of $1 million, set to expire at the end of the season. Given the Canadiens’ rebuilding state, Montembeault has performed reasonably well (2.73 GAA, .910 SV%) while [...]
If you haven’t checked whether Patrick Kane is available in your league, chances are you’re out of luck by now. It’s rare that players with the upside of Kane are up for grabs, and of course he’s worth an add in most formats. Yet as I was preparing a large auction bid for Kane in [...]
