In this week’s Eastern Edge, we’ll discuss playoff power plays and their influence on fantasy value. In particular, we’ll focus on David Pastrnak and Charlie McAvoy in Boston, as well as Cole Caufield and Erik Gustafsson in Montreal. I apologize for the Habs-centered discussion in recent weeks. Next week I promise to give Carolina, Tampa [...]
Here’s the latest injury news from across the NHL! Detailed injury updates usually become scarce during the playoffs, presumably because teams don’t want the opposition to target their injured players. As a result, the Injury Ward article will probably be put on hold until the offseason, when we’ll review the injury landscape ahead of next year’s campaign. [...]
In this week’s Eastern Edge, we’ll discuss Montreal’s first-round victory over Toronto, paying particular attention to Auston Matthews, Mitch Marner, Phillip Danault and Erik Gustafsson. As you’ve probably seen by now, the Montreal Canadiens stormed back from a 3-1 series deficit to defeat the Toronto Maple Leafs in seven games. A major headline from this [...]
In this week’s Eastern Edge, we’ll look at some of the storylines developing early in the 2021 playoffs. In particular, we’ll focus on the Islanders’ goaltending situation, another solid showing from Tuukka Rask, and a lack of scoring in Montreal. New York’s Netminders Ilya Sorokin has won all three of his starts in the playoffs, [...]
Here’s the latest injury news from across the NHL! If you’re looking for information about a specific player and don’t see their name in this article, there probably haven’t been any significant updates about their progress since last week’s article. If you ever need injury updates for a specific player, shoot me a message on Twitter @BrennanDeSouza. Kevin Shattenkirk [...]
In this week’s Eastern Edge, we’ll discuss players whose future fantasy value could be influenced by this year’s playoff performance. For the most part, we’ll talk about players who underperformed during the regular season that could change public perceptions with a strong showing in the postseason. These are players to keep in an eye on [...]
Here’s the latest injury news from across the NHL! If you’re looking for information about a specific player and don’t see their name in this article, there probably haven’t been any significant updates about their progress since last week’s article. If you ever need injury updates for a specific player, shoot me a message on Twitter @BrennanDeSouza. Kevin Shattenkirk [...]
In this week’s Eastern Edge, we’ll look at each team’s fantasy MVP for the second half of the season. When I think about value in fantasy hockey, I think about players who have outperformed expectations. So, this isn’t just a list of each team’s best player or leading scorer, but rather it’s a list of [...]
Here’s the latest injury news from across the NHL! If you’re looking for information about a specific player and don’t see their name in this article, there probably haven’t been any significant updates about their progress since last week’s article. If you ever need injury updates for a specific player, shoot me a message on Twitter @BrennanDeSouza. Cam Fowler [...]
In this week’s Eastern Edge, we’ll review some of the most disappointing performances across the conference this year. We’ll also discuss what to make of these struggles as we look ahead to playoff pools and future fantasy seasons. Carter Hart – The Flyers netminder put together a solid performance during his sophomore year back in [...]
