Regular season hockey pools aren’t usually impacted by poor postseason performances, but smart fantasy general managers can use the playoffs to bolster their roster for next season. As mentioned last week, selling high after a good postseason run can help your fantasy squad. However, a poor postseason shouldn’t impact the fantasy value too much. We’re [...]
One of the more interesting phenomena with the playoffs and fantasy hockey is how the postseason can sometimes artificially boost a player’s fantasy value. A couple of good series by a player, and all of a sudden, a fantasy general manager has to pay more if he is trying to acquire that player. Last year, [...]
Puck luck is one of the hardest things to measure in hockey. There are different ways to try and measure luck, but one of my favourites is by using individual points percentage (IPP). IPP measures how often a player picked up a point when a goal was scored with him on the ice. If [...]
Last week, we looked at fantasy-relevant players that had significant more defensive zone starts than in the offensive zone. For some of these players, that usage has hindered their offense. After all, starting in the defensive zone means you’re 200 feet away from scoring. However, starting in the offensive zone doesn’t always help either. As [...]
One of the easiest ways to tell if a player is going to break out is to look at the percentage of time he starts in the offensive zone versus the defensive zone. Two types of players get a ton of offensive zone starts: Elite offensive players, and those that are awful on defense. Most [...]
Even though the NHL postseason is underway, fantasy general managers should already be looking ahead to next campaign. While many like to wait until the offseason to see what happens with the draft, free agency and trades, it might be better to target certain players now. After all, some players will be cheaper now than [...]
One of the most underrated aspects of the play-in/round robins when it comes to fantasy hockey has to do with postseason hockey pools. While many pools have already started, there are numerous taking place in the next day or so that will exclude the last week of games. Instead, like a traditional playoff pool, the [...]
The postseason may have just begun, but NHL teams should already be looking ahead to next season to figure out what to do with their lineups. This means trades and signing free agents. Of course, this impacts every fantasy owner in a keeper league. A player on the move affects the value of so many [...]
This postseason is going to be one of the toughest to predict for anyone in a playoff pool. To start, there are 24 teams instead of 16, so if your draft includes the play-in round, you could wind up with a bunch of eliminated players early. Just imagine what it would do to playoff pools [...]
It’s always easy to believe a player at home should be more productive versus when playing on the road. After all, the home player can often excel thanks to last line change leading to optimal matchups. However, that’s not always the case. This year, for example, 24 players had at least eight more road points [...]
