With the regular season still fresh in our minds, this is a great opportunity to start using some recent numbers to think about next season. One practical way is to look at players who saw a significant decrease in shooting percentage this past campaign. Why is this so important? A player taking 200 shots that [...]
One of the strange things about the increase in scoring this past season is that the list of disappointing defensemen isn't as plentiful as a list of disappointing forwards. Anyone putting together a list of disappointing forwards should easily come up with 20 players (Calgary alone would probably net half a dozen). But most of [...]
Even though scoring was up to almost 30-year highs, it wasn't all peaches and cream for fantasy general managers. Despite the increase in scoring, there were still plenty of forwards who struggled to put up points. Last week, we focused on the top 10 disappointing netminders. It makes sense that goalies would struggle when scoring [...]
A couple of my top 10 columns over the past few weeks have focused on surprising forwards and defensemen of 2022-23. With scoring up to 3.18 goals per game per team (the highest since 1993-94), it was pretty easy to find some of the most surprising skaters. The most difficult was limiting it to 10 [...]
If there was ever a season where you wanted to go the zero-goalie rule (waiting until late in the draft to select a netminder), this would have been the year. Scoring was up to an average of 3.18 goals per game per team, the most since 1993-94. The uptick in scoring led to plenty of surprising [...]
With only a few days left in the regular season, many fantasy general managers are looking forward to avenging their poor regular season by winning their playoff pools. Or if you won the championship, you're looking to continue your dominance. Of course, playoff pools are a little trickier than regular season fantasy leagues. There's generally [...]
We have seen some crazy statistics this year when it comes to scoring, especially among defensemen. As of Sunday morning, there are already 17 defensemen at the 50-point mark, with another two only two points off. As well, 10 players have already reached the 60-point plateau, with two others only needing a point to reach [...]
Hi everyone! You get a double dose of me today as I am filling in for Dobber this week for the Ramblings. Sunday was a semi-busy day in the NHL, so let's get right to it. ************************************** With the Bruins' win on Sunday, Boston became just the fourth team in history to post 60 wins, [...]
Depending on your league, there are two to three weeks left in your fantasy playoffs, but many of us have already experienced the hardships. Last week saw disappointing performances from the likes of Kris Letang, Josh Morrissey, Evander Kane, Mark Scheifele and Chris Kreider, who all produced zero points last week. That's frustrating but to [...]
It shouldn't be any surprise that NHL players are more productive at home compared to on the road, but it may not be as pronounced as you might think. Going into this past weekend's set of games, 556 players had at least 10 points. Of those players, 300 (54 per cent) had more points at [...]
