After a much-needed Four Nations break, the NHL is back in action. Without an All-Star Game to mark the pause, the usual sense of a midseason reset feels a little different this year. That natural transition into the final stretch of the season isn’t as pronounced as in previous years—at least, not personally. All 32 [...]
The NHL has a break in the action, with games set to resume on Saturday the 22nd. The Four Nations Faceoff has delivered some spectacular hockey, giving fans a chance to witness best-on-best competition and highlighting the league’s top players from four of the sport’s most influential nations. Nonetheless, a Championship rematch between Canada and [...]
Heading into the 4 Nations Faceoff, we can pause to take inventory of major storylines and trends around the Eastern Conference with fantasy implications. This pause can be a good time to also take inventory of our rosters ahead of many trade deadlines around the fantasy landscape. Rest of season projections and “second half performers” [...]
Buckle up, there’s a lot to unpack here. Dylan Strome of the Washington Capitals is re-emerging, Florida Panthers winger Carter Verhaeghe is finding his scoring touch again, Logan Thompson just inked a big new deal, and a potential diagnosis for Vincent Trocheck power play demotion with the New York Rangers. We’ve got teams like the [...]
Welcome back for another week of ‘Eastern Edge’ where we review each team’s recent performance in the NHL’s Eastern Conference focusing on some key players. This week includes Logan Thompson, Frederik Andersen, Brandon Hagel, Mathew Barzal, and many more. Washington Capitals // 31-10-5 // L7 Days: 3-0-0 Logan Thompson has been named the NHL’s First [...]
Stellar week for Eastern Conference teams as all but four teams have a winning record over the last week. Lots of jostling for position as we enter the second half of the season, and no shortage of positive trends coming out of the East. Washington Capitals // 28-10-5 // L7 Days: 2-0-2 While the hockey [...]
New Jersey Devils // 24-12-3 // L7 Days: 2-1-0 Roy Cooper, the Governor of North Carolina, chimed in on the New Jersey Devils this week. Timo Meier was assessed a five-minute major penalty for kneeing Martin Necas as well as a game misconduct in this game. Dmitri Orlov and Erik Haula had it out because [...]
Welcome back to Eastern Edge. Let's whip around the Eastern Conference to see who is producing, who is not, which teams are surging, which are sliding, and everything between. Washington Capitals // 21-7-2 // L7 Days: 2-0-0 Andrew Mangiapane missed Monday night’s game against the Dallas Stars with an illness. Alex Ovechkin is traveling with [...]
Washington Capitals // 19-6-2 // L7 Days: 2-0-1 For a team that limped into the playoffs last year on Charlie Lindgren’s shoulders, the Capitals are top of the Eastern Conference and top of the NHL standings. The team has certainly held down the fort while Alex Ovechkin has been on the shelf – which might [...]
Half of the teams in the Eastern Conference carry a 100% points percentage this week, and a quarter of the conference with a 0% points percentage and a quarter going .500. This makes for a lot of movement in the conference standings – the Rangers fall a few spots, the Flyers rise a few and [...]
