Hello and welcome back to Geek of the Week! This week, I’m shifting the focus to maximizing games played. With the fantasy playoffs in full swing, every extra game can make a difference, especially in head-to-head matchups. That’s why I’ll be highlighting some low-owned players who play four times next week. These aren’t household names, [...]
Hello and welcome back to Geek of the Week! In this week’s article, I am going to take a look at some of the “peripheral” categories in fantasy leagues: hits, blocks, penalty minutes, and plus-minus. Some players have emerged from the minors as great banger options, while some have just flipped a switch lately and [...]
Hello and welcome back to Geek of the Week! In this article, I will be examining shots. I will highlight some players that have really upped their shots of late. These players may be on your waiver wire and can add to your shots category and in turn likely add some offense. We’ll examine shot [...]
Hello and welcome back to Geek of the Week! In this article, I will be continuing the two-part series from last week where we will examine the fantasy playoff schedule and focusing on diamonds in the rough in the goalie position. Most of these goalies could be on the waiver wire in your league. I’ll [...]
Hello and welcome back to Geek of the Week! I am back after a three-week hiatus where Eli Feldman had a great three-part series that I hope you all enjoyed. In this article, I will be examining the fantasy playoff schedule and focusing on diamonds in the rough at the goalie position. Most of these [...]
Hello and welcome back to Geek of the Week! In this article, I will be revisiting my True Value Goalie Rankings to examine the goalie landscape. If you are unfamiliar with my True Value constructs (Quality Weeks, Really Bad Weeks, and Star Weeks), I utilize these to model a Goalie’s True Value in head-to-head (H2H) [...]
Hello and welcome back to Geek of the Week! In this week’s article, I am going to take a look at some trends in hits lately. Some players have emerged from the minors as great banger options, while some have just flipped a switch lately and have started to hit much more than when they [...]
Hello and welcome back to Geek of the Week! In this week’s article, I am going to analyze an ugly stat that many (including myself) don’t love to include in my multicategory leagues, but it’s still widely used – Plus-Minus. In general, players can be hurt in the plus-minus category based on their teammates’ poor [...]
Hello and welcome back to Geek of the Week! In this week’s article, I am going to examine one key stat of penalty minutes (PIM). I’m going to review the top PIM leaders so far and where these PIM are coming from. I’ll explain which types of PIM are best and which players to target [...]
Hello and welcome back to Geek of the Week! In this article, I will be revisiting my True Value Goalie Rankings to examine the goalie landscape. As we are just nearing the halfway point of the season, the True Value Rankings can shed light on what has happened in the first half and possibly what [...]
