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Eastern Edge: Svechnikov’s Injury, Samoskevich’s Production, Raddysh’s Surge, Ottawa’s Hot Streak, and More

By TJ Branson|2025-03-18T07:19:29-04:00March 18th, 2025|Eastern Edge|

The Eastern Conference has been a masterclass lately in team resilience, competition and individual brilliance. The playoffs are currently around 15 games away for most clubs, and the competition to get in has been heating up. Alex Ovechkin is steadily chasing history—he’s now just eight goals shy of breaking the all-time record. On March 15, [...]

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Eastern Edge: Movement at the Deadline Including Stankoven, Marchand, Bjorkstrand, Cozens, Laughton, and More

By TJ Branson|2025-03-11T11:40:25-04:00March 11th, 2025|Eastern Edge|

The playoff race is heating up in the Eastern Conference, and the past week has provided no shortage of compelling storylines. From Alex Ovechkin closing in on history to major shake-ups across contending teams, every game carries weight as the postseason looms over nearly half a dozen Eastern squads. In Washington, Ovechkin inches closer to [...]

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Eastern Edge: Jones in Florida; Suzuki’s Hot Streak; Buffalo’s Production, and More

By TJ Branson|2025-03-04T12:08:51-05:00March 4th, 2025|Eastern Edge|

Trade deadline could potentially reshape a lot of the Eastern Conference, as teams have already begun to make changes, additions and improvements to their respective rosters. Let’s get into our final Eastern Edge before the NHL’s trade deadline this Friday. The Florida Panthers made the latest – and arguably most significant – splash over the [...]

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Eastern Edge: Injury Concerns in Florida and Boston; Rantanen’s Production in Carolina; Columbus Getting Healthy

By TJ Branson|2025-02-25T11:30:57-05:00February 25th, 2025|Eastern Edge|

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 [...]

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Eastern Edge: Hot Streaks for Johnson and Pastrňák; Cold Streaks for Suzuki and Gostisbehere

By TJ Branson|2025-02-18T07:56:20-05:00February 18th, 2025|Eastern Edge|

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 [...]

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Eastern Edge: Second Half Performers

By TJ Branson|2025-02-12T15:14:10-05:00February 12th, 2025|Eastern Edge|

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” [...]

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Eastern Edge: Strome and Verhaeghe Heating Up; Maple Leafs Getting Healthy; New Flyers Faces, and More

By TJ Branson|2025-02-04T07:28:04-05:00February 4th, 2025|Eastern Edge|

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 [...]

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Eastern Edge: Thompson Excelling; Rielly’s Role Reduction; Rangers Improving; Barzal’s Surge, and More

By TJ Branson|2025-01-21T08:32:31-05:00January 21st, 2025|Eastern Edge|

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 [...]

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Eastern Edge: Streaking Canadiens and Red Wings; Thompson’s Stellar Play; Brink, Foerster, and Cates, and More

By TJ Branson|2025-01-14T15:44:37-05:00January 14th, 2025|Eastern Edge|

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 [...]

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Eastern Edge: Gritty Stats for Dillon, McAvoy, Siegenthaler, Hathaway, and Others

By Eli Feldman|2025-01-07T19:33:55-05:00January 7th, 2025|Eastern Edge|

Hi everyone, Eli Feldman here. Although many of us prepare for the fantasy hockey season like it’s our part-time job, at the end of the day, fantasy hockey is for our entertainment. With this in mind, it’s unsurprising that virtually all managers gravitate toward the same cluster of superstars – McDavid, MacKinnon, Matthews, et al. [...]

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