Eastern Edge

In this week’s Eastern Edge, we’ll look at each team’s fantasy MVP from the second half. Since I released my list of first-half MVPs on January 25th, the ‘second half’ referred to in this article runs from January 25th to May 1st. When I think about value in fantasy hockey, I think about players who [...]

In this week’s Eastern Edge, we’ll look at a few players who bounced back from disappointing performances last year to have strong showings this year. These are guys that we generally think of good-to-elite but had to rebound and have in a strong way. Jeff Skinner Skinner’s fantasy value hit rock-bottom after last year’s career-worst [...]

In this week’s Eastern Edge, we’ll discuss players to keep an eye on during this final stretch of the regular season. These guys could see their fantasy value fluctuate going forward, so monitoring them closely will help you prepare for next year’s campaign and/or upcoming playoff pools. Boston Bruins – Erik Haula Haula had an [...]

In this week’s Eastern Edge, we’ll discuss players on teams with favourable schedules for this week’s fantasy playoff matchups. Buffalo Sabres The Sabres are one of nine teams that play four games between Tuesday and Sunday. More importantly, three of those games will be played against teams that have given up a lot of goals [...]

In this week’s Eastern Edge, we’ll look at widely rostered players who have underperformed in the past month (since March 1st). We’ve reached a point of the fantasy campaign where name-value becomes meaningless, and loyalty goes out the window. Don’t be afraid to drop some of your big-name players if they’ve gone cold for a [...]

Monday marked the beginning of an important week for most fantasy hockey leagues. Many leagues begin their playoffs this week, while playoff qualification and seeding may be on the line in other leagues. Either way, having a good showing this week could go a long way in securing your league’s fantasy hockey championship. So, in [...]

In this week’s Eastern Edge, we’ll continue looking at skaters who have bounced back from underwhelming starts. In last week’s article (which covered skaters from Boston to New Jersey) we focused on first-half and second-half splits. I decided to be more lenient with the timeframes in this week’s edition so that we could include a [...]

In this week’s Eastern Edge, we’ll discuss notable performances from the month of February. Keep in mind that as far as the schedule was concerned, it was an uneven month for most teams involved. Some played as few as six, some as many as 12.   Toronto’s Top Trio February was a great month for [...]

The Canadiens made a coaching change on February 9th, relieving Dominique Ducharme of his duties and appointing Martin St. Louis as the team’s interim head coach. It was a necessary move as the team looked listless all season, winning eight of their 45 games under Ducharme while averaging a league-worst 3.98 goals against and 2.20 [...]

In this week’s Eastern Edge, we’ll look at a few hot streaks around the conference. If you want to see a longer list of players riding highs, as well as those stuck in lows, Dobber’s Frozen Tools are an invaluable resource. Bryan Rust Across the league, nobody has more points than Bryan Rust in 2022. [...]