Eastern Edge

In this week’s Eastern Edge we’ll take a look at some ice time trends early in the 2021 campaign. Specifically, we’ll highlight two players seeing more ice-time than usual, and two players seeing less ice time than usual.   Jack Hughes As a rookie last year, Hughes averaged 16 minutes of ice time per game [...]

In this week’s Eastern Edge, we’ll highlight players that you might be able to acquire at low cost, and others that you may be able to offload for a nice profit. As they say, buy low and sell high!   Buy Low Rasmus Dahlin The 20-year-old defenseman hasn’t registered a point through his first six [...]

In this week’s Eastern Edge, we’ll take a look at two players who are off to slow starts in 2021: Cam Atkinson and Tony DeAngelo. Considering we’re just a few games into the season, I’d advise against making any rash decisions. Maximizing value is a big part of building the best fantasy roster, so please [...]

In this week’s Eastern Edge, we’ll predict the most valuable fantasy hockey asset from each team in 2021. For the purposes of this article, fantasy hockey value is the difference between expectations and reality. If you’re spending a high draft pick on a player, you expect a lot from them. With such lofty expectations, there [...]

In this week’s Eastern Edge, we’ll discuss players that are being undervalued and overvalued in Yahoo fantasy drafts so far. These classifications were made using average draft positions (ADPs) in Yahoo leagues, which you can check out for yourself over here. A few articles across the website have tackled this topic recently, so make sure [...]

In this week’s Eastern Edge, we’ll divide Eastern Conference goaltenders into tiers based on their fantasy hockey value. Keep in mind, there’s a fair bit of subjectivity that goes into these tiers, so use them more to guide your own thinking than anything else. With that being said, feel free to share your own thoughts [...]

In this week’s Eastern Edge, we’ll finish our review of risers and fallers across the Eastern Conference. In this fourth and final installment, we’ll cover Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Tampa Bay, Toronto and Washington. Check out the links below to get caught up!   Part One: Boston, Buffalo, Carolina, Columbus Part Two: Detroit, Florida, Montreal Part Three: [...]

In this week’s Eastern Edge, we’ll continue looking at risers and fallers across teams in the Eastern Conference. This will be the third of four parts and we’ll cover the Devils, Islanders, Rangers and Senators. Check out the links below to get caught up!   Part One: Boston, Buffalo, Carolina, Columbus Part Two: Detroit, Florida, [...]

In this week’s Eastern Edge, we’ll continue looking at risers and fallers across teams in the Eastern Conference. This will be the second of four parts and we’ll cover Detroit, Florida and Montreal. I know I originally said this series would run over three articles, but I got a little carried away and ended up [...]

Last week, Wild West writer Grant Campbell had the awesome idea of discussing risers and fallers in fantasy keeper leagues. He highlighted players with rising fantasy value (‘risers’) and declining fantasy value (‘fallers’) from each team in the Western Conference. Risers are players that you’d want to keep on your fantasy roster, while fallers are [...]