Eastern Edge

At this point of the NHL and fantasy hockey offseason, chatter related to actual hockey news is starting to get noisy once again - indicating nightly action is getting tantalizingly close.Teams across the league will be opening training camps in less than a month, meaning the time for projections and speculation over what line combinations [...]

Pegging a player poised for a big season is a key ability of any astute fantasy hockey GM with aspirations for finishing in the money. Expecting big things from a highly touted draft pick or quickly-rising prospect is clearly a much safer endeavor than digging into the trenches for a player with less shine, but [...]

The past few weeks in the NHL have been, for the most part, whisper quiet. After the July 1st frenzy that saw franchises across the league shuffle rosters at a frenetic pace while spending well over a billion dollars, teams have been relatively dormant while the dog days of summer wind down and we get [...]

The days of a legit number one goaltender holding down the crease and playing 65-plus games are on their way out. More than ever before a team must employ, at least, two capable NHL goaltenders if that squad hopes to take a deep run at the Stanley Cup. Take a look at the Vegas Golden [...]

Preparing for players’ downfalls and pegging fantasy pieces formerly relevant that are now set to fade is part of any astute GMs pre-fantasy draft research and in-season monitoring. Easier said than done, but getting away from players poised for regression could be just as beneficial as snapping up a fantasy target on the rise, which [...]

The midsummer NHL and fantasy hockey lull is in full effect. Not much news to speak of in terms of what’s popping in the Eastern Conference right now, which makes sense considering the flurry of activity that transpired at the beginning of the month and with training camps set to open in roughly 60 days. [...]

It’s been a couple weeks since our last Eastern Edge entry but considering how busy the NHL has been since then, there is no shortage of fantasy hockey fallout to assess. With such a vast array of potential angles to cover, we’re serving up four Eastern Conference teams that warrant fantasy attention - the first [...]

For a moment, cast away team allegiances, previous franchise bias, or any preconceived hate toward teams that made into the Stanley Cup Playoffs over others: the past two weeks of NHL action have been nothing short of captivating. Hats off to the best team in the NHL at both ends of the ice this year [...]

Much like last week’s Eastern Edge power ranking of the Metro Division, the team at the top of the table is a no-brainer: The Florida Panthers are the best team in the East and are one win away from cementing themselves as the best in either conference. However, heading into next season the rest of [...]

In the latest iteration of Eastern Edge, we’re taking a close look at the Metropolitan Division and how it stacks up for next season. As much as the Cup is still yet to be lifted, teams across the league are already laying the groundwork for next season’s run at Lord Stanley's Prize. With free agency [...]