Eastern Edge

  The Toronto Maple Leafs appear to be ahead of where most pundits predicted they would be on their rebuild timeline. Their reward for successfully battling for a playoff berth was to face the NHL’s top regular-season team. Toronto gave the Capitals all they could handle in a six-game playoff loss, taking five of the [...]

  The loveable losers that are the Carolina Hurricanes can’t seem to catch a break. Since their improbable Stanley Cup winning run back in the 2005-06 season, the Hurricanes have missed the playoffs in 10 of 11 seasons. I say loveable, but what I really mean is that no one actually hates this team…well, except [...]

  The Philadelphia Flyers were well represented at the World Championship with 10 players donning their countries colors. Five suited up for the silver-medal-winning Team Canada, Claude Giroux, who was named team captain, Wayne Simmonds, Brayden Schenn, Sean Couturier and Travis Konecny. Jakub Voracek and Radko Gudas played for the Czech Republic. Defenseman, Ivan Provorov [...]

    The Buffalo Sabres certainly didn’t expect the 2016-17 campaign to go down the way it did. It didn’t help that the new face of the franchise suffered a high ankle sprain on the eve of the regular season. Jack Eichel missed 22 games to start the campaign, but the good news is that [...]

  The Florida Panthers experienced some growing pains last season. After a 103-point, first-place finish to in the Atlantic Division in the 2015-16 campaign, the Panthers finished with a disappointing 81 points this past season. […]

  Well, after a two-year hiatus, I’m back in a familiar spot, trying to dispense sage fantasy advice on Eastern Conference matters. I’d like thank Eric Daoust for raising the bar and hope that I can measure up over the coming months. […]

  Looking back at how this season's breakout and bust candidates fared …   […]

  Following the conclusion of the regular season and most hockey pools it is a good idea to look back and review some of our expectations heading into the campaign. Most importantly, we should try to figure out why we were correct or not because it helps us learn lessons that can be applied in [...]

Eastern Edge looks into the fantasy MVPs from this season at each position **** With the regular season complete this is a good time to look back at the overall campaign from a fantasy perspective. In this article, we cover the most impactful fantasy players at each position and honorable mentions in the Eastern Conference, [...]

  Looking closer at the Eastern Conference playoff teams …   […]