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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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Eastern Edge: Matthews’ Injury, Necas’ Regression, Nelson to Be Traded?

By TJ Branson|2024-12-31T11:39:16-05:00December 31st, 2024|Eastern Edge|

New Jersey Devils // 24-12-3 // L7 Days: 2-1-0 Roy Cooper, the Governor of North Carolina, chimed in on the New Jersey Devils this week. Timo Meier was assessed a five-minute major penalty for kneeing Martin Necas as well as a game misconduct in this game. Dmitri Orlov and Erik Haula had it out because [...]

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Eastern Edge: Washington’s Goalie Tandem; Wahlstrom’s Opportunity; Kakko’s Healthy Scratch, and More

By TJ Branson|2024-12-17T06:28:47-05:00December 17th, 2024|Eastern Edge|

Welcome back to Eastern Edge. Let's whip around the Eastern Conference to see who is producing, who is not, which teams are surging, which are sliding, and everything between. Washington Capitals // 21-7-2 // L7 Days: 2-0-0 Andrew Mangiapane missed Monday night’s game against the Dallas Stars with an illness. Alex Ovechkin is traveling with [...]

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Eastern Edge: Anders Lee Producing; Cossa Debuts; Gostisbehere’s Power; Kent Johnson Flying, and More

By TJ Branson|2024-12-11T11:40:15-05:00December 11th, 2024|Eastern Edge|

Washington Capitals // 19-6-2 // L7 Days: 2-0-1 For a team that limped into the playoffs last year on Charlie Lindgren’s shoulders, the Capitals are top of the Eastern Conference and top of the NHL standings. The team has certainly held down the fort while Alex Ovechkin has been on the shelf – which might [...]

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Eastern Edge: Bratt Surging; Matthew Tkachuk’s Familiar Start; Werenski’s Streak; Laine’s Return

By TJ Branson|2024-12-03T08:04:52-05:00December 3rd, 2024|Eastern Edge|

Half of the teams in the Eastern Conference carry a 100% points percentage this week, and a quarter of the conference with a 0% points percentage and a quarter going .500. This makes for a lot of movement in the conference standings – the Rangers fall a few spots, the Flyers rise a few and [...]

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Eastern Edge: Devils and Hurricanes Top the Conference; Marner Streaking; Panthers Sliding; Cirelli’s Great Production, and More

By TJ Branson|2024-11-26T08:32:32-05:00November 26th, 2024|Eastern Edge|

We’re officially at the one-quarter mark through the season. Only a few days away from American Thanksgiving, the point of the season that some believe to be the true measuring stick of whether a team is a playoff team or not. The Devils take the top spot in the Eastern Conference this week - almost [...]

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