Frozen Tools Forensics

Writing this on the eve of the regular season, I decided to turn to training camp. Like with the article a couple of weeks ago on PTOs, I am going to follow a few storylines instead of the usual Dobber Report driven look at players. First up is a return to the PTO article and [...]

Today on Frozen Tools Forensics we are going to turn to goalies. It is hard to read too much into any preseason results so instead we will be looking back to the 2023-24 data to see if there are any little bits of wisdom we can pick up. We should start with the known quantity [...]

The NHL season is approaching and the flow of news is starting to pick up. Training camps are starting and we have injury updates, signings, line combinations, and PTOs. Professional tryouts are not usually the way to make a name for yourself as a fantasy player, and for the most part fantasy leagues won’t be [...]

This week we are finishing our little mini-series on multi-cat players. Last week we looked at at forwards, and today we turn our attention to defensemen. For the purposes of this article we are mainly going to be focusing on hits, blocks, and shots (sorry no penalty minutes). I have pulled all the data for [...]

Last week we took a look at some potential break out players using a games-played threshold, and prior to that we went division by division to focus on what some of the underlying numbers might mean for player scoring. One avenue we haven’t touched on yet going into draft season is multi-cat players. For the [...]

It is time to be returning to a recurring idea in our column: breakout players. While this column started out reviewing fourth-year breakout candidates, after some work on breakout thresholds more specifically associated with games played numbers, I adjusted the focus of the article to be in alignment with that. The full article was posted [...]

This week, after a brief break for Bubble Week, we are here to finish our division review. Over the past few weeks we have looked at advanced stats and flagged players whose point pace from 2023-24 looked unsustainable. Our goal is to identify players that may be in line for a return to form, and [...]

This week on Frozen Tool Forensics we are taking a break from our division review to jump in on Bubble Keeper Week. To set some parameters for the article today, I am going to focus on data that came from a home league I play in. Essentially, I am going to use that league to [...]

This week we are moving on to the Metro Division. Over the past couple of weeks, we have looked at a few advanced stats and flagged players whose point pace from 2023-24 looked unsustainable. Our goal is to identify players that may be in line for a return to form, and those who it might [...]

Today we are continuing our division sweep. Last week we looked at a few advanced stats and flagged Pacific Division players whose point pace from 2023-24 looked unsustainable (for good or ill). Today we are going to be doing the same with the Central Division. As a reminder here is some context setting from the [...]