Frozen Tools Forensics



Chris Kane checks in every Friday to dig deep on players of interest in fantasy circles. He walks you through the various statistical tools of Jay Arbuthnot and Eric Daoust’s Frozen Tools at your disposal. 
 
 

Frozen Tools Forensics: Regression Candidates in the Central Division Including Kadri, McTavish, Rantanen, Boldy, and More

By |2026-07-31T06:49:04-04:00July 31st, 2026|Frozen Tools Forensics|

This week we are returning to our division reviews and identifying candidates to bounce back and candidates to avoid on draft day. We have already reviewed the Pacific Division, so today we move on to the Central. As a reminder here is a little context setting from the original article. In order to make this [...]

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Frozen Tools Forensics: Positive and Negative Regression Candidates Including DeBrusk, Byfield, Andersson, Kakko, and More

By |2026-07-24T06:24:42-04:00July 24th, 2026|Frozen Tools Forensics|

Today we are kicking off a mini-series focusing on helping us make smarter player decisions at the draft table. It is not enough to know how a player performed in the previous season, but we need to try to determine whether that level of performance was reasonable or unsustainable. We will go division by division [...]

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Frozen Tools Forensics: Fantasy Stock Increases for Byram, Lafrenière, Nemec, Bourque, and Others

By |2026-07-17T06:43:11-04:00July 17th, 2026|Frozen Tools Forensics|

Last week we did a quick survey around the league to take stock of the impacts of all of the player movement we have seen this summer. We focused on players who potentially saw their fortunes dip. This week we are taking a look at players who hopefully saw theirs increase. The research for this [...]

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Frozen Tools Forensics: New Roles for Veterans Like Hedman, Trocheck, Zuccarello, and Skinner

By |2026-07-10T07:14:01-04:00July 10th, 2026|Frozen Tools Forensics|

This week we are going to do a quick survey around the league to take stock of the impacts of all the player movement we have seen this summer. With a slim free agent class, general managers have definitely been exploring a variety of options to improve their teams. The results have certainly meant an [...]

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Frozen Tools Forensics: What the Production of the 2025 Free Agent Class Can Tell Us About the 2026 Class

By |2026-07-03T05:05:34-04:00July 3rd, 2026|Frozen Tools Forensics|

In honor of free agency opening this week we are going to spend a little time looking at past signings. The focus is going to be a bit more historical, just to provide some context, though we will likely return to the player movement in a future article. Players who sign free agent deals over [...]

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Frozen Tools Forensics: Review of Playoff Player Usage for Montreal, Carolina, Colorado, and Vegas

By |2026-06-26T05:17:17-04:00June 26th, 2026|Frozen Tools Forensics|

This week we are wrapping up our playoff review and finally are on to the last four teams, each of the conference finalists. That means we will be focusing on the Montreal Canadiens, Carolina Hurricanes, Colorado Avalanche, and Las Vegas Golden Knights. As a reminder, for this article we are going to look at these [...]

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Frozen Tools Forensics: Player Usage Playoff Review for Philadelphia, Buffalo, Anaheim, and Minnesota

By |2026-06-19T06:06:11-04:00June 19th, 2026|Frozen Tools Forensics|

This week we are returning with part three of our playoff series review. In the last two articles we covered the teams that were eliminated in the first round. This week we are going to look at teams who were eliminated in the second round: the Minnesota Wild, Anaheim Ducks, Buffalo Sabres, and Philadelphia Flyers. [...]

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Frozen Tools Forensics: Playoff Round-Up Including Boston, Tampa Bay, Ottawa, and Pittsburgh

By |2026-06-12T05:15:17-04:00June 12th, 2026|Frozen Tools Forensics|

This week we are moving on to the Eastern Conference in our playoff round up, so that means the Boston Bruins, Tampa Bay Lightning, Ottawa Senators, and Pittsburgh Penguins. The first-round teams from the Western Conference were covered here. As a reminder, for this article we are going to look at these four teams and [...]

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Frozen Tools Forensics: Reflecting on Breakout Predictions for Pinto, McTavish, Johnston, Peterka, Neighbours, and Perfetti

By |2026-05-29T06:10:10-04:00May 29th, 2026|Frozen Tools Forensics|

Back in August we used this article posted on June 30th, 2022 to identify a few potential breakout candidates for 2025-26. The summary is that there tends to be a game count by which players start to break out. In this case, “breakout” is defined as a 25 percent year-over-year increase. What they found is [...]

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