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: All about the power play
By using PP data from Dobber’s Frozen Tools Report Generator, we have the ability to view any number of categories among the top-30 PP producers from last season. There is an example of this below: The leaders for goals while with the man advantage last season were Brayden Point with 20, Steven [...]
Frozen Tools Forensics: Impending contract years, part 2
In part two of our look at impending UFAs, we are reviewing our next batch of players who could potentially put up some pretty good numbers this season. They could potentially be motivated to do more than they otherwise might if their contracts weren’t on the line. You can read part one here. [...]
Frozen Tools Forensics: Giveaways and takeaways
A very useful feature of Frozen Tools is the Giveaway and Takeaway Report Generator. I’ve run separate reports for forwards and defencemen and set the minimum games played at 50 for 2018-2019 below. The NHL defines a giveaway as “a form of turnover where the player makes an unforced error that results in giving [...]
Frozen Tools Forensics: Deep league targets
There are many different formats for keeper pools, so I will focus this column on the format I know: a 26-team salary cap keeper pool with 27 players on each roster (20 active and seven in reserve). Currently, at 672 players, it is probably deeper than the majority of keeper pools, so many of [...]
