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: Looking to Free Agency – Part 1
For part one of our look at UFAs for next season, we will look at the players available who might be considered in the lowest tier. I’ve broken the players into four separate tiers, with the fourth being replacement level or slightly above, tier three being above replacement level, tier two being solid top-nine [...]
Frozen Tools Forensics: Home Sweet Home/Road Splits
In 2017-2018, Nathan Mackinnon had 67 points in 39 games at home and only 30 points in 35 games on the road, and Blake Wheeler had 60 points in 41 games at home and 31 points in 40 games on the road. At a 37- and 29-point differential respectively, those two were the home [...]
Frozen Tools Forensics: Low-Profile Rookies
Some rookies this season finished more strongly than expected and are worth keeping an eye on for next season. We’ve highlighted a few that perhaps haven’t yet caught most people’s attention. Anthony Cirelli – Tampa Bay Lightning Cirelli played 18 regular season games with Tampa Bay in 2017-2018 and scored five goals [...]
Frozen Tools Forensics – Nashville Predators
In fantasy keeper pools, the rise and fall of NHL teams can have a tremendous influence on the success of your fantasy team. We’re going to focus on a team rather than an individual this week, and that team is the Nashville Predators. Nashville is currently 2nd in the Central Division and 4th in [...]
Frozen Tools Forensics: Bo Horvat
In his five NHL seasons, Bo Horvat has teased fantasy owners with the ability to perhaps one day reach 35-40 goals and 75-85 points, but he has yet to achieve it. The 9th overall pick in 2013 was deemed by many when he first entered the league as a 19-year old to have [...]
