Frozen Tools Forensics

This week on Frozen Tool Forensics we are shifting gears a bit. So far we have been focused on trivial things like goal scoring and point production, but today we dig into peripheral categories, specifically for defense. For the purposes of this article we are going to mainly focus on hits and blocks (not penalty [...]

This week on Frozen Tool Forensics we are finishing out our early season exploration into time on ice. In what has become a recurring series in the column we are using our Frozen Tools Reports to highlight some players who are seeing big changes in their deployment. Production follows deployment so knowing how players are [...]

This week on Frozen Tool Forensics we are going to be digging into time on ice. In what has become a recurring series in the column we are going to use our Frozen Tools Reports to highlight some players who are seeing big changes in their deployment. Production follows deployment, so knowing how players are [...]

In last week’s article we touched on players who were off to hot starts, but more specifically were looking at goal scoring and shooting percentage. This week we are going to flip the script a little bit. Fantasy circles are full of concerns these days for players off to slow starts. Timo Meier, Alex Ovechkin, [...]

This week on Frozen Tool Forensics we are going to take a dive into some streaking players from thus far in this young NHL season. Same caveats apply here that are being used all over the place, which is small sample size. This is particularly relevant when looking at the focus of our article today, [...]

Here we are! Week one, and hockey is back. We don’t have many games in the bank yet, but we still have some interesting storylines to update. For today we are going to go back and visit a few of the most consistent stories from the off/preseason and see what context we can add now [...]

In our last article before the start of the 2023-24 season, we are taking one last trip back in time to our 2022-23 data. Today we will be comparing first and second half splits and seeing which players had the best starts in 22-23. In order to at least a little bit account for general [...]

Today over here at Frozen Tools Forensics we are going to be taking a look at some recent changes in draft positions. Given we are well into the drafting season we have some data already as to where players are going and I wanted to use this opportunity to compare that data to average draft [...]

Today on Frozen Tool Forensics we are returning to our shooting percentage conversations from last week. In that article we focused on players who were shooting higher than their career averages and whether or not there were underlying numbers indicating they might continue with that level of production. This week we are flipping the script [...]

Today on Frozen Tool Forensics we are going to dig into shooting percentage. The summer is a time full of articles exploring players who “should be better next season” or are “likely to fall off.” Sometimes this is pure conjecture, but often it is related to shooting percentage. The reason is that shooting percentage is [...]