Geek of the Week

When I think back to when Vincent Trocheck first started to catch my attention, I can’t help but reminisce about the 2016 World Cup of Hockey tournament. To me, this event was a coming-out party for many of the young up-and-coming stars in this league. The tournament was formatted to do exactly that by including [...]

Editor's note: Larkin missed Saturday's game against Chicago, and is also expected to miss Sunday's game. When Dylan Larkin was taken 15th overall in the 2014 NHL Entry Draft, Red Wings fans were over the moon that the team had landed a young stud right out of their own backyard in Michigan. Larkin was touted [...]

The window to buy low on Conor Garland didn’t last long. Garland has arrived. What you’re witnessing is a real-time offensive breakout. Garland was originally passed over in his 2014 draft year even though he notched 54 points in 51 games with Moncton. At 5-8, 160 lbs, it’s not a surprise all 30 NHL teams [...]

Christian Dvorak quickly became a Dobber Darling. He was touted one of the best second-round picks of the draft and a real sleeper to outperform his draft position. To put it in context, forum members posed questions such as, “Who would you rather have, Christian Dvorak or Kyle Connor?” Today, it seems a glaringly obvious [...]

More often than not, teams and players that reach the Stanley Cup Finals suffer a hangover regardless of victory or defeat. With longer-term injuries to Ben Bishop and Tyler Seguin it would unexpected for Dallas to start slow. That just hasn’t been the case. Shadowed by the hot starts of Joe Pavelski, Alexander Radulov and [...]

If you are in keeper or dynasty leagues, “thirty” is a bad word. Owners will sell off players for pennies on the dollar because they are on the brink of decline. A lot do. There is intelligence to this mindset, but it has limits. Owners spend countless amounts of time searching for that next breakout [...]

There are a lot of things to be intrigued about with Minnesota Wild these days. The arrival of Kirill Kaprizov; the emergence of Kevin Fiala; and incoming prospects Matthew Boldy and Marco Rossi. Early into this season, there appears to be reason for further excitement because of the emergence of Joel Eriksson Ek. Eriksson Ek [...]

When you’re looking for a breakout player, there are a couple things you should be looking for. The first is ice time, specifically top six minutes and power-play exposure. The second is year over year improvement in production. When you’re trying to figure out when that breakout will take place, for the most part, you’re [...]

This week you’ll get suggestions on late-round options at left wing and center, as well as two late-round “swing for the fence” options. Left wing is the shallowest of forward positions. Which means obtaining high end talent at this position is at a premium, and there is high-end talent available at left wing. The king [...]

Most one-year leagues consist of 10 to 14 teams and start three players at each forward position. Due to the depth and quality of players available at each position most players are already well known. Unlike defenceman there is less need or requirement to dig really deep for hidden gems. Part of draft research consists [...]