Geek of the Week

Hello and welcome back to Geek of the Week! In a previous article, I brought up shooting percentage and percentage of shot attempts hitting the net as an indicator of “luck”. In this week’s article I will revisit this with a focus on shot attempts, to see who is really firing the puck towards the [...]

Hello and welcome back to Geek of the Week! In this week’s article, I am going to examine three players whose ownership is far too low on Yahoo leagues. I’ll dive into their underlying numbers to inform on my expectations for them moving forward. These are all players you should heavily consider picking up if [...]

Hello and welcome back to Geek of the Week! In this week’s article, I am going to examine one key stat of penalty minutes. I’m going to review the top PIM leaders so far and where these PIM are coming from. I’ll explain which types of PIM are best and players to target for each [...]

Hello and welcome back to Geek of the Week! In this week’s article, I am going to take a deep dive into goalies for category leagues. I’ll be reviewing their true value so far this season using Quality Weeks, Really Bad Weeks, and Star Weeks and I’ll compare this value to the value perceived through [...]

Hello and welcome back to Geek of the Week! In this week’s article, I am going to examine three players that have crushed it over the last month who are less rostered on Yahoo leagues. I’ll dive into their underlying numbers to inform on whether this stardom will continue and if you should be grabbing [...]

Hello and welcome back to Geek of the Week! In this week’s article, I am going to examine three players that have struggled so far this season and determine if this is the players new norm, or if they are just getting unlucky. The statistics mentioned do not include Sunday’s games. Jordan Kyrou – 27 [...]

Hello and welcome back to Geek of the Week! In this week’s article, I am going to examine two players that have crushed expectations so far. I am going to examine their underlying numbers to see if their stellar play is sustainable for the rest of the season. The statistics mentioned do not include Sunday’s [...]

Hello and welcome back to Geek of the Week! In this week’s article, I am going to bring up two players that have disappointed their fantasy managers so far, but who are bound to improve based on underlying stats. These players may be great buy-low candidates if you don’t own them. The statistics mentioned do [...]

Hello and welcome back to Geek of the Week! In this week’s article, I am going to bring up three players that are not getting much ice time but are taking advantage of the limited ice time they are getting and generating chances. These players may or may not be valuable right now with their [...]

Hello and welcome back to Geek of the Week! In this week’s article, I am going to bring up two players that are getting plenty of power play opportunities, but aren’t converting. They are leaving a big hole in the category of power play points. I’ll give my take on whether things should bounce back [...]