Geek of the Week

Hello and welcome back to Geek of the Week! After writing quite a few articles commenting on the decreases in hits this season, we were left wondering whether gameplay has changed and people are hitting less, or if the counting of this stat has changed. Last week, the NHL decided to conduct a third-party audit [...]

Hello and welcome back to Geek of the Week! This season has been an interesting one for the three main banger cats (Hits, Blocks, and PIM). Hits are generally down, and there’s been some shifts in who have been true banger studs. I’m going to be examining some trends in these categories and seeing how [...]

Hello and welcome back to Geek of the Week! With the All-Star break upon us, I’d like to dive into some splits in this break over the last two seasons. Although it is not a halfway mark of the season, it seems to be a significant mark that splits the season into two. Players who [...]

Hello and welcome back to Geek of the Week! In this week’s article, I am going to analyze a stat that I usually don’t love to include in my multicategory leagues, but it’s still widely used: plus-minus. In general, players can be hurt in this category based on their teammates’ poor play, but this stat [...]

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 [...]