Looking Ahead

Looking Ahead: NHL Schedule Analysis and Roster Optimization
Welcome to Looking Ahead, your definitive guide to mastering the NHL calendar. In fantasy hockey, championships are won on the margins of the schedule. This category is dedicated to the strategic planning required to maximize your weekly games played, navigate “off-night” advantages, and optimize your roster for the head-to-head playoffs.

Strategic Schedule Planning
Curated by Caleb Desjardins, “Looking Ahead” provides the logistical edge needed to out-manage your competition:

Weekly Streamer Targets: Identifying teams with four-game weeks or favorable matchups to help you win specific categories.

Off-Night Exploitation: Pinpointing “quiet” nights in the NHL schedule (Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays, and Sundays) where you can plug in bench players to gain an un-contested statistical advantage.

Back-to-Back Analysis: Tracking team travel and fatigue to predict goaltender starts and high-scoring “trap” games.

Playoff Schedule Prep: Long-term analysis of the fantasy postseason to ensure your roster is built for the weeks that matter most.

Data-Driven Scheduling
Every “Looking Ahead” report is fueled by the advanced scheduling tools at Frozen Tools. By combining raw calendar data with expert analysis on team strength and player deployment, we help you stay three moves ahead of your opponents. Whether you are looking for the best short-term waiver add or a long-term trade target with a “juicy” playoff schedule, our planning-first approach ensures you never leave points on the bench.  

Looking Ahead – Week 4

By |2015-07-24T09:11:06-04:00October 28th, 2011|Looking Ahead|

 

Booth

 

A tough decision can be made easier with these charts showing you the best five and worst five schedules for upcoming seven-day periods. Some of you used them last year but for the benefit of new readers here is a refresher. The number next to the team indicates the 'multiplier' to use on a player's point-per-game pace to give you an idea how many points to expect for that week.

 

Looking Ahead – Week 3

By |2015-07-24T09:11:32-04:00October 23rd, 2011|Looking Ahead|

 

Elias

 

A tough decision can be made easier with these charts showing you the best five and worst five schedules for upcoming seven-day periods. Some of you used them last year but for the benefit of new readers here is a refresher. The number next to the team indicates the 'multiplier' to use on a player's point-per-game pace to give you an idea how many points to expect for that week.

 

Looking Ahead – Week 2

By |2015-07-24T09:11:57-04:00October 15th, 2011|Looking Ahead|

 

Elias

 

A tough decision can be made easier with these charts showing you the best five and worst five schedules for upcoming seven-day periods. Some of you used them last year but for the benefit of new readers here is a refresher. The number next to the team indicates the 'multiplier' to use on a player's point-per-game pace to give you an idea how many points to expect for that week.

 

A Look Ahead – Week 1

By |2015-07-24T09:12:27-04:00October 7th, 2011|Looking Ahead|

Krejci

 

Welcome to another season! Every Friday I will be giving you all of the trends, tendencies and tidbits that you can handle with regards to the NHL schedule as well as providing a weekly chart showing the best five and worst five team schedules for the upcoming weeks (found below). I will be taking a similar approach to what I did last season, but am also going to be trying out a few different things.

 

Looking Ahead – Week 26

By |2015-07-24T10:20:18-04:00April 1st, 2011|Looking Ahead|

Richards

 

Twenty five weeks down, one more to go in the NHL season. I found a bunch of sites that list who every team plays over the remainder of the season (like TSN has), but none actually show what days teams play on. Since that is key information in the fantasy world, I have put together a chart with every team’s remaining schedule.

 

Looking Ahead – Week 25

By |2015-07-24T10:20:40-04:00March 25th, 2011|Looking Ahead|

Giroux

 

A tough decision can be made easier with these charts showing you the best five and worst five schedules for upcoming seven-day periods. Some of you used them last year but for the benefit of new readers here is a refresher. The number next to the team indicates the 'multiplier' to use on a player's point-per-game pace to give you an idea how many points to expect for that week.

Looking Ahead – Week 24

By |2015-07-24T10:21:06-04:00March 18th, 2011|Looking Ahead|

Boucher

 

A tough decision can be made easier with these charts showing you the best five and worst five schedules for upcoming seven-day periods. Some of you used them last year but for the benefit of new readers here is a refresher. The number next to the team indicates the 'multiplier' to use on a player's point-per-game pace to give you an idea how many points to expect for that week.

 

Looking Ahead – Week 23

By |2015-07-24T10:21:34-04:00March 11th, 2011|Looking Ahead|

Halak

 

I wanted to take a look back at the spread done during Week 19 that outlines team’ matchups during the fantasy playoffs this year. Keep an eye out for the teams that are only playing two game weeks throughout these playoffs as some of them are fairly big fantasy performers (they’re in bold). Here is a quick rundown of the two and four game weeks throughout the playoffs for the Monday – Sunday week:

 

Looking Ahead – Week 22

By |2015-07-24T10:21:55-04:00March 4th, 2011|Looking Ahead|

Dan Cleary

A tough decision can be made easier with these charts showing you the best five and worst five schedules for upcoming seven-day periods. Some of you used them last year but for the benefit of new readers here is a refresher. The number next to the team indicates the 'multiplier' to use on a player's point-per-game pace to give you an idea how many points to expect for that week.

 

 

Looking Ahead – Week 21

By |2015-07-24T10:22:26-04:00February 25th, 2011|Looking Ahead|

Johnson

A tough decision can be made easier with these charts showing you the best five and worst five schedules for upcoming seven-day periods. Some of you used them last year but for the benefit of new readers here is a refresher. The number next to the team indicates the 'multiplier' to use on a player's point-per-game pace to give you an idea how many points to expect for that week.

 

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