Andrew Santillo, author of Looking Ahead, analyzes the upcoming schedule every week and delivers the five best and worst teams for every seven-day period to help with starting lineup decisions. Andrew also gives insight into some of the top and bottom teams for the week as well as some savvy free agent pickups that are not owned in the majority of leagues.
Welcome back for another week of ‘Looking Ahead’, the Dobber column that looks at future schedules and the players that benefit from them. There will be players recommended to pick up, play, or avoid, depending on the team’s games over the next little while. As always, things can change quickly in the NHL, so be [...]
Editor’s note: Due to postponements related to the never-ending COVID pandemic, please note that the scheduling data provided in this article may not be 100% up to date at the time you read it. Please refer to the Frozen Tools Schedule Planner for the most recent scheduling information for your customized period. Also, stats [...]
The Immediate Fix (Grab this guy and use him for the next several days)Warren Foegele, LW/RW, Edmonton Oilers (Available in 99% of ESPN leagues, 84% Fantrax, 95% Yahoo) – So not sure if there’s any movie buffs out there, but for anyone who has seen the movie Moneyball, there is a scene where Brad Pitt’s [...]
The Immediate Fix (Grab this guy and use him for the next several days)Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen, G, Buffalo Sabres (Available in 96% of ESPN leagues, 63% Fantrax, 80% Yahoo) – The goalie landscape in fantasy is difficult to navigate, there are only a few netminders in the league that get consistent starts without sharing the workload. [...]
The Immediate Fix (Grab this guy and use him for the next several days)Eeli Tolvanen, LW/RW, Nashville Predators (Available in 96% of ESPN leagues, 44% Fantrax, 73% Yahoo) – Okay so let’s face it, COVID is not fun to talk about. We’re going on year two and a half (or there about) of the COVID [...]
Welcome back to another week of Looking Ahead, where we look ahead to the next week or so of NHL action and where fantasy owners can help or hurt their lineups. We will look at players to add, players possibly worth dropping, and teams that could have some tough schedules. Let’s hop to it. The [...]
The Immediate Fix (Grab this guy and use him for the next several days)Jamie Drysdale, D, Anaheim Ducks (Available in 93% of ESPN leagues, 30% Fantrax, 81% Yahoo) Anaheim plays five times next week. Five. That’s like last season's weird COVID schedule games in a week. They also play Friday night vs Calgary, so for [...]
Jonas Brodin, D, Minnesota Wild (Available in 82% of ESPN leagues, 75% Fantrax, 95% Yahoo) – Next man up! Unfortunately, Jared Spurgeon will be out week-to-week which hurts fantasy owners, but this gives Brodin a chance to step into his role.With Spurgeon on the shelf for a bit this gives Brodin an opportunity to step [...]
The Immediate Fix (Grab this guy and use him for the next several days)Mikael Granlund, C/RW, Nashville Predators (Available in 75% of ESPN leagues, 40% Fantrax, 64% Yahoo) – Coming into this season I don’t think that any of us saw Mikael Granlund as a 20-minute-a-night top-line center, but this season has been full of [...]
The Immediate Fix (Grab this guy and use him for the next several days)Troy Terry, RW, Anaheim Ducks (Available in 32% of ESPN leagues, 20% Fantrax, 32% Yahoo) – Searching for an immediate fix? Need to win a category in a nine-cat league? Looking for a winger in a pinch that’s on an, oh let’s [...]
