Lining Up

Hello and welcome back to Lining Up! Here to kick off the regular season, this iteration will look at some way too early lineup combinations seen through the preseason to help provide some late round targets in any last-minute drafts. Alternatively, if you have already completed your draft, consider adding these names to watch your [...]

Hello and welcome back to another edition of Lining Up! This iteration will be a Free Agent Frenzy Fallout Edition, taking a look at the implications and potential line combinations of the recent trades and signings. With more big free agents still yet to be signed, information is coming quick and could mean the following [...]

Welcome back to Lining Up. Hopefully you are resting on your laurels for a job well done or locking down the championship during the few remaining days. This week will examine some notable top even strength lines from the season and dig into a few players that have exceeded expectations in their current deployment. It [...]

Welcome back to Lining Up. With a little skill and luck hopefully you have either wrapped up your championship or are set to battle it out over the final stretch. For those participating in Yahoo leagues, this final week will cover nearly two calendar weeks from today until the last day of the season on [...]

Welcome back to another playoff edition of Lining Up. This week will bring its own set of challenges for managers as the schedule will see a significant number of games condensed to Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday nights. Half of the league plays on these busy nights while only six teams have multiple games on off [...]

Welcome back to another edition of Lining Up. Every league should now be in playoff time as we approach the final few weeks of the season. This iteration of the column will examine recent hot players who are on teams with strong schedules this week. During this time of year, nearly everyone on your roster [...]

Welcome back to another edition of Lining Up. With the trade deadline passing last Monday, we now have some data from the week to see how recent acquisitions are adjusting to their new teams. This week will also examine a recent defensemen who has been filling big shoes and doing well with the new role [...]

Welcome back to another edition of Lining Up. This iteration will continue examining goaltending battles across the league. With the trade deadline ending yesterday, there is also a need to revisit the situation in Minnesota, particularly that in net with Cam Talbot and Marc-André Fleury. Let’s dive in. Jordan Binnington – Ville Husso Probably not [...]

Welcome back to a special edition of Lining Up. This week will examine goalies and the ongoing battles to earn the coveted spot of “lining up” on their respective creases. As this will involve different players on the ice than previous columns, a quick recap of some advanced goalie stats is in order. Along with [...]

In this week’s Eastern Edge, we’ll look at skaters who have bounced back from an underwhelming first half and put together a strong second half. For the purposes of this article, I took each player’s total appearances so far and split those appearances in half. So, if someone played 56 games up until this point, [...]