Lining Up

Welcome back to another edition of Lining Up! This week we will wrap up the ongoing series of a team-by-team review of noteworthy line combinations over the last calendar year for any useful information moving forward. Let’s dive in. Pittsburgh Over the last calendar year and historically, Bryan Rust has assumed a role alongside top [...]

Welcome back to another edition of Lining Up! This week will continue the ongoing series of a team-by-team review of noteworthy line combinations over the last calendar year for any useful information moving forward. Let’s dive in. Montreal Mike Matheson has had what seems to be an under-the-radar performance this calendar year. Despite being in [...]

Welcome back to another edition of Lining Up! Following last week’s article, we will continue with our team-by-team review of noteworthy line combinations over the last calendar year for any useful information moving forward. Let’s dive in. Colorado Over the last calendar year, the top line combinations are predominantly any line that had Nathan MacKinnon [...]

I am back in the saddle for Frozen Tool Forensics this week after a couple of weeks off for the holidays. Given that December was a bit of whirl, with wonky NHL schedules and folks taking time for the holidays it seems like a good time to check back in on some line combos and [...]

Welcome back to another edition of Lining Up and a Happy New Year to you and yours! This week and over the next couple of weeks, we will review the most noteworthy line combinations from each team over the last calendar year and see if there is any information we can use moving forward. Let’s [...]

Welcome back to another edition of Lining Up. Hopefully everyone had a great Christmas or holiday break and is ready for hockey to resume after a brief pause. This week we will take a look at a few hot line combinations from the last couple of weeks and how they can help your fantasy team [...]

Welcome back to another edition of Lining Up. As the holiday season approaches, the next few articles will examine some noteworthy line combinations from this season or the calendar year. This week we will discuss lines and players who have not been meeting the lofty expectations fantasy owners had for them prior to the start [...]

Welcome back to another edition of Lining Up, this week will focus on two hot lines from the last three weeks and how the players can help your rosters in the short and long term. Let’s not waste time with pleasantries and dive in. Anders Lee – Bo Horvat – Mathew Barzal Looking at the [...]

Welcome back to another edition of Lining Up! This week we will check in on younger players or rookies and how they have been deployed during the first quarter or so of the season. There is no specific criteria for ‘young’ here, we’re just digging a little deeper on younger players that owners have been [...]

Welcome back to another edition of Lining Up! This week we will examine players who are cold or having down seasons in part due to their deployment either at even strength or on the power play. Particular focus will be on a number of defensemen who are no longer receiving the same quality line deployment [...]