Lining Up

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 [...]

Welcome back to another edition of Lining Up. Following our three-week series on a noteworthy player from each team, we will now look back over the last three weeks to see how different line combinations have performed and identify some players who are on hot streaks. Note that all stats are prior to last night’s [...]

Welcome back to another edition of Lining Up! This week we will wrap up our review of each team and highlight noteworthy line combinations. In addition, with the upcoming Global Series in Sweden taking place, keep an eye on the schedule and players on your roster who may be missing in action over the next [...]

Welcome back to another edition of Lining Up! Following the article from last week, we will continue going through each team and highlighting noteworthy line combinations from the early few weeks of the season. Let’s dive in. Minnesota After starting the season playing alongside Marcus Foligno and Frederick Gaudreau, fantasy owners are finally seeing early [...]

Welcome back to another edition of Lining Up! With three weeks of the season already gone, the next few columns will examine each team and highlight some noteworthy line combinations for your roster. It is still a small sample size but some teams have already hit the ten games played mark so there is more [...]

Welcome back to another edition of Lining Up. This week we will highlight a few players who have favourable deployments and schedules this fantasy week. We will also examine some of the top even-strength and power-play line combinations to see if there are any players worth highlighting. Let’s dive in. Washington Washington has yet to [...]

Welcome back to another edition of Lining Up. This week we will focus on reviewing the first week of hockey for any noteworthy line combinations as well as highlight a few players who have good deployment and favourable schedules for the remainder of the coming week. Let’s dive in. Detroit Lucas Raymond joined the top [...]

Welcome back to another edition of Lining Up and Happy-Start-Of-Hockey Day! With the NHL kicking the season off tonight, today will focus on teams updating the notes from last two Lining Up articles for teams with good schedules this first week. There are eight teams in this shortened week who play three times between today [...]

Welcome back to another edition of Lining Up. Continuing with the theme from last week, we will now turn to the Western Conference and examine way-too-early line combinations from the preseason so far. With a few more games having been played since last week, Frozen Tools can be leaned on more heavily for information. Where [...]