Lining Up

Welcome back to another edition of Lining Up. This week will examine a well-known line on a hot streak and a few lesser-known players who find themselves in favourable situations. The next two weeks are particularly tricky to navigate with teams off periodically during this stretch for the All-Star Break. Let’s dive in. Kyle Palmieri [...]

Welcome back to another edition of Lining Up. This week will highlight some players with dense or favourable schedules leading into the All-Star break, as well as a few notable and low-rostered players who are suddenly receiving excellent deployment. Let’s dive in. Ryan Strome – Max Comtois – Trevor Zegras This line in Anaheim is [...]

Welcome back to another edition of Lining Up. This week we’re going to do a deep dive on the Seattle Kraken. After an incredible seven straight road game wins that saw Seattle post a 22-goal differential and 5.3 goals for per game, the team is now fourth in goals for in the entire league. Despite [...]

This week will look at some players returning from injuries and how they have slotted into the lineup. Conversely, with the return of players, who gets moved down the lineup and how will that impact their fantasy value? Let’s find out in this week’s edition of Lining Up. Max Pacioretty Some big news from last [...]

Happy New Year to everyone and welcome back to the first Lining Up of 2023! This week will take a special look at some “New Year’s Resolutions” that we would like to see from players. Who do we want to see finally take that next step into better line deployment or who do we want [...]

In the spirit of Christmas and the Holiday season, this week will examine even strength lines combinations or players that have been gifts to fantasy owners this calendar year. On the flip side, who has been a lump of coal? We will take a look at some players who despite receiving favourable deployment, have disappointed. [...]

Welcome back to another edition of Lining Up. Leading up to the holidays and before we jump into the year in review, we will examine some hot or returning lines as well as players who have very recently been deployed on their respective teams’ lethal power-play units. All using data from the Frozen Tools section [...]

Welcome back to another edition of Lining Up. Coming up to the holidays, we will look at some players working with high or low shooting percentages and the line deployment that is driving them to hot streaks. The Player Usage Chart will also assist with dissecting some of the underlying analytics behind a line combination’s [...]

Welcome back to another edition of Lining Up. This week we will examine a couple hot lines around the league as well as players in new and favourable situations. To help discuss the lines, we can use the Player Usage Chart found on each player’s Advanced Stats tab. This chart gives us an excellent look [...]

Welcome to another edition of Lining Up. This week will examine more promising deployment situations, whether it be lining up with top-tier stud at even strength or joining a lethal power-play unit. Don’t forget to check out the NHL Line Change Tracker over at Frozen Tools to see who is seeing the greatest change in [...]