Welcome back to The Journey, where we track the development of prospects as they excel in junior, make the NHL, and push towards stardom. With most of the elite free agents now signed, we can start to get a general idea of what lineups might look like for the upcoming NHL season. Following last week’s article on [...]
Here are the top 300 skaters to own in your points-only dynasty leagues - August edition! But first, the 19th annual Fantasy Hockey Guide was released just a couple of days ago. That's right, I've earned your trust for 19 years. You can order your digital copy here for immediate download, or for another $5 [...]
Today we are continuing our division sweep. Last week we looked at a few advanced stats and flagged Pacific Division players whose point pace from 2023-24 looked unsustainable (for good or ill). Today we are going to be doing the same with the Central Division. As a reminder here is some context setting from the [...]
Ryan Henkel from The Hockey News joins the show to talk Carolina Hurricanes. Jesse and Victor ask about Sebastian Aho, Andrei Svechnikov, Seth Jarvis, Martin Necas, Jack Roslovic, Jordan Martinook, Jordan Staal, Jack Drury, Jesperi Kotkaniemi, Bradly Nadeau, Jackson Blake, Shayne Gostisbehere, Brent Burns, Jaccob Slavin, Sean Walker, Dmitri Orlov, Scott Morrow, Frederik Andersen, Pyotr [...]
With the release of the NHL schedule, we can start breaking down a lot of the numbers, data, and trends that we get from it. Stick taps to Eric Daoust who had the schedule loaded up into Frozentools within hours, where it’s downloadable in its entirety as an Excel sheet. Andrew Santillo does the schedule [...]
The days of a legit number one goaltender holding down the crease and playing 65-plus games are on their way out. More than ever before a team must employ, at least, two capable NHL goaltenders if that squad hopes to take a deep run at the Stanley Cup. Take a look at the Vegas Golden [...]
Welcome back to another edition of the Roos Lets Loose monthly mailbag, where I answer your fantasy hockey questions by giving advice that should be useful to all poolies even if they don’t own the specific players being discussed. As a reminder, if you want your fantasy hockey question(s) answered in the next mailbag, check [...]
Along with the players between the pipes, assembling a roster of blue-line beasts to anchor a fantasy squad usually results in a team sitting at the top of the table come spring. Filling out lineups with even a couple of the names below likely means that team is built to win, which is why it’s [...]
This week, we will look at each roster in the West and determine which players have the most high-danger shots per game and which are the most successful in terms of shooting percentage. If you are curious, the stats are available at Dobber’s Frozen Tools here. Here is the definition of a high-danger shot per [...]
Meghan Angley of DNVR sports returns to go over the Avs pros. Victor and Jesse as about Nathan MacKinnon, Mikko Rantanen, Valeri Nichushkin, Gabriel Landeskog, Artturi Lehkonen, Casey Mittelstadt, Jonathan Drouin, Ross Colton, Logan O'Connor, Nikolai Kovalenko, Calum Ritchie, Oskar Olausson, Cale Makar, Devon Toews, Erik Brannstrom, Sam Malinski, Sean Behrens, Alexandar Georgiev and Justus [...]
