The NHL season's opening chapter is unfolding, and with it comes the opportunity for fantasy hockey managers to set the tone for their campaign. At this juncture, with the standings still taking shape, conventional wisdom leans heavily on the most apparent statistics: goals, assists, and goaltending victories. However, the astute fantasy manager is already looking [...]
Jeremy and Shams break down the big news as usual then spend the special day to tell you which of the unsuspecting top performers this fantasy season are out to trick you and which ones are a treat for your team.
Here's the latest injury news from across the NHL! If you're looking for information about a certain player and don't see their name in this article, there probably haven't been any significant updates about their progress since our last article. If you ever need injury updates for a specific player, shoot me a message on [...]
As has become tradition, my first poll after the start of the regular season is one where you get to choose the Calder Trophy finalists. Of course, this season is a bit different, in that most of us likely can agree that barring a major injury one of those finalists is already set in stone [...]
In this week’s Eastern Edge, we’ll run through observations from October, uncovering a few buy-low/sell-high options in the process. Barzal’s Bombardment Prior to this season, Barzal was considered a pass-first player. Over his six years in the NHL, 72% of his points were assists, and he’d averaged just 2.3 shots per game. During the preseason, [...]
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 [...]
This week in the Wild West, I want to look at four players to buy low on and four players to sell high for fantasy. One thing to know about buy-lows and sell-highs is that if you are rostering these players, it doesn’t mean you have to trade them or drop them. This is just [...]
On the second half of this week's Keeping Karlsson Fantasy Hockey Podcast mega-show, Elan and Brian gather and analyze the latest fantasy hockey news, notes and data from the past season to work on projecting the 2023-24 NHL and fantasy hockey season, including: Will Mitch Marner find his way back towards a 100-point pace? Is Bobby Brink a must-add? [...]
On the first half of this week's Keeping Karlsson Fantasy Hockey Podcast mega-show, Elan and Brian gather and analyze the latest fantasy hockey news, notes and data from the past season to work on projecting the 2023-24 NHL and fantasy hockey season, including: Will Edmonton be ok now that Connor McDavid is back? Does the return of Andrei Svechnikov [...]
One of the strategies many fantasy general managers implement at the start of the season is to choose a cut-off date before deciding when to drop underperforming players. Some GMs choose 10 games, others like to wait until the 20-game mark before giving up on a player. Note that we're not talking about those couple [...]
