Every season we see an unexpected defenseman or two dramatically increase their fantasy stock over the course of the season. Sometimes it is their peripheral contributions or higher than expected five on five scoring, but usually it is because they have also ascended to the top power-play for their respective teams. For this week we [...]
News of the morning has to start with Tage Thompson. His 5-points (4G,1A) in the first period against Columbus was crazy enough, yes? Almost an afterthought that he added a fifth. Thompson has Rocket-ed to third in the NHL goals race. My DFS+ starts with my Thursday feature, “What’s Wrong With… (2022 playoff teams only)?” [...]
With every surprise or huge performance that we get to witness throughout the regular season, we are also met with an equal number of disappointing performances as well. There are plenty of things that can lead to some unsettling productions, some of which can be being on a new team, being shifted up and down [...]
Ben and Lewis cover a host of injuries in COL, EDM, and STL, before discussing a new PP setup in Columbus and how hyped to get about unproven prospects with pedigrees. Then they talk the impact of Blues injuries and admit their role in Binnington's downfall, before wrapping up with a cold streak for Barrie and a hot one for Kapanen.
Here’s the latest injury news from across the NHL! If you’re looking for information about a specific 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 [...]
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 [...]
In this week’s Eastern Edge, we’ll discuss a few veterans that have rebounded from slow starts this season. Boone Jenner Heading into the season, Columbus’ centers were a popular topic of conversation. Fantasy managers wanted to know who would get a shot between star wingers Johnny Gaudreau and Patrik Laine on the top line, but [...]
We are back with another Tuesday edition of Game Picks, where we give out a Gold, Silver, and Bronze selection every Tuesday during the NHL season. There are nine games on the NHL slate tonight, giving us plenty of betting options. I’ve looked over every matchup and I think I’ve found a few winners. The [...]
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 [...]
Last night I went to bed before the west coast game but had a DFS play (mostly) matching my deepest fantasy league - four Canadiens (Suzuki drafted, and FA’s Sean Monahan, Mike Matheson, and Kaiden Guhle) and two Canucks (Elias Pettersson and Andrei Kuzmenko, both drafted). Hmm, four goals, six assists, but only plus-2 combined, [...]
