What a week. It’s been a wild week, jammed pack with exciting hockey and a whole lot of drama. The hockey world has seemed to go topsy-turvy this week, with many of the play-in “underdogs” advancing to the official playoff season. What’s even more intriguing, is the landing spot for projected number one pick, Alexis [...]
How fun has this first week of hockey been since the return to action last Saturday? Thanks to the bubble setup we’ve had games staggered for practically the entire day, every day. I don’t know about you, but I had some doubts about the quality of hockey we would see, considering how long of a [...]
Happy end of the week to all the readers out there. Unless the COVID rock you have taken residence under is particularly large and obstructing you are aware that the NHL resumed action this week. I think that makes it a prime opportunity for your annual reminder that the Frozen Tools have you covered. Each [...]
Welcome back, I hope you’ve all been enjoying the non-stop hockey as much as I have. Who am I kidding, no one is enjoying this as much as I am! While you take a break either before the early start games, or in an intermission, here’s some reading material aimed at getting you to think [...]
Welcome back to your monthly installment of Goldipucks and the Three Skaters, which, for new readers, is a play on words of the Goldilocks and the Three Bears story. Here though, instead of there being three bowls of porridge I cover three skaters and declare one too hot (i.e., doing unsustainably better than he should), [...]
Here are the top defensemen to own in your points-only keeper leagues - August edition! As always, players between +/-5.0 rating points of each other are pretty much the same value, and at that point become a matter of team need and/or personal bias. Not a lot has changed over the past month, as we [...]
In this week’s Eastern Edge, I thought I’d share a few of my thoughts from the play-in round. Admittedly, I’ve spent more time watching certain matchups, which is reflected in the level of detail you see for each series below. Going forward, I’ll try to get a more well-rounded perspective for you! Montreal Canadiens [...]
Here are the top skaters to own in your points-only keeper leagues - August edition! As always, players between +/-5.0 rating points of each other are pretty much the same value, and at that point become a matter of team need and/or personal bias. Not a lot has changed over the past month, as we [...]
We had our first weekend of real NHL hockey in over four months and here are some impressions from each team after one game. There were some surprises, some stellar performances and some lineup decisions that either paid off or didn’t. Arizona Coyotes Taylor Hall, Phil Kessel, Oliver Ekman-Larsson, Christian Dvorak and Clayton Keller all [...]
The NHL is back, and so are Elan and Brian for a brand new episode of the Keeping Karlsson Fantasy Hockey Podcast. On this episode, we reveal our playoffs watch lists: we tell you who we're keeping closest tabs on with the NHL back in action, and what we want to learn about them in [...]
