Capped: Teams with free-agent uncertainty
This week’s article started out as a way to look ahead at who may be able to make a depth impact next year due to opportunities opening up on the roster. Partway through I made the realization that I had to cut it short or I would end up writing a novel. I also [...]
Injury Ward: Dahlin, Backstrom, Landeskog, Fleury, Marner & Hughes
Here’s the latest news in the world of NHL injuries! To see injury updates from around the league as soon as they’re made public, follow me on Twitter @BrennanDeSouza! John Gibson – An illness prevented him from participating in Monday’s 4-2 win over the Kings. Players don’t tend to miss too much time when [...]
Goldipucks and the Three Skaters: J.T. Miller, Anze Kopitar, & Brady Tkachuk
As more hockey is played, the temptation becomes to assume skaters will continue to produce at their current scoring rates. But in some cases, appearances can be deceiving, which is what this column seeks to identify. For first time readers or those needing a refresher, the column is a play on the Goldilocks and [...]
Fantasy Take: John Hynes fired as coach of Devils
The drafting of Jack Hughes, the trades for P.K. Subban and Nikita Gusev, and the signing of Wayne Simmonds, combined with a healthy Taylor Hall, meant elevated expectations for New Jersey this year. As of early Wednesday morning, the team was 30th in the league and had one more regulation/overtime win than Detroit. Naturally, [...]
Eastern Edge: Storylines from around the East
In this week’s Eastern Edge, we continue analyzing the big storylines from around the Eastern Conference. We began our journey with observations from Boston to New Jersey in last week’s article. I know I promised that we’d close out the series this week with thoughts on teams from New York to Washington, but I [...]
Lining Up: Hot Western teams and cold Eastern teams
Good day to all here in fantasy hockey land. This week I have compiled a list of the top lines for each team over the last ten games at even strength. I am going to look at a couple of hot lines in the Western Conference and a couple of cold players in the [...]
Top 100 Keeper League Defensemen – December 2019
Here are the Top 100 defensemen to own in your points-only keeper leagues - December edition! These were pulled directly from my Top 300 skaters ranking (posted here). As always, two players who are within 5.0 rating points of each other should be considered equal value. Players between 70 and 130 are ridiculously [...]
Wild West: 2019-20 Goalie Round-Up Part 2
Last week we took a tour of the Central Division, looking at the status of each team’s goalie performances and tandems. We return this week for our second installment, and this time we move on to the Pacific Division. One quick note to follow up: In the Nashville section I claimed there was [...]