Capped: Future Building Blocks as Trade Targets
With the all-star break come and gone, we are less than a month from the trade deadline, which is February 25th. Everyone is looking for something a little different come deadline day, so we’re going to cover three forwards who could provide significant value **** Rickard Rakell - Anaheim Ducks Cap Hit: $3,789,444 [...]
Injury Ward: Gostisbehere, Rask, Hall, & Byfuglien
Injury updates are harder to come by this week as many teams are staying off the ice as part of their bye week. While I did my best to compile the most recent news for fantasy-relevant players that are currently injured, teams will be releasing more updates in the coming days as they return [...]
Goldipucks and the Three Skaters: Tuch, Guentzel, & Drouin
Welcome to this season’s second installment of “Goldipucks and the Three Skaters.” For first time readers, or those needing a refresher, it’s a play on the Goldilocks and the Three Bears story, except instead of three bowls of porridge I’m covering three skaters and declaring one too hot (i.e., doing unsustainably better than he [...]
Lining Up: Nino Niederreiter, Alex Ovechkin, Frank Vatrano, and More – January 29
In this week’s instalment, I’ll be sharing thoughts about a few lines listed in the table below. Using Dobber’s Line Production Tool, I compared even-strength point production around the league over the past three games. I compiled a list of the highest scoring line for each team at even strength. Here’s the list… # [...]
Eastern Edge: Rest-Of-Season Point Predictions
Welcome back to the Eastern Edge column – week 17 of the season. The midseason guide is available here, thanks to the All-Star break it has not lost any relevance. This week I’m going to use some stats to guess where I think the player will end up at the end of the season. [...]
Fantasy Impact: Toronto Maple Leafs Acquire Jake Muzzin from Los Angeles
Fantasy Impact: The Toronto Maple Leafs have acquired defenseman Jake Muzzin from the Los Angeles Kings for a 2019 first-round draft pick, prospect forward Carl Grundstrom and prospect defenseman Sean Durzi. The Maple Leafs get: A No.3 defenseman with size, strength, playoff experience and some puck-moving skills. Muzzin has reached the 40-point mark in [...]
Fantasy Impact: Penguins – Stars Essentially Reverse Jamie Oleksiak Trade
Fantasy Impact: The Pittsburgh Penguins have traded defenseman Jamie Oleksiak to the Dallas Stars for Minnesota's fourth-round pick in 2019. Thirteen months ago the Pens acquired Oleksiak from... the Stars for, uh, Minnesota's fourth-round pick in 2019. So basically they just borrowed the guy. The Stars get: a towering (6-7), bottom-pairing defenseman who [...]