Ramblings: Markstrom and Dubois Traded; Hronek’s Extension; Thoughts on Ehlers, Larkin, Couturier, Hertl, and More – June 20
On Tuesday, Vancouver extended defenceman Filip Hronek for eight years at $7.25M. While that might seem like a big number, as a percentage of the cap in 2024-25, that works out to just over 8%, [...]
Fantasy Take: Kings and Capitals Swap Kuemper for Dubois
Unlike the Jacob Markstrom to New Jersey trade that had been teased for months if not a year, this bombshell came out of nowhere. https://twitter.com/PierreVLeBrun/status/1803502883041898781 The Capitals are taking on some huge term, banking [...]
Fantasy Take: Flames Finally Make a Markstrom Deal With the Devils
The New Jersey Devils acquired Jacob Markstrom (salary 31.25% retained), and he will now form a tandem next year with Jake Allen. This is a /significant/ improvement over the options from last season. The return [...]
Fantasy Hockey Poll: Scoring Increase Streaks
It’s time for another of my annual offseason polls. This one focuses on players who have seen their scoring pace rise for three or more consecutive seasons, or who’ve played a total of only three [...]
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Eastern Edge: Florida’s Potential X-Factors in the Stanley Cup Final
At this time of year, who doesn’t love an X-factor?Aside from it being up there in the realm of elite postseason-related jargon along with stranglehold, barnburner, and on-the-brink, it’s a term that regularly gets circulated [...]
Ramblings: Notes on Dylan Strome, Vasilevskiy, Pastrňák, Barzal, and Shesterkin – June 4
I have spent the offseason reviewing the fantasy seasons of non-playoff teams. This covered the San Jose Sharks, the Chicago Blackhawks, the Anaheim Ducks, the Columbus Blue Jackets, the Montreal Canadiens, the Arizona Coyotes (now [...]
Top 300 Keeper League Skaters – June 2024
Here are the top 300 skaters to own in your points-only dynasty leagues - June edition! After a two-month hiatus due to my battle with cancer, the rankings are back! I believe this is the [...]
MVP In The Making: The Top-10 Conn Smythe Trophy Threats
The stage is set and the stars are all in place - no, unfortunately for Dallas fans not those ones. All bad jokes aside, the better team is moving on to the Stanley Cup Final [...]
The Wild West – NHL Edge Stats – Skating Speed
This week, we will look at each team in the Western Conference and see who had the fastest top speeds during the 2023-24 regular season. I will also look at what players hit 20 miles [...]
Ramblings: Skinner & Special Teams Sink the Stars; Power-Play Production Boosts for O’Reilly, Granlund, Jarvis, Vatrano & Drouin (June 3)
Stuart Skinner and the Oilers’ power play carried the team to a series-clinching 2-1 victory over Dallas on Sunday. Connor McDavid and Evan Bouchard factored in on both of Edmonton’s goals while Zach Hyman and [...]