Ramblings: Fantasy Mailbag – Should You Still Believe In Sam Reinhart?
Fantasy Hockey Mailbag: Sam Reinhart, trade offer, giving up on a prospect, fantasy playoff targets, plus more… […]
The Journey: New Faces For The Stretch Run
As we hit the all-star break, it’s a good time to have a hard look at your squad and determine what changes you need to make to your squad to help make that final push. Here are a few new faces on the scene that could provide depth help for that second half stretch. [...]
Ramblings: Midseason Awards; Rangers On The Block; Poor Henrik – January 27
The Professional Hockey Writers Association released their midseason awards on Friday. These were voted on by 150 hockey writers and, presumably, over 2000 fans that would be amalgamated into one vote. Fans logged on and provided their winner for each of the major trophies, plus a few others like the Rod Langway award for top [...]
Frozen Pool Forensics: Goaltending Studs (Part 2)
Last week we took a look at some top options in the net for fantasy managers in 2017-18. Beyond the five covered though there are still plenty of quality options that deserve their nod of appreciation. To continue the trend this week we look to another five in net that are helping fantasy squads [...]
Lindholm and the Hurricanes Offer Value in the Week Ahead
All fantasy owners need help in the short term AND the long term. The Looking Ahead feature identifies one player to plug into lineups in the short term, a second to invest in for the long term, a third to bench for the coming week, and a fourth who will struggle to meet expectations [...]
Ramblings: Schwartz is Back! (Jan 26)
Jaden Schwartz did make his return for St. Louis last night. He skated 18:22 on a line with Brayden Schenn and Alex Steen along with top power play unit time. No points, but it’s safe to say he’s back in business. Just in time for Schenn who has goals in four straight games. Alex [...]
Capped: Projecting Player Salaries (Part 4)
This week's Capped continues our series with a look into projecting goalie salaries. **** I had a discussion on twitter during the past week between myself, Dobber DFS writer Chris Wassel, and a column reader, going back and forth about the potential contract coming up for Juuse Saros. Unfortunately, I have not gotten into [...]
Ramblings: Marchand Suspended, Thornton Out Weeks, and more (Jan 25)
The Blackhawks line shuffling may never end. I won’t list their lines from last night. You can dig that up on FrozenPool. Plus, they’ll probably change come next week. What we can say is that Artem Anisimov is back and locked in as the net-front man on their top power play unit. The only [...]
Goldipucks and the Three Skaters: Breaking Down Panarin, Keith, and Kopitar
Goldipucks and the Three Skaters: Which player is too hot, which one is too cold…and which player just right? […]
Injury Ward: Is Anyone Returning Before the All-Star Break?
Could there be any players that will make their return from injury before the All-Star Break? […]