Fantasy Take: Addison Traded to San Jose

Fantasy Mailbag: Hedman vs. Sergachev & Rielly vs. Klingberg; J. Hughes; Mintyukov; Wheeler; Rookie Goalies; Calgary Buy-Lows; Surprise D-man Scorers & More

By |2023-11-04T16:39:21-04:00November 8th, 2023|Roos Lets Loose|

Welcome back to another edition of the Roos Lets Loose monthly mailbag, where I answer your fantasy hockey questions by giving advice that should be useful to all poolies even if they don’t own the specific players being discussed. As a reminder, if you want your fantasy hockey question(s) answered in the next mailbag, check [...]

Ramblings: Campbell Waived; Kucherov & Panarin’s Scoring Paces; Hayes’s Production & More (Nov 8)

By |2023-11-07T22:02:21-05:00November 8th, 2023|Hockey Rambling|

Jack Campbell being waved was a first step in Oilers management pushing the panic button. It sounds as though the plan is to look internally first, but I would imagine if that doesn’t work, then a trade for Cal Petersen, Jake Allen, Dan Vladar, Anton Forsberg, or Chris Dreidger could come to fruition very quickly. [...]

Lining Up: New Line Combinations Favor Rossi, O’Reilly, Gustafsson, and Others

By |2023-11-07T11:20:53-05:00November 7th, 2023|Lining Up|

Welcome back to another edition of Lining Up! Following the article from last week, we will continue going through each team and highlighting noteworthy line combinations from the early few weeks of the season. Let’s dive in. Minnesota After starting the season playing alongside Marcus Foligno and Frederick Gaudreau, fantasy owners are finally seeing early [...]

Eastern Edge: Bigger Roles for Raanta, Knies, and Mercer Give Bigger Upside

By |2023-11-07T11:03:52-05:00November 7th, 2023|Eastern Edge|

In the latest iteration of Eastern Edge, we’re looking at a number of potentially juicy fantasy hockey hot spots out east that include some very intriguing names looking to make their mark on the young NHL season. Whenever it comes to elite-level teams - such as the Carolina Hurricanes, New Jersey Devils, and yes, even [...]

Ramblings: Updates on Hughes, Ekblad, Montour, Vasilevskiy, Zucker, and Duchene; New Toronto Top Line Shines; Early Shot Metrics – November 7

By |2023-11-07T06:42:43-05:00November 7th, 2023|Hockey Rambling|

Even with a fantastic start to the season, there is cause for concern in New Jersey as Nico Hischier appeared to suffer a concussion in a game against Buffalo, and he’s not played in over a week. To make matters worse, Jack Hughes suffered an upper-body injury and missed time over the weekend. On the [...]

Top 10 Goalie Stories So Far

By |2023-11-05T23:12:13-05:00November 6th, 2023|Fantasy Hockey Top 10|

It's no secret that netminders can make or break your fantasy season. Last year, for example, using later-round picks on Linus Ullmark, Jeremy Swayman and Vitek Vanecek probably won plenty of championships. Meanwhile, using high selections on Jacob Markstrom, Jack Campbell and Sergei Bobrovsky probably sunk a lot of championship hopes. Of course, league size, [...]

Geek of the Week: The Banger Landscape

By |2023-11-05T18:07:45-05:00November 5th, 2023|Geek of the Week|

Hello and welcome back to Geek of the Week! In this week’s article, I am going to dive into the peripheral categories in multicat leagues: Hits and Blocks. In most leagues, it is usually not worth holding onto someone if they contribute nothing in the points cats, even if they are great in these peripheral [...]

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