Frozen Tools Forensics: Analyzing Playoff Trends from the Final Four
After a hiatus for a couple of weeks due to vacation I am returning this week to finish off the playoff coverage. In the previous articles we covered teams that were eliminated in the first [...]
Ramblings: Top 100 Roto Rankings: Marner, Stutzle, Ovechkin, and More (Jul 19)
The Top 100 Roto Rankings have been updated for July following the free agent signings. We’re finally getting an idea of how rosters are shaping up for the upcoming season. As always, you can leave [...]
Ramblings: Looking for Deeper Values in Fantasy Drafts in Greig, Dorofeyev, Perunovich, and More – July 18
In Tuesday’s Ramblings, I offered some guesses at players that I think will be undervalued when it comes draft time in September. They were more high-end options like Buffalo’s JJ Peterka, Columbus’s Kirill Marchenko, and [...]
Fantasy Hockey Poll: Playoff Scoring Barometers
With the playoffs over, it’s time for a poll I like to run this time every year. The gist is you vote on whether players whose production in the playoffs differed – in a good [...]
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Looking Ahead: Wild Play Two Back-to-Backs Next Week
Welcome back all! Is it just me or does it feel like the NHL sort of hits this low point each season following the All-Star break? The break itself along with a lighter week of [...]
Ramblings: Guentzel Out Four Weeks, Bedard Is Back, Arvidsson Makes Season Debut (Feb 16)
Jake Guentzel is expected to miss up to the next four weeks with an upper-body injury that forced him to leave Wednesday’s game. On the final year of his contract, Guentzel has been the subject [...]
Top 100 Roto Rankings: February 2024
We’re over halfway into the season, and many players’ rankings are beginning to firm up. As such, there aren’t as many changes to the rankings as there have been in previous months. The stat categories [...]
Capped: Hanifin, Markstrom, Tanev, and Calgary’s Trade Deadline
Welcome back my CapFriendlies! This is a public service announcement, we interrupt your regularly scheduled trade talks (we’ll circle back on that), to discuss all things Calgary and potential moves that they may have. What [...]
Analytics Advantage: Corsi-For Percentage and Average Draft Position
In today's NHL, the fusion of traditional scouting and advanced analytics offers a multifaceted view of player evaluation, transcending beyond simple goal counts and assist tallies. Central to this analytical revolution is the Corsi For [...]
Ramblings: Updates on Sanderson and Arvidsson; Kessel’s Return; Improvements from Duchene, Bjorkstrand, Strome, and More – February 15
There has been no shortage of interesting storylines around the Philadelphia Flyers over the last couple of seasons, but one of them is certainly the career renaissance of Rasmus Ristolainen. He had played very well [...]