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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The Journey: Top 36 Draft Ranking; Zero Picks Strategy; Prospects Who Slipped Through a 5-Round, 12-Team Dynasty Draft
Welcome back to The Journey, where we track the development of prospects as they excel in junior, make the NHL, and push towards stardom. *** As a quick preface, this week’s article builds off a [...]
Ramblings: Oilers Take Series Lead with Two Nuge Goals, Analyzing Backup Goalie Productivity (June 1)
The Oilers’ special teams are a major reason that they are now one win away from the Stanley Cup Final. Ryan Nugent-Hopkins scored two power-play goals to lead the Oilers to a 3-1 win over [...]
Frozen Tools Forensics: Most Valuable Fantasy Hockey Left Wingers
We have spent the last few weeks reviewing eliminated playoff teams, but given the timeline here there is an opportunity to return to our MVP series. At the beginning of the month, we were looking [...]
Ramblings: Panthers Take 3-2 Series Lead With 3-2 Win, Zero G Strategy Continued (May 31)
With a 3-2 win over the Rangers in Game 5, the Florida Panthers are one win away from a return trip to the Stanley Cup Final. The Rangers and Panthers will now head to Florida [...]
Ramblings: Waddell in Columbus; Reviewing St. Louis’s Fantasy Performance, Including Thomas, Kyrou, Schenn, Krug, Binnington, and More – May 30
Columbus introduced their new general manager on Thursday as Don Waddell had a press conference with his new team. Waddell was recently with the Carolina Hurricanes but has moved on for this new challenge. The [...]
Fantasy Hockey Mailbag: Kakko, Kotkaniemi, Weegar, Keller vs. Forsberg, Perfetti, Carlson, Seider, Faber, Zegras & More
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 [...]