Ramblings: Heavy Lifting for Hughes, Pionk, Parayko, Walker, and Others – June 18
Last week, San Jose filled their vacant head coaching spot by hiring Ryan Warsofsky. My breakdown of the hiring can be read here. With Will Smith, Macklin Celebrini, William Eklund, Henry Thrun, and a few [...]
The Wild West – Unrestricted Free Agent Defenders – Salary Valuation
Last week, we looked at the impending UFA forwards and their possible valuations and this week we will look at the most intriguing defensemen. Here is the full list of 2023-2024 Defense valuations. Remember that [...]
Searching For A Fresh Start: Top-10 Players Needing A Change In Scenery
Sometimes, all you need in life is a fresh start. Turning the page. Searching for a different approach. Beginning anew. All worthy mantras to adhere to that also hold true in the NHL and fantasy [...]
Ramblings: Who Played Worse This Year Because of An Injury? (June 17)
Fantasy hockey championships are won by maximizing value - acquiring a player when their stock is low and reaping rewards once fortunes change. The hard part is identifying such targets, because for every player who [...]
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Frozen Tool Forensics: Analyzing Playoff Trends from Vancouver, Colorado, Boston, and Carolina
This week we are returning with Part Three of our playoff series review. In the last two articles we covered the teams that were eliminated in the first round. This week we are going to [...]
Ramblings: Keefe’s Impact; Reviewing Minnesota’s Fantasy Season, Including Kaprizov, Zuccarello, Rossi, Faber, Gustavsson, and More – May 24
New Jersey officially introduced former Toronto coach Sheldon Keefe as the Devils' new head coach on Thursday. Yesterday, I wrote about how Keefe ran Toronto's offence in 2023-24, how that contrasts to New Jersey's approach, [...]
Fantasy Take: Keefe Hired As New Jersey’s New Bench Boss
New Jersey has hired former Toronto Maple Leafs head coach Sheldon Keefe to be their new bench boss. The Devils missed the postseason this year after making it to the second round a season ago, [...]
Ramblings: Keefe in New Jersey; Evaluating Philadelphia’s Fantasy Season, Including Konecny, Tippett, Couturier, York, Ersson, and More – May 23
Los Angeles removed the interim tag from head coach Jim Hiller and he’ll be the full-time coach heading into the 2024-25 season. After taking over at the All-Star break, the team went 21-12-1 to secure [...]
Fantasy Hockey Poll: Potential UFA Disappointments
I fully realize we’re more than a month away from the start of free agency; but the question of how well the upcoming UFAs end up faring will be far more impactful on next season [...]
Rambling: McDonagh Back to the Bolts: Conference Finals Picks; WC Recap; Tsyplakov; Berube & More (May 22)
A couple of quick thoughts for the leagues where you get to replace eliminated players. In leagues where you cannot double-up on replacement players, then Edmonton is the last team I would like to select [...]