Welcome to the playoff edition of Analytics Advantage. With the 2025 NHL Playoffs approaching, this two-part series will dive into four likely first-round matchups: Washington Capitals vs. Montreal Canadiens, Carolina Hurricanes vs. New Jersey Devils, Dallas Stars vs. Colorado Avalanche, and Los Angeles Kings vs. Edmonton Oilers. In this first part, I’ll break down each [...]
Welcome back into the world’s most trusted weekly salary cap article, if you want to talk numbers then you’ve come to the right place. If you want to talk circumnavigating the salary cap, you have also landed in the right spot. This week, let’s highlight some players that may be on the NHL playoff roster [...]
After having Joel Eriksson Ek played just one game in the last two months, and none since late February, as well as Kirill Kaprizov not being in the lineup since late January, the Minnesota Wild got great news on Wednesday as both returned to the lineup against the San Jose Sharks. Heading into that game, [...]
Welcome to another week in the injury ward. First and foremost, I want to congratulate Alex Ovechkin on his amazing achievement Sunday as he had the entire hockey world on the edge of their seats. The fantasy and real-life season is wrapping up so let us jump right into this week’s edition and see what [...]
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 [...]
There’s not a whole lot of advice or info we can give you at this point to help with the rest of the fantasy season, as we’re in the last week and it’s likely just at the point of setting and watching your team do all the work now. What I will note, is that [...]
Hello everyone and welcome to the penultimate 2024-2025 regular season edition of Lining Up! I’m Eli Feldman. With only a few games remaining per team in the 2024-2025 NHL regular season, we’ve officially entered the home stretch. The countless hours invested in checking (and double-checking) your lineup, talking trades, and monitoring the waiver wire have [...]
Good day to all my DFS folks! There are a lot of “ifs” on this slate upcoming. If certain players are going to be healthy, if lines are going to stay the same, if certain starters are in net, tonight is going to be a slate that you’ll need to check in on morning skate [...]
Nikolaj Ehlers was not back in the lineup for the Winnipeg Jets on Monday night after missing Saturday’s game in Utah. The good news for the Jets is he was a game-time decision and was at morning skate, so it seems as if he's very close to returning, at any rate. A positive sign for [...]
We are going to look at each team in the Western Conference and look at some young players on the roster or in the system who could play 60 games (25 games for goalies) or more in 2025-26 with the big club. We will not include players who played 40 games or more in 2024-25. [...]
