Patrik Laine’s fresh start with the Canadiens might have to be put on hold for a while. Laine was forced to leave Saturday’s preseason game against Toronto after taking a knee-on-knee hit from Cedric Pare. Following the game, Laine was seen on crutches with a brace on his left knee. Once he is evaluated further, [...]
Welcome back to The Journey, where we track the development of prospects as they excel in junior, make the NHL, and push towards stardom. **** Happy Saturday! I hope you’re all as pumped as I am that hockey is finally here. We’re just 10 days away from the start of the NHL season and some of you [...]
It’s only the preseason and all of Auston Matthews, William Nylander, and John Tavares are already dealing with injuries. All of the injuries have been described using the words “day-to-day”, “minor”, “dinged up”, and “precautionary,” so none of these players need to be pushed down draft rankings. Just don’t be surprised if one or more [...]
Today on Frozen Tools Forensics we are going to turn to goalies. It is hard to read too much into any preseason results so instead we will be looking back to the 2023-24 data to see if there are any little bits of wisdom we can pick up. We should start with the known quantity [...]
Despite the Toronto Maple Leafs icing a mostly-NHL lineup on Thursday night, Auston Matthews was not in the lineup. He left practice a couple of days ago but it was not considered a serious issue. As always, the hope with things like this is the team is just being very cautious with a key player, [...]
Welcome back to Analytics Advantage! With the preseason in motion, we’re taking one more week to analyze existing data before diving into the fresh numbers from the 2025 campaign. This week’s focus is all about player profiles—spotlighting those who I believe are primed to make significant strides compared to last year. By revisiting and analyzing [...]
Not too many updates this month as we await the big contract from Jeremy Swayman that may reset the goaltending market. Thatcher Demko drops down the rankings with news of his injury affecting his projected numbers for the year. Some smaller adjustments made to others as well, but the consistency on the list should hopefully [...]
Hello all and welcome back! This season, I think it’s safe to say welcome back to the #1 salary cap stats and fun facts article in North America. Maybe including Europe. Possibly the world? Really though, I am so happy to be back talking hockey with all of you. Fantasy drafts are taking place all [...]
We will start today with some injury news. There have been nervous fantasy managers around the league as far as goaltending is concerned. Thatcher Demko’s season out in Vancouver is still very muddled, Jeremy Swayman has yet to sign with Boston, and now another quick update on New York Islanders goaltender Ilya Sorokin: https://twitter.com/stefen_rosner/status/1838964384464327075 Sorokin [...]
It’s time again for the longest running annual poll of this column, and, just maybe, the most important. That’s because it centers around goalies, who, on a per player basis, are nearly always the most impactful to one’s fantasy team. That’s why it’s crucial to guess correctly as to which goalies, among several challengers, will [...]
