The Journey: Strong U24 Play-Drivers, Part One (ANA-DAL)
Welcome back to The Journey, where we track the development of prospects as they excel in junior, make the NHL, and push towards stardom. *** Inspired by Thomas Harley’s incredible break out campaign in 2023-24—more [...]
Ramblings: Panthers Take Series Lead with Marchand Injured; Oilers Tie Series with Dominant McDavid and Draisaitl (May 11)
Two games of playoff pucks on Friday. Let’s get to it. Panthers 6, Bruins 2 (Panthers lead series 2-1) After a fight-filled Game 2, the two teams were on much better behavior in Game 3, [...]
Frozen Tool Forensics: First-Round Exits for Winnipeg, Los Angeles, Nashville, and Vegas
The first round of the playoffs is officially wrapped, and it is time to turn our attentions, at long last, to those series. We are going to dive into this extra set of games and [...]
Analytics Advantage: First-Round Analysis on Los Angeles, Nashville, Toronto, and Vegas
Welcome back. This week we are going to be completing the round one analysis for the last remaining teams which we have not covered. I realize that the format/writing style I have chosen currently is [...]
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Fantasy Hockey Poll: Playoff Scoring Barometers
After running polls as part of this column for quite a while, I’ve been able to learn which have worked and which haven’t. For those that do, I’ve turned them into annual polls, and this [...]
Ramblings: Secondary Power Play Defencemen, Including Clarke, Sanderson, Pionk, Barron, and More – July 19
Hey, everyone. Alex is off for today and I have his Ramblings covered. He'll be back before long but readers have to deal with me again today. * My Ramblings yesterday discussed power-play production in [...]
Eastern Edge: ‘Core Four’ From Each Eastern Team – Part 2
In this week’s Eastern Edge, we’ll continue our review of the ‘Core Four’ for every team in the East. Check out part one over here. As we work through the Eastern, Grant Campbell is working [...]
Ramblings: Bedard Signs; Colton and Wahlstrom Extended; Power Play Production Among Defencemen; Impacts on PP Producers – July 18
Not that it was in doubt, but Connor Bedard signed his entry-level deal with the Blackhawks, ensuring he’ll be in the lineup on opening night. The future has arrived for Chicago. When he was drafted, [...]
Wild West: Core Four – Part Two of Four
This week we will look at the next four teams in the West after we reviewed Anaheim, Arizona, Calgary and Chicago last week. The Core Four are the players from each roster, who should be [...]
Top 10 Picks From a Dynasty League’s Prospect Draft
Most years in dynasty fantasy leagues, there is debate on who to select first overall. Whoever had the first overall pick last year, for example, could have gone with Shane Wright, Simon Nemec or Juraj [...]