More and more fans and hockey pundits are referring to advanced stats in their evaluations. Some have become quite good at it, others struggle a little to grasp the concepts, and many often take the results out of context. (Read Part 2 - the charts - here) My background: I have a university Degree in [...]
Welcome back to The Journey, where we follow hockey prospects and their paths to the NHL, providing fantasy predictions and analysis along the way. When it comes to acquiring new prospects cheaply, one-way poolies can happen upon fantasy gold is by scanning for players who finished just behind their league leaders production-wise. These players tend [...]
Tampa Bay remains the defending Stanley Cup champion for at least one more day, and we get to watch at least one more playoff game. Ondrej Palat scored the game-winning goal at 13:38 of the third period to give the Lightning a 3-2 win in Game 5, reducing the Avalanche series lead to 3-2. Look [...]
We are back this week with our analysis of the playoff rounds. And no, we won’t be talking about that overtime goal. We have moved through all of the first-round exits, and this week will turn our attentions to the teams that didn’t survive the second round. This week on Frozen Tool Forensics: Second Round [...]
With the Lightning facing elimination, there is a real possibility that the 2021-2022 NHL season ends tonight and with that, would spell the end of my DFS articles for the year. Would just like to take a quick moment to thank anyone who takes the time out of their day to read these columns and [...]
This isn’t really related to fantasy but it’s very good news for Ottawa fans. It appears that a new NHL arena is one the way, in the form of a multi-purpose facility/area. This was announced on Thursday morning in the form of a Memorandum of Understanding: https://twitter.com/NCC_CCN/status/1539983520847757312 For anyone unfamiliar with the goings-on here, Ottawa’s [...]
Good day everybody, where last week was my first week back, I have to say thank you to everybody who contacted me and sent me words of encouragement! With the fourth game having been played last night, whether it is the result that you were looking for, we are finally seeing some good hockey in [...]
Have you picked up your copy of the 2022 Dobber Hockey Prospects Report yet? If not, why not? Just head on over to the Dobber Shop to read up on all the fantasy prospects that fantasy owners need to know. There are hundreds discussed from a variety of angles, all with a fantasy bent. * [...]
The Florida Panthers were disappointed with their early playoff exit under Jack Adams finalist Andrew Brunette, and so they hired Paul Maurice in his place… a coach with a history of failing to get teams far in the post-season. On an unrelated note, you get one guess who holds the all-time NHL record for most [...]
Well what a difference a game makes. After the Avalanche rolled the Lightning on Saturday to take a commanding 2-0 series lead, Tampa Bay returned the favor on Monday as they have so often done over the last three postseasons. That leaves some questions as to what to expect for tonight’s Game 4. With any [...]
