Ramblings: DeSmith Steps Up, Ovechkin Struggles, Hyman Hot, Hellebuyck Not (Apr 27)
It’s all playoff pucks today. I’ll use that term because it was the name of the very first fantasy hockey article that I wrote way back in 2006 for a website that no longer exists. [...]
Frozen Tool Forensics: Most Valuable Fantasy Hockey Centers
We won’t be covering the NHL playoffs blow by blow in this column, though we will touch on teams a bit as they get knocked out in each round. For this week, and for several [...]
Analytics Advantage: The Western Conference Playoff Teams
Welcome back to the follow up to last week’s article, with this week being about the West and what they bring to the table. We are about 2-3 games into each series, and it is [...]
Ramblings: Tkachuk Leads Cats; Vlasic Extended; Anaheim’s Season and Mintyukov, Vatrano, Gibson, and More – April 26
Chicago has signed defenceman Alex Vlasic to a six-year deal with an AAV of $4.6M per season. I wrote about him yesterday when discussing the Blackhawks so read that for more on him. In [...]
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Ramblings: Eastern Conference Final Wrapup, Pavelski’s Prowess, Larsson and Ovechkin’s Icetime (May 27)
The Eastern Conference Final had its moments, but for the sake of competition I hope the Stanley Cup Final requires more games to complete. Despite being swept, the Hurricanes deserved a better fate, since they [...]
Frozen Tools Forensics – Top, And Best, Values At Each Position: Center
We now interrupt our regularly scheduled playoff coverage (while we wait for the Final to be decided) to start on one of our traditional offseason series. This week, and for several upcoming weeks, we will [...]
Cap League Goalie Rankings – May 2023
The title for top cap goalie moves on again, with Alexandar Georgiev sitting on the throne at the moment (the only Bulgarian born NHL player). Georgiev is right in his prime now, on an excellent [...]
Ramblings: Pavelski Powers Stars; Jenner’s Solid Fantasy Season; Gaudreau’s Declines; Marchenko’s Growth – May 26
A day after Florida was sent to the Cup Final thanks to a last-second power-play goal from Matthew Tkachuk, Dallas got an overtime power-play goal from Joe Pavelski to keep their own Cup hopes alive. [...]
DFS Thursday: Rebounding Stars Including Oettinger and Seguin
I think we were all getting settled in for another overtime marathon last night, popcorn and beer refills all around, when BOOM! And yet another of the Cup favorites found themselves on the wrong end [...]
Top 200 Cap League Skater Rankings – May 2023
With the latest updates to the Value column, Connor McDavid is now the top value there as well, which is a tough this to do at a $12.5 million cap hit! On that note, Erik [...]