Analytics Advantage: Individual Shot Attempts, Expected Goals, and Efficiency
The evaluation of player performance in fantasy hockey is evolving, with advanced metrics providing a deeper understanding of a player's impact beyond traditional statistics. Among these, Individual Corsi For (iCF) and Expected Goals For (xGF) [...]
Frozen Tool Forensics: Raddysh, Orlov, Andersson, Hronek, and Roster Rates
Congrats if you are still invested in a hockey team at this point, it likely means your fantasy journey is continuing. Last week we focused on some immediate players who were streaking and whether or [...]
Ramblings: Larkin Returns; Peterka’s New Line; Neighbours’ Great Year; Allen Wins Again – March 22
Dylan Larkin was back in the lineup on Thursday night for Detroit as the Red Wings had a big home matchup against the New York Islanders. The captain had missed eight games due to injury [...]
Capped: The Future of the Washington Capitals and Pittsburgh Penguins
Welcome back CapFriendlies! Every morning one of the things I like to do while I wait for my coffee to brew/ignore work emails for another 15 minutes, is to look at the NHL standings. It [...]
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Experts Panel: 2022-23 Playoff Round 1 Predictions
The puck is about to drop on the Stanley Cup Playoffs! As is the case every season, the panel is weighing in with predictions for each of the eight playoff series, the Stanley Cup finalists [...]
Ramblings: Changes in Columbus, Playoff Preparation, Konecny, Karlsson (Apr 16)
To little surprise, the Columbus Blue Jackets have decided to part ways with coach Brad Larsen. Even though Larsen didn’t seem likely to last the offseason, I’m not sure anyone could have coached that team [...]
The Journey: Wyatt Johnston For Calder
Welcome back to The Journey, where we track the development of prospects as they excel in junior, make the NHL, and push towards stardom. I had envisioned this article being a general survey of rookie [...]
Top 100 Roto Rankings: April 2023
The 2022-23 regular season has just finished at the time that these rankings are published. If you’re already looking ahead to next season, these rankings could be considered very preliminary rankings for the 2023-24 season [...]
Ramblings: Regular Season Ends; Penguins, Capitals, Ducks Make Changes (Apr 15)
The NHL’s regular season came to a close on Friday with two games that had been postponed earlier in the season. These two games provided the few fantasy teams still competing for something with one [...]
Ramblings: Toews Era Over In Chicago; Updates on Lehkonen and Landeskog; Playoffs for Forsling, Järnkrok, Skeji, Colton, and More – April 14
With the health issues that Jonathan Toews had suffered over the last few years, it is clear his play was declining faster than a normal aging curve would otherwise dictate. Chicago is in Year 1 [...]