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 [...]
Ramblings: Updates on Pesce and Bennett; Boston’s Power Play Powers Play; Chicago’s Season Including, Kurashev, Korchinski, and Mrazek – April 25
It was announced that Carolina defenceman Brett Pesce is likely to miss the first round of the playoffs. Carolina has a 2-0 series lead and has been in command of the game, if not the [...]
Fantasy Hockey Mailbag: Faber, Byram, Theodore, Buchnevich, Draft Strategies, Stamkos, Werenski, Batherson, Dobson & More
Welcome back to another edition of the Roos Lets Loose monthly mailbag, where I answer your fantasy hockey questions by giving advice that should be useful to all poolies even if they don’t own the [...]
Ramblings: Game Two Thoughts and Highlights; Ruff Returns; Injury Notes from Meier and Demko & More (Apr 24)
The Rangers have been the better team thus far, but the Capitals are hanging around and still haven’t lost at home yet. With the makeup of their team, the Capitals really need to get the [...]
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The Journey: Avoiding the Ad Populum Fallacy in Fantasy Hockey
Welcome back to The Journey, where we track the development of prospects as they excel in junior, make the NHL, and push towards stardom. In theory, fantasy sports are all about numbers. But emotions and [...]
Saturday’s Props: Take the Over After Marathon Game
I’m writing this introduction Friday morning, since my Thursday - Saturday schedule means it’s the same series, and wow! Yes, I was awake through 2 am (Eastern) this morning, so the first coffee had limited [...]
DFS Saturday: Considerations for Game 2, Including Goaltending
As expected, we are down to just one game per day, or less, for the remainder of the NHL playoffs. Don’t fret though, as the fantasy sites have a format for this occasion and will [...]
Ramblings: Knights Win Game 1 of WCF, Dubas Era Over in TO, Frost, Maccelli (May 20)
Game 1 of the Western Conference Final also needed overtime to be decided, although it didn’t take nearly as long as Game 1 of the Eastern Conference Final. Golden Knights 4, Stars 3 OT (Golden [...]
Frozen Tools Forensics: Round 2 Exits
The week we are headed for the third of four playoff series articles. Now that the second round is wrapped let’s dig into our newest eliminated teams. As a quick reminder, the teams that went [...]
Ramblings: Panthers Win Quadruple Overtime Opener, Disappointing Goalies (May 19)
Only one game was officially on the schedule on Thursday, but if you stayed up late enough you got to watch the equivalent of over two games. Yes, it was the longest game of the [...]