Ramblings: Florida Advances; Hakstol Fired; Reviewing Columbus’s Season, Including Gaudreau, Fantilli, Voronkov, Jiřiček, and More – April 30
The finalists for the Vezina Trophy were announced on Monday. In no particular order, Vancouver’s Thatcher Demko, Winnipeg’s Connor Hellebuyck, and Florida’s Sergei Bobrovsky were all voted as the top-3 goalies this season. The winner [...]
The Good, The Bad, The Ugly: Top 10 Surprising Postseason Performances So Far
The pursuit of the Stanley Cup over the course of a six-to-eight-week onslaught of intense hockey action tends to reveal the best - and worst - of NHL players. Springtime puck can take an NHLer’s [...]
Wild West: Western Team Salary Cap Values
Not every NHL team gets good value for the salary that they give out. With a salary cap of $83.5 million for every team, some teams get their roster playing to a value of $90-100 [...]
Ramblings: Comeback Canucks; Nosediving Jets; Rangers Sweep Capitals (Apr 29)
Avalanche 5, Jets 1 (Colorado leads 3-1) A dominant performance on Sunday gave Colorado a commanding 3-1 lead in their first-round series against Winnipeg. The Avalanche were led by a hat trick from Valeri Nichushkin, who [...]
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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 [...]
Ramblings: Seguin and Arvidsson Return; Larkin Not Far Behind; Improvements for Ehlers, Cooley, Jarvis, and More – March 21
Tyler Seguin returned to the Dallas Stars lineup on Wednesday night with his team hosting Arizona. Seguin had missed 11 games with a lower-body injury, an injury that resulted in Logan Stankoven getting recalled. This [...]
Injury Ward: Where’s the Beef?
Welcome to the newest edition of the Injury Ward. Here you will find the latest NHL injury updates and also which players may benefit from these situations. My name is Blake Creamer and I will [...]