The Los Angeles Kings have acquired left wing Kevin Fiala from the Minnesota Wild for defenseman prospect Brock Faber and a first-round pick (No. 19) in the 2022 NHL Draft. Fiala is coming off a career-best 1.04 PTS/GP (85 PTS), where he was particularly strong in the second half (56 PTS in 44 GP). That’s [...]
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 specific players being discussed. As a reminder, if you want your fantasy hockey question(s) answered in the next mailbag, check [...]
I was looking into Ryan Johansen’s FrozenTools page for an entirely unrelated reason, and noticed that he may be the poster-boy for regression entering next season. He tied the second-highest point-pace of his career despite seeing his ice time drop for the third straight season. Diving in deeper it looks bad no matter what numbers [...]
This week’s Eastern Edge is the sixth and final part of a series looking at how players performed in new surroundings this season. We’ll discuss players that joined new teams ahead of the 2021-2022 regular season, as well as those that were traded during the campaign. The prior editions of this series can be viewed [...]
As an extension of our earlier article ‘Analytics – What to Use for Fantasy Hockey and Why’, we go over a couple of important analytics charts that are provided in our Frozen Tools section. First, we’ll pull the summary “Advanced Stats” report for 2021-22. A team was selected at random, in this case – Detroit. [...]
Timothy Liljegren has signed a two-year extension with the Toronto Maple Leafs, locking him up for his age-23 and age-24 seasons. Liljegren is coming off his first full-ish season with the Leafs, totalling 23 points in 61 games. The terms of the deal are here: https://twitter.com/sunhornby/status/1541439342983495681 For the fantasy game, there could be some very [...]
The Chicago Blackhawks have hired former NHL defenseman Luke Richardson as their new Head Coach. Richardson was a big (6-4, 210 pounds), tough stay-at-home defenseman who played 1417 career NHL games and compiled 2055 penalty minutes. He works his players hard, but is also a player’s coach in the sense that he does things such [...]
The Minnesota Wild had their best-ever regular season with 113 points on 53 wins in 2021-22. It wasn’t enough as they lost in the first round for the sixth time in the last six times they’ve been in the playoffs. GM and Coach Bill Guerin was named GM of the Wild in August of 2019 [...]
Never be surprised by dumb decisions a GM will make. That goes for both the NHL and your fantasy league. NHL GMs love to overspend on the free-agent market in an effort to show their bosses and the fans that they are committed to improving the team. To do so, they'll often overlook a player's [...]
The Fantasy Prospects Report was released on June 14! If you didn’t pick it up, you can do so here. The NHL Draft is just a week and a half away! Unrestricted Free Agency opens July 13 and the NHL Entry Draft is July 7. * Congrats to the Avalanche – this year’s Cup Champs! [...]
