Ramblings: Updates on Backstrom and Drysdale; Boldy and Spurgeon; Biro Scores Twice; Early Line Combinations – November 2
Two big pieces of news came down on Wednesday though neither are directly related to this fantasy season. Kind of. First off, Nicklas Backstrom announced he’s stepping away from the team for injury reasons, which [...]
Injury Ward: Gibson, Hall, Makar, Laine, OEL, Boldy & More
Here's the latest injury news from across the NHL! If you're looking for information about a certain player and don't see their name in this article, there probably haven't been any significant updates about their [...]
Fantasy Hockey Poll: Connor Bedard’s Biggest Calder Competition
As has become tradition, my first poll after the start of the regular season is one where you get to choose the Calder Trophy finalists. Of course, this season is a bit different, in that [...]
Ramblings: Dallas’ Schedule; Heiskanen v L. Hughes; Arizona’s Skaters; Ryan O’Reilly’s 1000th game & More (Nov 1)
Hoping everyone had a safe and fun Halloween. There were only two games on the light NHL schedule, which is uncommon for a Tuesday. The rest of the week still sees your usually stacked Thursday [...]
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The Journey: Assessing Early Hot/Cold Streaks from Vilardi, Guenther, Tomasino, Mittelstadt, Shaw, & More
Welcome back to The Journey, where we follow hockey prospects and their paths to the NHL, providing fantasy predictions and analysis along the way. This week, we will scan for intriguing outliers in terms of [...]
DFS Saturday: Stacking Against the Road-Weary Sabres
As the calendar flips to November the first month of the NHL season is in the books. How about some early fantasy MVP’s? Well of course Connor McDavid leads the way but that’s a surprise [...]
Ramblings: Finnish Finishers; Top NHL Scorers in Horvat, Karlsson, Olofsson & More (Nov 5)
Happy weekend! I’m covering for Ian Saturday and Sunday, so you get an extra dose of Alex this week. * The Avalanche and Blue Jackets kicked off their weekend double header yesterday, with both games [...]
Looking Ahead: Steer Clear of Elvis and the Blue Jackets Next Week
Whether or not we all want to admit it, if you’re in more than one fantasy league, there’s always one league that you likely give favor to. It might be like picking between children, but [...]
Frozen Tool Forensics: Early-Season Changes in Deployment
In this Frozen Tools column we love to keep an eye on deployment, it has become a bit of a theme of the articles over the years. Getting access to top-six minutes and top power-play [...]
Ramblings: Kuzmenko Hat Trick; Hot Horvat, EK65, Lindholm; Cold Binnington, O’Reilly, Teravainen (Oct 4)
Cam Talbot made his season and Senators debut on Thursday, although it wasn’t planned that way. Anton Forsberg was given the hook after allowing five goals on 19 shots. Forsberg has allowed at least four [...]