Ramblings: Markstrom and Dubois Traded; Hronek’s Extension; Thoughts on Ehlers, Larkin, Couturier, Hertl, and More – June 20
On Tuesday, Vancouver extended defenceman Filip Hronek for eight years at $7.25M. While that might seem like a big number, as a percentage of the cap in 2024-25, that works out to just over 8%, [...]
Fantasy Take: Kings and Capitals Swap Kuemper for Dubois
Unlike the Jacob Markstrom to New Jersey trade that had been teased for months if not a year, this bombshell came out of nowhere. https://twitter.com/PierreVLeBrun/status/1803502883041898781 The Capitals are taking on some huge term, banking [...]
Fantasy Take: Flames Finally Make a Markstrom Deal With the Devils
The New Jersey Devils acquired Jacob Markstrom (salary 31.25% retained), and he will now form a tandem next year with Jake Allen. This is a /significant/ improvement over the options from last season. The return [...]
Fantasy Hockey Poll: Scoring Increase Streaks
It’s time for another of my annual offseason polls. This one focuses on players who have seen their scoring pace rise for three or more consecutive seasons, or who’ve played a total of only three [...]
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The Journey: 2024 Playoff Standouts
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’ll be taking over this column from Ben Gehrels who has left [...]
Top 100 Roto Rankings: June 2024
Some changes have been made for the June Roto Rankings, particularly in the later rankings and on defense. The stat categories for the Roto Rankings are as follows: Goals, Assists, Special Teams Points, Shots on [...]
Ramblings: Kakko, Chatfield Signings; Caps Buy CapFriendly; Arguments Against Zero G (June 15)
In case you missed it, the Rangers have signed Kaapo Kakko to a “prove it” one-year, $2.4 million contract. Kakko will still be an RFA (with arbitration rights) after this contract. The former second overall [...]
Top 50 Fantasy Prospect Defensemen – June 2024
Here are the top 50 prospect defensemen to own in your points-only dynasty leagues - June edition! Due to my recent hospital stint, I was unable to post these lists in March, April nor May. [...]
Frozen Tool Forensics: Most (and Least) Valuable Fantasy Hockey Goalies
We are back this week to finish our MVP series. We have completed reviews for centers, right and left wingers, and defensemen. Today we will be moving on to goalies. The process will be much [...]
Ramblings: Offseason Options for Buffalo, Utah, Tampa Bay, Vegas, and Montreal – June 14
I have spent the offseason reviewing the fantasy seasons of non-playoff teams. This covered the San Jose Sharks, the Chicago Blackhawks, the Anaheim Ducks, the Columbus Blue Jackets, the Montreal Canadiens, the Arizona Coyotes (now [...]