Fantasy Take: San Jose Sharks Acquire Jake Walman; Detroit Makes Room for More Moves, Younger Players
One thing that the Detroit Red Wings assuredly had on their agenda for the offseason was to clear some cap space. If there is something that the San Jose Sharks assuredly wanted to do in [...]
Eastern Edge: Ullmark to Ottawa, Swayman’s Value in Boston, and Markström in New Jersey
For a moment, cast away team allegiances, previous franchise bias, or any preconceived hate toward teams that made into the Stanley Cup Playoffs over others: the past two weeks of NHL action have been nothing [...]
Ramblings: Panthers Win Game 7 and First Franchise Stanley Cup; Ullmark Traded; Playoff Observations of Lafrenière, Holloway, Lohrei, and More – June 25
Sam Reinhart’s 10th goal of the postseason proved to be the difference as the Florida Panthers captured the first Stanley Cup in franchise history thanks to a 2-1 win in Game 7. Reinhart ripped a [...]
Fantasy Take: Ullmark to Ottawa; Korpisalo to Boston
Stanley Cup Final. Game 7. Fans watching with bated breath as puck drop approaches. All eyes are on Edmonton and Florida, on Linus Ullmark and Joonas Korpisalo – I mean Stuart Skinner and Sergei Bobrovsky. [...]
UPCOMING GAMES
Starting Goalies
Top Skater Views
Top Goalie Profile Views
LINE COMBOS
Frozen Tools Forensics: Analyzing 2023-24’s Most Consistent Skaters
There are a couple of more playoff related topics that we are going to hit in this column, but they need to wait until the finals have wrapped up. In the meantime, let’s return to [...]
Ramblings: McDavid for Conn Smythe, Nedeljkovic Signed, Possible Values of Players That Could Be Traded (Jun 21)
Well, we have a Stanley Cup Final series now. There’s no way the Panthers wanted to make the long trek back to Edmonton for another crack at winning the cup. The good news for Florida [...]
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 [...]