Ramblings: Updates on Barzal, DeBrincat, Kartye, and Markstrom; Hedman’s 1000 Games – December 5
After missing Saturday’s game due to illness, Mathew Barzal was back at Islanders practice on Monday, skating in his usual spot on the top line. It seems as if he should be good to go [...]
Wild West: Deep Dive into Even-Strength Lines and Defensive Pairings in the West
This week, using Frozen Tools Report Generator 3 and a report titled EV Line Production (which is available to Patreon Members), we are going to look at lines at regular strength and see what lines [...]
Top 10 Players Exceeding Expectations
All too often, the focus in fantasy hockey is on the big-name players. But it's often the lesser-known players that can give your team that extra little boost in your quest for a championship. You [...]
Ramblings: Winnesota Wild; Penguins’ Power Play; Finding Value in San Jose (Dec 4)
John Hynes remains undefeated as head coach of the Wild, with Sunday’s 4-1 win over Chicago marking his third-straight victory. The sample size is miniscule, but Minnesota hasn’t allowed more than one goal in a [...]
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Capped: Rookie Performances from Beniers, Addison, and McTavish
Every year NHL teams have the young players emerge while on their entry-level deals to become effective contributors for their respective squad. This year is not different, there is no shortage of excellent rookie players [...]
Looking Ahead: Rasmus Sandin’s Upgrade; Cozens Getting Comfortable; Oshie’s Injuries
We’re at the American Thanksgiving mark of the season and I think this is a good benchmark of who’s who and who is for real in the NHL. It’s also a good point to look [...]
Top 200 Cap League Skater Rankings – November 2022
New rankings are updated below, and there are some fun movers due to new contracts, early season results, and a few other minor edits. The Injury to Aaron Ekblad has bumped up both Brandon Montour [...]
Frozen Tool Forensics: Future Performance Based on Early Performance
As fans and writers, we sometimes like to pick arbitrary times as opportunities to look back or to group sets of games. For instance, the All-Star break is often used as a halfway point and [...]
Ramblings: Scoring Chance Contributions from Hughes, Hintz, Stone, Dellandrea, Konecny, Necas, and Others – November 25
There is a lot of data to sift through in the fantasy hockey realm. Just perusing our Frozen Tools alone can have someone lost for hours, creating their own reports and parameters to see who [...]
Ramblings: Kochetkov Extension; Returns for Jones, Tarasenko, and Girard; Ekblad Ek-splodes; Happy Thanksgiving – November 24
One thing that had plagued the Carolina Hurricanes for years was a lack of steady goaltending. That has changed in recent seasons with the additions of Antti Raanta and Frederik Andersen. Both of those guys [...]