Analytics Advantage: Shooting Percentage, Expected Goals, and Over/Underperformance
In fantasy hockey, player evaluation increasingly relies on a blend of traditional and advanced metrics. Among these, Shooting Percentage (SH%) and Individual Expected Goals (ixG) stand out for their ability to provide a deeper understanding [...]
Capped: Mark Stone, the Tampa Bay Lightning, and the Long-Term Injured Reserve
Welcome back my CapFriendlies! Stop me if you’ve heard this before, but last week Mark Stone was put onto long term injured reserve. This sparked a discussion in my main fantasy league’s chat and of [...]
Ramblings: Updates on Seider and Norris; Tanev Traded; Declines for Ekblad, Ekholm, Doughty, and More – February 29
There was some concern that Detroit defenceman Moritz Seider might miss time after blocking a shot on Tuesday night, but Ted Kulfan reports that Seider is just fine after getting X-rays completed that came back [...]
Fantasy Take: Chris Tanev Becomes a Star
The Calgary Flames shipped out Chris Tanev to the Dallas Stars, possibly opening the floodgates on the rental defenceman market around the NHL. For a sought-after right-shot defenceman, it is surprising that they weren’t able [...]
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Tuesday Game Picks: Carolina Can Crush Caps; Hamilton’s Shooting Prowess
We are back with another Tuesday edition of Game Picks, where we give out a Gold, Silver, and Bronze selection every Tuesday during the NHL season. For Valentine’s Day, the NHL is gifting us a [...]
Eastern Edge: Injury Rebounds From Palat, Lundell, Rielly, and More
In this week’s Eastern Edge, we’ll look at recent production from players who’ve missed time with injury this season. Ondrej Palat A groin injury kept the 31-year-old forward sidelined from late October to early January. [...]
Lining Up: Bromance Between Kempe and Byfield, Carrier and Kessel, and Palat and Hischier
Welcome back to another edition of Lining Up. This week in honour of Valentine’s Day, let’s look at some of the longest running line combination love affairs around the league. We will also examine some [...]
Ramblings: Updates on DeBrusk, Forsberg, Tomasino, Makar, and Steel; Svechnikov, Kopitar, Oettinger, Hayes, Hanifin, and More – February 14
Though Boston had to deal with injuries earlier in the season, they easily overcame those and have largely been healthy since. That ended when Jake DeBrusk was injured in the Winter Classic and was set [...]
Wild West: The Best and Worst Player Values per Team in the West
This week we are going to go through each team in the Western Conference and see which player on each roster has the most value per their contract and which player has the least. Some [...]
Top 10 Younger Players to Trade for in Keeper Leagues
While the goal of fantasy hockey is always to win a championship, many fantasy GMs won't be competing any time soon as they are just starting or in the middle of a rebuild.Many keeper leagues [...]