Analytics Advantage: Demystifying and Using PDO to Find Fantasy Value
PDO is a key metric for evaluating player performance and is often used to measure luck or variance. While PDO can regress towards a league average, suggesting predictability, its interpretation requires caution. A high or [...]
Capped: Checking in on the Bedard-Fantilli-Carlsson Triumvirate
Welcome back my Salary Cap-friendlies! Last week we talked about all things goaltending, so this week I thought it would be good to go into a little rookie-check in. It’s like in your first year [...]
Ramblings: Canucks Scorers; Newhook; Stutzle; Large Dynasty Trades; Mintyukov & More (Nov 17)
Coming into last night’s games, the Vancouver Canucks trio of Quinn Hughes, Elias Pettersson, and J.T. Miller was tied for the league lead in scoring, with 26 points each. I’m not sure if that has [...]
Ramblings: Updates on Tuch, Thompson, Holloway, and Välimäki; Early-Season Goal Rates – November 16
It has not been the start to the season Buffalo wanted (7-8-1) and the injuries are starting to rack up. It started before the season with the Achilles injury to winger Jack Quinn and has [...]
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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 [...]