The readers who’ve read my Ramblings for at least a few years now, or followed me on social media, know that one thing I constantly harp on is cross-checking. The simple explanation is like this: there are hundreds of cross-checks every night in the NHL of varying levels of force, and only a handful will [...]
Here’s the latest injury news from across the NHL! If you’re looking for information about a specific player and don’t see their name in this article, there probably haven’t been any significant updates about their progress since our last article. If you ever need injury updates for a specific player, shoot me a message on Twitter @BrennanDeSouza. Jakob Chychrun – [...]
Welcome back to another edition of the Roos Lets Loose monthly mailbag, where I answer your fantasy hockey questions by giving advice that should be useful to all poolies even if they don’t own the specific players being discussed. As a reminder, if you want your fantasy hockey question(s) answered in the next mailbag, check [...]
The Ottawa Senators honoured Eugene Melnyk prior to last night’s game after Melnyk passed away on Monday. It was a nice tribute to their long-time owner, and his time in Ottawa will certainly never be forgotten. Ian Mendes put a lot of feeling and insight together to look back on Melnyk’s complicated legacy. You can [...]
Monday marked the beginning of an important week for most fantasy hockey leagues. Many leagues begin their playoffs this week, while playoff qualification and seeding may be on the line in other leagues. Either way, having a good showing this week could go a long way in securing your league’s fantasy hockey championship. So, in [...]
Welcome back to another edition of Lining Up. With the trade deadline passing last Monday, we now have some data from the week to see how recent acquisitions are adjusting to their new teams. This week will also examine a recent defensemen who has been filling big shoes and doing well with the new role [...]
The Ottawa Senators are an interesting team here down the stretch. They just got Drake Batherson back over the weekend, but Thomas Chabot looks to be out for the balance of the season. They may be getting some rookie reinforcements – more on that in a minute – but still have a bevy of depth [...]
This week we are going to look at each team in the West and compare hits, blocked shots, giveaways and takeaways as a whole and then see who leads the team in all those categories from the back end. I’ll try to find some potential 100 hits/100 blocked shots players that can be very valuable [...]
One of the more frustrating aspects of cap fantasy leagues is when one of your players signs a contract that is an overpayment as soon as it is signed. Most of these contracts are serviceable enough in your league, but any player making at least $10 million deserves a long look at whether they are [...]
With the Trade Deadline a week past, I’ve been paying attention to how the new players have been used on their new teams, and of course how that impacted the players already on those teams. You’ll see a few of those observations here. Let’s dig in… * First, my Islanders rant. I didn’t plan it, [...]
