With the All-Star break now in our rear-view mirrors, it’s time to focus ahead towards the trade deadline and the subsequent home stretch of the season. We are quickly approaching the time where you as an owner need to decide whether you are a contender or a pretender. For those of you in keeper leagues, [...]
Thatcher Demko spoiled the fun for the 50 percent (or more) of the Vancouver crowd that was cheering for the Leafs on Saturday. Demko made a career-high 51 saves in stealing a 3-2 Canucks win over Toronto. Since Bruce Boudreau took over, Demko has a sparkling .936 SV% to go with an 11-4-1 record and [...]
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’ll jump around doing some quick hits—brief observations about prospects from a range of leagues who are worthy of note. First off, four NCAA defencemen have incredibly high PNHLe [...]
Even though we’ve only been apart for a couple weeks in terms of the Saturday picks lineups, it feels like we’ve missed almost a month’s worth of action when it comes to the happenings in the NHL. All-Star Game festivities, multiple coach firings, retirements, suspensions - you name it, the hockey world has seen it [...]
With the All-Star break complete, the Olympic break no longer a thing, and Covid seemingly on the decline - it’s pedal to the metal for the rest of the NHL season. That’s all good news for both season-long and daily fantasy. Despite that though, we’ve got a light slate in store for today with only [...]
I’ve had no shortage of topics to write about when it comes to the Edmonton Oilers this season. Whether it be the scoring exploits of Connor McDavid and Leon Draisaitl, the volatile goaltending situation, the controversial Evander Kane signing, and now the recent coaching change, there’s been plenty of storylines to unpack from a fantasy [...]
Welcome all to the second half of the NHL season, right now in most leagues the trade deadline is either approaching or passed. It’s now all about jockeying for playoff position, let’s dive in and try to swing a matchup or two in your favor this week. The Immediate Fix (Grab this guy and use him [...]
Last week we started looking at what I called the impacts of the All-Star Break. It really was less of an impact, but more of a look at trends over the first half versus the second half of the season. The biggest takeaways were that over the last two seasons Leon Draisaitl has been a [...]
The Oilers went ahead and fired Dave Tippett on Thursday, relieving him of his duties following their home loss to Chicago on Wednesday night. Not that it was a big surprise, but the Oilers are now on their fourth coach in four seasons, with Todd McLellan, Ken Hitchcock, Tippett, and now Jay Woodcroft all having [...]
The Edmonton Oilers did what all bad teams do: blame the coach. Dave Tippett was fired as coach of the Oilers on Thursday morning with Jay Woodcroft taking over in his place. The Oilers are, ostensibly, in their Cup window and have looked nothing short of average-to-bad for three months now. Whether the problem is [...]
