Only a couple games in the NHL last night as the schedule stills tries to find its balance. It does give a bit of chance for some research and looking at where we can help fantasy owners. Today I want to look at changing shot rates throughout the year. Shot rates are important for a [...]
Here are the Top 300 skaters to own in your points-only dynasty leagues - January edition! As always, players ranked between +/-5.0 rating points should be considered equal value and at that point become a matter of personal bias or team needs. Announcement: The 14th annual Midseason Fantasy Hockey Guide will be available for download [...]
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. Adam Henrique – [...]
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 [...]
We’re seeing the Covid protocol list grow again after it dipped following the Christmas break. A few high-profile names have been moved to the list of late, including Connor McDavid, Auston Matthews, Claude Giroux, Alex Tuch, Ivan Provorov, Sam Reinhart, Trevor Zegras, and many others. My best advice is to make sure your streamers are [...]
In this week’s Eastern Edge, we’ll discuss power-play situations for the Islanders, Capitals and Canadiens. This will be the first of two articles about power plays in the East and we’ll cover a few more teams next week. Anyone looking for some power-play data can head over to Frozen Tools. There are combinations, shots, percentages, [...]
Welcome back to another edition of Lining Up and a Happy New Year to everyone. This week we’re going to take a look at some more recent hot lines throughout the league. In particular, we’ll discuss the hottest even strength lines from the last week. Games and player status have still been in a state [...]
With just one game in the NHL last night, there really isn’t a whole lot to talk about, other than a bit of news. This is my first Ramblings of 2022 so I thought it would be a good chance to essentially build off my final Ramblings of 2021. That article covered some stats that [...]
Happy New Year to everyone! With this column, I will piggyback from Brennan Des’s Eastern Edge column from last week and focus on some players from each team for the regular season calendar year of 2021 and see if there are some interesting takeaways. Anaheim Ducks For the 2021 calendar year, Troy Terry led the [...]
Scoring is up in the first few games since Christmas, but that shouldn't have been much of a surprise. With numerous games postponed, many teams had at least a week off, which gave players the chance to rest up. It is almost like a new start to the season as players seem refreshed and full [...]
