Ramblings: Point and Kucherov Explode; Andersen, UPL, Fleury Shutouts; Byram in Buffalo (Mar 15)
If this is a fantasy playoff week for you, Brayden Point and Nikita Kucherov are doing everything possible to help you (or your opponent) win, even though the Lightning are playing only two games this [...]
Analytics Advantage: Ice Time and Fantasy Points From Shots, Hits, and Block
As the NHL season unfolds, fantasy hockey managers are on a perpetual quest for strategies that can give them the edge in their leagues. While the allure of goals, assists, and goaltending victories often dominates [...]
Capped: Hertl and Hanifin to Vegas; Toffoli to Winnipeg; Guentzel to Carolina
Welcome back my CapFriendlies! We were given a trade deadline gift this season as there was plenty of player movement up until the last minute before the deadline. Literally. I think a week removed, the [...]
Ramblings: Updates on Dunn, Zary, and Jeannot; Fantasy Playoff Schedules to Target – March 14
There was a lot of good injury news from Wednesday so let’s start with Calgary Flames forward Connor Zary. He was on the ice for an optional practice on Wednesday and given the team’s changes/injuries [...]
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Capped: Analyzing Trade Bait in Meier and Chychrun
Now that we’ve gotten through the NHL All-Star break, hockey is back and I couldn’t be happier. At this point in the season we start hearing more and more trade rumors surrounding potential rental players, [...]
Ramblings: Updates on Barkov and Duclair; Reviewing Preseason Predictions on Maccelli, Forsling, Chytil, Nashville, Fox, and More – February 9
As of Wednesday afternoon, the Florida Panthers were three points out of a playoff spot but had three more gamed played than Pittsburgh, the team in the final Wild Card slot. They were four points [...]
Injury Ward: Hughes; Couturier; Thompson; Barkov; Thomas & More
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 [...]
Goldipucks and the Three Skaters: Miro Heiskanen, Mikhail Sergachev & Filip Hronek
Welcome back to Goldipucks and the Three Skaters, a play on words of the Goldilocks and the Three Bears story. Instead of there being three bowls of porridge though, I cover three skaters and declare [...]
Ramblings: Cozens’ Extension; Seattle’s Depth; Colorado’s Injury Returns; My Trade for Iafallo & More (Feb 8)
Post-All-Star break the rest of the season comes up on us quickly. This isn’t the mid-way point of the year, it’s the two-thirds mark. The trade deadline is less than a month away, and coming [...]
Lining Up: New Roles for Beauvillier and Barzal; Eriksson Ek’s Power-Play Prowess
Welcome back to another edition of Lining Up. Following the All-Star weekend, we are going to take a look at how Anthony Beauvillier and Bo Horvat were deployed with their new teams and who might [...]