The landscape of this NHL season is constantly changing and this week has been quite dramatic. With so many teams losing players and games, COVID is wreaking havoc on both real and fantasy lineups. This week on Frozen Tool Forensics, we are going to try to get a handle on what has changed over the [...]
The Immediate Fix (Grab this guy and use him for the next several days)Eeli Tolvanen, LW/RW, Nashville Predators (Available in 96% of ESPN leagues, 44% Fantrax, 73% Yahoo) – Okay so let’s face it, COVID is not fun to talk about. We’re going on year two and a half (or there about) of the COVID [...]
It’s been a fun week for your fantasy team, hasn’t it? At least no games were postponed today (not including ones that were previously), although it’s debatable as to whether certain games should have been played with undermanned rosters. Normally we try to help you dominate your week, but these uncertain times mean that it [...]
With Christmas fewer than two weeks away I thought it was a good time to toss in a quick two part series on team’s wish lists. I’ll take a look at prospective deadline buyers and identify current needs of each. I will also look at some deadline sellers so we can see what might become [...]
Here are the Top 50 prospect defensemen to own in your points-only dynasty leagues – December edition! Click on a player name to be taken to his DobberProspects scouting page for more information about him. Players ranked within +/- 5.0 of each other should be considered equal value and at that point become a matter [...]
Well, the COVID issues in the NHL just keep ramping up. There have already been a plethora of issues this year, between shutdowns in Ottawa and New York, and last reports were approaching 20% of the league in protocols this year. Just being a sports writer over the last two years, it’s an eerie vibe [...]
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 last week’s article. If you ever need injury updates for a specific player, shoot me a message on Twitter @BrennanDeSouza. John Gibson – [...]
If your fantasy team has been ravaged by injuries, you might appreciate the December version of the Roto Rankings. There might be a record number of players hitting our injured list, meaning that they are removed from the rankings for the duration of their injury. Simply put, injury timelines are not definitive, even if there [...]
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 one too hot (i.e., doing unsustainably better than he should), another too cold (i.e., doing unsustainably worse), and a third [...]
Well the latest wave of Covid is running through the NHL, and we have already seen a number of players, teams, and games affected. We’re not out of the woods yet, and this season may end up being just as bumpy as last year when all is said and done. This is the kind of [...]
