Yes, as the title suggests, today’s Ramblings will mainly focus on goalies. But I need to get a few other things out of the way first. - It was a slow news day on Saturday. The only semi-noteworthy signing was Brendan Perlini signing a one-year, two-way contract with the Oilers. Perlini was drafted in the [...]
Welcome back to The Journey, where we follow hockey prospects and their paths to the NHL, providing fantasy predictions and analysis along the way. In this week’s edition, I wanted to focus on a tournament that is always worth watching when attempting to gauge the year’s draft-eligibles: the Hlinka-Gretzky Cup. The tournament features under-18 players [...]
Darnell Nurse landed the big one on Friday, signing an eight-year contract worth $74 million ($9.25 million cap hit), to start in 2022-23. Nurse is now 26, so this contract will expire when he is 35. Like many long-term deals, it may not look pretty at the end. But Nurse is a critical part of [...]
It is the end of the work week so I want to take some time to talk about one of my favourite topics in hockey: defencemen, particularly younger defencemen. The game of hockey, specifically in the NHL, has changed enormously over the last decade. With that change has come an evolution of the blue liners [...]
One of the few dominoes left in free agency was the final destination of former Montreal forward Tomas Tatar. He was in a very weird spot where he was healthy scratched for most of the playoffs in favour of players like Paul Byron (who just had major hip surgery), Jake Evans (who could play centre), [...]
Sometimes when I need inspiration for these Ramblings, I go through our Frozen Tools to look for players that may be of interest to the readers. Generally, this is through our most-viewed tool which can help us identify who is a popular player at any given moment. However, I also dig into some other of [...]
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 [...]
I'm back from a week "off" after the birth of my first daughter. She's happy, healthy, and completely overwhelming. Lack of sleep and baby brain are a real thing here, and as a result I haven't been able to really get much time for hockey or for my thoughts over the last two weeks; and [...]
In this week’s Eastern Edge, we’ll discuss the fantasy impact of recent free agent signings. We’ll focus on Mike Hoffman in particular, but I’ll also share a few quick thoughts on Erik Haula and Keith Yandle. Mike Hoffman Hoffman signed a three-year deal with the Canadiens, which comes with an average annual value (AAV) of [...]
Here are the top 120 defensemen to own in your points-only dynasty leagues - August edition! The free agents have signed and the 2021 draftees are in. Adjustments have been made, but these are all via eyeballing it. As I put together the Fantasy Guide, I go over each and every player with a fine-tooth [...]
