Fantasy Hockey Poll: Connor Bedard’s Biggest Calder Competition
As has become tradition, my first poll after the start of the regular season is one where you get to choose the Calder Trophy finalists. Of course, this season is a bit different, in that [...]
Ramblings: Dallas’ Schedule; Heiskanen v L. Hughes; Arizona’s Skaters; Ryan O’Reilly’s 1000th game & More (Nov 1)
Hoping everyone had a safe and fun Halloween. There were only two games on the light NHL schedule, which is uncommon for a Tuesday. The rest of the week still sees your usually stacked Thursday [...]
Eastern Edge: Buy Low or Sell High on Larkin, DeBrincat, Kuznetsov, and Bratt
In this week’s Eastern Edge, we’ll run through observations from October, uncovering a few buy-low/sell-high options in the process. Barzal’s Bombardment Prior to this season, Barzal was considered a pass-first player. Over his six years [...]
Lining Up: Unique Opportunity for Carlsson; Top Line Raymond; Matt Roy’s Peripherals, and More
Welcome back to another edition of Lining Up! With three weeks of the season already gone, the next few columns will examine each team and highlight some noteworthy line combinations for your roster. It is [...]
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Ramblings: Looking for Improvements from Kaliyev, Carrier, Merkley, Hague, and Others – September 15
My Ramblings on Tuesday discussed four player that had breakout seasons in 2021-22 and whether the breakout was a one-off, is repeatable, or if there is decline in the offing. This is the last week [...]
Top 50 Fantasy Prospect Defensemen – September 2022
Here are the Top 50 prospect defensemen to own in your points-only dynasty leagues - September edition! First, if you haven't done so already, pick up the 17th annual Fantasy Hockey Guide here! Fully updated, [...]
Goldipucks and the Three Skaters: Cale Makar, Nikita Kucherov & Aleksander Barkov
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: Draft Notes on the Top 100 Players by ADP (Sept 14)
In the last bit of the NHL offseason before we start to get real news, real lines, and actual games I figured I would do a preliminary run-through of all of the top-100 players of [...]
Eastern Edge: Inflated ADPs for Giroux, DeAngelo, and Bennett
In this week’s Eastern Edge, we’ll discuss a few players to avoid because of their high ADPs (average draft positions) in upcoming fantasy drafts. Keep in mind, Yahoo’s ADPs aren’t the most accurate at this [...]
Western Conference Outlook – Part 1
Just as the Eastern Conference saw many teams add key players over the off-season, the Western half of the NHL isn’t looking like the same 16 teams that started out last season. 2021 saw the [...]