Eastern Edge: New (Old) Islanders Lines; Malkin/Crosby United; Jack Hughes’s Start
Welcome to another edition of the Eastern Edge — coming to you from the Dominican Republic. The family and I are on vacation but that hasn’t stopped the East from changing shape. Let’s break down [...]
Ramblings: Barkov Returns and Immediately Produces; Monahan Continues Rolling; Lehkonen Update; Early Fantasy Concerns – October 29
Connor McDavid got tripped early in Edmonton’s game in Columbus on Monday night. It was probably a penalty, but it wasn’t called, and things got even worse for the Oilers from there. He was seen [...]
Flying Under-The-Radar: The Top-10 Fantasy Targets With Sneaky-Good Value
The NHL is absolutely buzzing right now with no shortage of tantalizing storylines and fantasy angles to cover. At this point in the season, fantasy GMs off to slow starts will instinctively scramble to the [...]
The Wild West – Selling High
We are going to look at some sell-high candidates from the Western Conference. I’m going to look at shooting percentage, PDO and 5on5 shooting percentage (5on5%). It’s not that some of these players won’t get [...]
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Frozen Tools Forensics: Multi-Cat Defencemen Including Tanev, Nurse, Trouba, and More
This week we are finishing our little mini-series on multi-cat players. Last week we looked at at forwards, and today we turn our attention to defensemen. For the purposes of this article we are mainly [...]
Ramblings: Hughes Injury; The Case For, and Against, Drafting Eichel, Schenn, Hagel, Bjorkstrand, and Others – September 13
The New Jersey Devils said yesterday that defenceman Luke Hughes suffered an offseason shoulder injury but does not require surgery. However, he is still expected to miss 6-8 weeks with the injury. That timeline of [...]
Free 2024-25 Box Pools
Free hockey pool player boxes, for those who would like to run simple pools at the office... Every year in April (for the NHL playoffs) and to kick off September (for the regular season) I [...]
Analytics Advantage: Defencemen and Annual Fantasy Points Per Game
Welcome back to Analytics Advantage! With draft season just around the corner, it’s the perfect time to sharpen your strategy. This week, we’re zooming in on defensemen, focusing on their Fantasy Points Per Game (FPPG) [...]
Ramblings: The Case For, and Against, Drafting Hughes, Dobson, Faber, and Harley – September 12
Max Pacioretty has agreed to a professional tryout with the Toronto Maple Leafs. Achilles problems have led to Pacioretty playing just 52 games across the last two seasons, and he produced just seven goals in [...]
Goaliepucks and the Three Netminders: Jake Oettinger, Andrei Vasilevskiy & Ukko-Pekka Lukkonnen
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 [...]