Lining Up: Important Lineup Notes for the First Week Including DeAngelo, Chabot, Howden, and Donato
Welcome back to another edition of Lining Up and Happy-Start-Of-Hockey Day! With the NHL kicking the season off tonight, today will focus on teams updating the notes from last two Lining Up articles for teams [...]
15 Fearless Forecasts for the 2023-24 NHL Season
I don’t normally dwell on how my prior season’s Fearless Forecasts fared, admittedly because usually far fewer actually pan out versus those that don’t. But as can be seen from my May recap column, I [...]
Ramblings: Extensions for Dahlin, Scheifele, and Hellebuyck; Roster Cuts; 10 Reasonable Fantasy Takes for the 2023-24 Season – October 10
The NHL regular season starts today and thank you to everyone who has been reading through the offseason/training camp. Some days can turn into slogs but we’ve had a lot of positive feedback from both [...]
Wild West: Western Conference Only – Top Rookies by Team
This year, because it is such a deep crop of rookies, I’m going to list the top rookies by team in the Western Conference. Some of these players could start the year in the minors [...]
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Ramblings: Recapping Free Agency, Including Gaudreau, Copp, Mikheyev, Burns, and More – July 14
While we didn’t have a couple of the big dominoes fall on the first day of free agency, namely Evgeni Malkin and Ondrej Palat, there were lots of signings with significant fantasy impact to discuss. [...]
Fantasy Take: Palat Signs With Devils
The New Jersey Devils have signed winger Ondrej Palat to a five-year contract worth $6 million per season. Palat had a down regular season by his standards, scoring 49 points (18 G, 31 A) in [...]
Fantasy Take: Strome Flies to Anaheim
The Anaheim Ducks have signed center Ryan Strome to a five-year contract with a $5 million cap hit. A former fifth overall pick (2011), Strome’s career didn’t start to pick up until the Rangers signed [...]
Fantasy Take: Capitals Acquire Connor Brown
The Washington Capitals have acquired Connor Brown from the Ottawa Senators for a second-round pick in 2024. Brown scored 39 points (10 G, 29 A) in 64 games for the Sens in 2021-22. He’s been [...]
Fantasy Take: Columbus the Surprise Winner of Johnny Hockey
The Columbus Blue Jackets have signed winger Johnny Gaudreau to a seven-year contract with an AAV of $9.75 million. Whoa. Philadelphia, New Jersey, and Long Island were believed to be Gaudreau’s preferred destinations after he [...]
Fantasy Take: Vegas Dumps Pacioretty, Carolina Offers Him A Rose
The biggest shocker of Free Agent Frenzy had nothing to do with free agents, or at least not directly. It was the trade of Max Pacioretty and Dylan Coghlan to Carolina in exchange for future [...]