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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Frozen Tool Forensics: Riding the Goalie Carousel Part 2
This week we are finishing out the journey around the league’s goaltenders. For a full list of all of the offseason moves and their fantasy impacts take a look here. As a brief reminder of [...]
Ramblings: Kakko, Joseph, Bear Sign Extensions; Breaking Down Tkachuk/Huberdeau in Fantasy (July 29)
Kaapo Kakko has signed a two-year extension with the Rangers with an average annual value of $2.1 million. Kakko finished the 2021-22 season with 18 points in 43 games, which would have been a 34-point [...]
Capped: More Signings Discussion, Including Niederreiter and Dubois
Like the last couple of weeks, this week will be centered around free agents that have signed new contracts, whether they signed with a new team or their previous team they are eligible to be [...]
Ramblings: Thoughts on Norris, Sharangovich, Tolvanen, and Hagel – July 28
The Sophomore Slump is something we’re all familiar with. That a young player might struggle in their second year in a pro sports league is a notion that intuitively makes sense – teams and players [...]
Fantasy Hockey Poll: Playoff Scoring Barometers
It’s usually sound advice to not put too much stock on a skater’s performance during the Stanley Cup playoffs, what with it being a smaller sample size plus games being played under conditions less similar [...]
Ramblings: How to Manage Goalies in Various Leagues (Jul 27)
Goalies can be so tough to manage and predict year to year. It has gotten to the point that I will not invest heavily in a goaltender, because the ones like Andrei Vasilevskiy and Igor [...]