Lining Up: Way-Too-Early Line Combinations in the Western Conference
Welcome back to another edition of Lining Up. Continuing with the theme from last week, we will now turn to the Western Conference and examine way-too-early line combinations from the preseason so far. With a [...]
Ramblings: Zegras Signs; Training Camp Notes; Mock Drafting and Values for DeBrincat, Dubois, Eriksson Ek, Nurse, and More – October 3
Another day, another slew of training camp notes: Anaheim has signed RFA forward Trevor Zegras for three years with an AAV of $5.75M.The Leafs announced defenceman Conor Timmins has some sort of significant lower-body injury [...]
Wild West: Western Conference Only – Forward Tiers
Now that we have tiered the goalies and defensemen for the West, it is time to move on to the forwards. There are a lot more forwards than defense, so we will focus on just [...]
Top 10 Potential First-Time 70-Point Forwards for 2023-24
One of my favorite things to do each preseason is to try to figure out which players have a shot of reaching 70 points for the first time in their careers. Some of these players [...]
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Breakout Threshold (BT) – Using Career Games Played to Determine Breakout Potential
Co-written by Mat Porter *Usually posted in the Fantasy Guide, but moving forward the Fantasy Guide will link here for reference. Order the Fantasy Guide here. Back in 1997, in a fourth-year university Mathematics class [...]
Capped: Reviewing The Rookie Class, Including Seider And Caufield
First and foremost, I must give the Colorado Avalanche a shout out for winning the Stanley Cup. Some like to say that they had an easier path than some other cup champions in years prior, [...]
Ramblings: Reviewing Colorado’s Season, Including Nichushkin, Newhook, Byram, And More – June 30
The 2022 NHL Entry Draft is just around the corner - a week away - meaning there is no time like the present to get caught up on all the prospects fantasy owners need to [...]
Fantasy Take: Fiala Moved to LA
The Los Angeles Kings have acquired left wing Kevin Fiala from the Minnesota Wild for defenseman prospect Brock Faber and a first-round pick (No. 19) in the 2022 NHL Draft. Fiala is coming off a [...]
Fantasy Mailbag: Jack and Quinn Hughes, Chabot vs. McAvoy, High SH%, Keeping Goalies, Connor, Letang, Hedman & More
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 [...]
Ramblings: Johansen’s Impending Regression; McCann v Gourde; Fantasy League Commissioner Tips (June 29)
I was looking into Ryan Johansen’s FrozenTools page for an entirely unrelated reason, and noticed that he may be the poster-boy for regression entering next season. He tied the second-highest point-pace of his career despite [...]