The Vancouver Canucks have signed winger Daniel Sprong to a one-year contract worth $975,000. At age 27, Sprong already fits the definition of a journeyman, as the Canucks will be his sixth NHL team. Sprong has reached over 40 points and double-digit power-play points in back-to-back seasons despite averaging no more than 12 minutes of [...]
Welcome back to The Journey, where we track the development of prospects as they excel in junior, make the NHL, and push towards stardom. *** This week, we’re diving into players who have shown they can thrive on their current or past teams but could really hit new heights with better deployment. Let’s break it down and [...]
Light news day today, as it has been since after July 1. According to Elliotte Friedman, the Red Wings and Joe Veleno have settled, agreeing on a two-year contract worth $2.275 million per season. In his third full NHL season, Veleno finished with a career-high 28 points in 80 games. He has mainly been a [...]
Welcome back to another week of Analytics Advantage! This week we are going to be focusing on analyzing changes in Individual Points Percentage (IPP) for NHL players. We'll highlight some players who had impressive 23/24 season improvements and discuss their potential impact in the upcoming campaign. What is IPP?Individual Points Percentage (IPP) measures the percentage [...]
After a hiatus for a couple of weeks due to vacation I am returning this week to finish off the playoff coverage. In the previous articles we covered teams that were eliminated in the first two rounds and identified players who seemed like they were on the outs and those who were getting a bigger [...]
The Top 100 Roto Rankings have been updated for July following the free agent signings. We’re finally getting an idea of how rosters are shaping up for the upcoming season. As always, you can leave your feedback on the rankings to help make them more accurate for everyone. I’ll take the time to evaluate a [...]
In Tuesday’s Ramblings, I offered some guesses at players that I think will be undervalued when it comes draft time in September. They were more high-end options like Buffalo’s JJ Peterka, Columbus’s Kirill Marchenko, and Calgary’s Mackenzie Weegar. Today we’re going to dig deeper and look for values further down the list. As always, data [...]
With the playoffs over, it’s time for a poll I like to run this time every year. The gist is you vote on whether players whose production in the playoffs differed – in a good or bad way – from their 2023-24 regular season scoring rate, are going to score in 2024-25 at a rate [...]
Some quick news bits from the last few days. First, Evgeni Kuznetsov is in the process of having his contract with the Carolina Hurricanes terminated – quick article here on the background of that, assuming it does get finalized. Whether the actual legal part of the contract termination is a mutual termination or a buyout, [...]
Here are the top 100 goalies to own in your points-only dynasty leagues - July edition! But first, in just over three (3!) weeks from now, the 19th annual Fantasy Hockey Guide will be released. That's right, I've earned your trust for 19 years. You can pre-order your digital copy here, or for another $5 [...]
