Ramblings: Isles and Bolts Stave, Sergachev Surprise Return, Leafs in Trouble, Johnston OT Hero (Apr 28)
Playoff pucks again… Saturday featured four more games as the first round continues. Islanders 3, Hurricanes 2, 2 OT (Hurricanes lead series 3-1) The Islanders staved off elimination on Saturday, avoiding a sweep with a [...]
The Journey: Early Playoff Impacts From the 2020 Draft Class
Welcome back to The Journey, where we track the development of prospects as they excel in junior, make the NHL, and push towards stardom. *** Zooming in on players aged 25 and younger, here is [...]
Ramblings: DeSmith Steps Up, Ovechkin Struggles, Hyman Hot, Hellebuyck Not (Apr 27)
It’s all playoff pucks today. I’ll use that term because it was the name of the very first fantasy hockey article that I wrote way back in 2006 for a website that no longer exists. [...]
Frozen Tool Forensics: Most Valuable Fantasy Hockey Centers
We won’t be covering the NHL playoffs blow by blow in this column, though we will touch on teams a bit as they get knocked out in each round. For this week, and for several [...]
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Ramblings: Canes, Bruins, Take Game 1; Nylander Out Game 1; Drouin Out Round 1 (Apr 21)
After being away from the Ramblings for over a week, I’m back today. Big thanks to Brennan, Alex, and Mike for each taking on a day in my absence. What I’ve been up to during [...]
The Journey: Calder Storylines Beyond the Big Three
Welcome back to The Journey, where we track the development of prospects as they excel in junior, make the NHL, and push towards stardom. *** Now that the regular season has concluded and we are [...]
Ramblings: Updates on Letang, Dobson, and Ekblad; Playoff Thoughts on Each Series – April 20
The NHL Playoffs are here! We have two games today with the New York Islanders in Carolina at 5PM ET and then Toronto is in Boston at 8PM ET. Tomorrow is a four-day game when [...]
Experts Panel: 2023-24 Playoff Round 1 Predictions
The puck is about to drop on the Stanley Cup Playoffs! As is the case every season, the panel is weighing in with predictions for each of the eight playoff series, the Stanley Cup finalists [...]
Analytics Advantage: The Eastern Conference Playoff Teams
Now that the regular season has ended, the entire Analytics Advantage style is going to be revamped for the playoffs. Firstly, I would like to thank everyone who took a moment of their time to [...]
Frozen Tool Forensics: Breakout Threshold Roundup
Back in August we spent some time digging into players that might have been positioned to break out based on their 2022-23 seasons. Now that NHL action is essentially wrapped (writing this on Thursday, April [...]