Ramblings: Swayman Saves the Day; Oilers Remain Alive; Early 2024 Draft Thoughts (May 15)
I would have thought that Valeri Nichushkin’s suspension (discussed by Cliffy yesterday) would have made room in the lineup for another black-ace scorer on the wing in Nikolai Kovalenko. Kovalenko put up excellent numbers in [...]
Eastern Edge: Fantasy Breakouts Looming for Benson, Knies, Marchenko, and Hughes
Last week’s iteration of Eastern Edge featured a retrospective into some of the best under-the-radar fantasy hockey performances of the previous regular season from players on non-playoff teams. As mentioned, sometimes in the fantasy game [...]
Ramblings: Soucy and Nichushkin Suspended; Reviewing Calgary’s Season, Including Kadri, Pospisil, Huberdeau, Weegar, Andersson, and More – May 14
The NHL announced Carson Soucy is suspended one game for his cross-check on Connor McDavid on Sunday night while Nikita Zadorov got a $5000 fine for another cross-check on McDavid a split-second before the Soucy [...]
Fading Assets: Top 10 Players Who’ve Hurt Their Fantasy Value This Postseason
Regardless of what series you’re talking about, all teams remaining in the playoffs clearly have talented rosters with fantasy-relevant pieces up-and-down their lineups. However, just like with any team sport and a prolonged postseason push, [...]
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Goldipucks and the Three Skaters: Kaprizov, Matheson & Hischier
Welcome back to Goldipucks and the Three Skaters, a play on words of the Goldilocks and the Three Bears story. Instead of there being three bowls of porridge though, I cover three skaters and declare [...]
Ramblings: Sharks Take Home Lottery Win; Reichel Signs; Round Two Picks & More (May 8)
The NHL’s draft lottery yesterday was anti-climactic, with the San Jose Sharks winning the first overall selection, and the Chicago Blackhawks winning the second overall pick – exactly where they were slotted before the lottery. [...]
Fantasy Take: Green Hired to Coach Ottawa Senators
With the Ottawa Senators firing head coach DJ Smith in December and moving Jacques Martin into that role, the search for a new head coach effectively started before Christmas. With so much turnover in that [...]
Ramblings: Casey and Sandin-Pelikka Sign; Bowness Retires; Reviewing the Seasons of Keller, Schmaltz, Cooley, Durzi, Ingram, and Others – May 7
Winnipeg Jets head coach Rick Bowness announced his retirement on Monday. Bowness was Winnipeg’s coach for these last two seasons, leading them to the playoffs twice. He had a Cup Final run with Dallas in [...]
Stars On The Rise: Top-10 Players Who Have Boosted Their Fantasy Value This Postseason
In the fantasy hockey world, it’s never too early to look ahead at draft season to start pondering and plotting moves to get a leg up on other GMs who might be slacking. Digging into [...]
Wild West: 2024-2025 Salary Cap Space Preview
This week, we will look at the salary cap space for each team in the West and look at the UFAs leaving and the RFAs who need to be re-signed. From the surface, it feels [...]