Ramblings: Canucks Advance with an Arty Party, Hanifin Goal Keeps Vegas Alive (May 4)
There were two games of playoff pucks on Friday. Vancouver advances to the second round, while Nashville’s season comes to an end. Meanwhile, Vegas forces a winner-take-all Game 7 with Dallas on Sunday. Canucks 1, [...]
Frozen Tools Forensics: Most Valuable Fantasy Hockey Right Wingers
We will return to the playoffs once the first round is concluded, but for this week we are moving on with part two of our Most Valuable series. Last week we reviewed the center position [...]
Ramblings: Leafs Force Game 7, Masterton Nominees, Hellebuyck, Dubois (May 3)
Only one game of playoff pucks on Thursday… and it was quite the night for Leafs fans. Maple Leafs 2, Bruins 1 (series tied 3-3) Maybe losing Auston Matthews was what the Leafs needed to [...]
Analytics Advantage: The Florida Panthers, New York Rangers, Carolina Hurricanes, and Colorado Avalanche Advance in the Playoffs
As we are heading to the end of round one with a couple of series left, let’s take some time to analyze some of the series which have already concluded. We will be going over [...]
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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 [...]
Analytics Advantage: The Western Conference Playoff Teams
Welcome back to the follow up to last week’s article, with this week being about the West and what they bring to the table. We are about 2-3 games into each series, and it is [...]
Ramblings: Tkachuk Leads Cats; Vlasic Extended; Anaheim’s Season and Mintyukov, Vatrano, Gibson, and More – April 26
Chicago has signed defenceman Alex Vlasic to a six-year deal with an AAV of $4.6M per season. I wrote about him yesterday when discussing the Blackhawks so read that for more on him. In [...]
Ramblings: Updates on Pesce and Bennett; Boston’s Power Play Powers Play; Chicago’s Season Including, Kurashev, Korchinski, and Mrazek – April 25
It was announced that Carolina defenceman Brett Pesce is likely to miss the first round of the playoffs. Carolina has a 2-0 series lead and has been in command of the game, if not the [...]
Fantasy Hockey Mailbag: Faber, Byram, Theodore, Buchnevich, Draft Strategies, Stamkos, Werenski, Batherson, Dobson & 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: Game Two Thoughts and Highlights; Ruff Returns; Injury Notes from Meier and Demko & More (Apr 24)
The Rangers have been the better team thus far, but the Capitals are hanging around and still haven’t lost at home yet. With the makeup of their team, the Capitals really need to get the [...]