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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DFS Saturday: Showdown Time
Sad times for NHL DFS as in all likelihood the days of multiple games on a single slate are over. I’d expect the two Conference Final series to alternate days, giving us one game per [...]
Ramblings: Avs Move On, Marchand Surgery, Down in Flames, Power-Play Time (May 28)
Well, that was quite an ending to the sixth game of Colorado/St. Louis. Just when you were about to get up to go to the fridge for a refill or another snack in anticipation of [...]
Frozen Tool Forensics: Most Valuable Defensemen
This week we are finishing up our most valuable skater series. We have already touched on centers, left wings, and right wings and those articles can be viewed here. So now we are on to [...]
Ramblings: Carolina’s Home Dominance Continues; Minnesota’s Future in Addison and Rossi; Buffalo’s Goaltending – May 27
The Carolina Hurricanes had the run of play in Game 5 and skated out with a 3-1 win over the New York Rangers to take a 3-2 series lead. Igor Shesterkin had a very solid [...]
Bets and Props: Carolina’s Home-Ice Dominance and Draisaitl’s Elite Production
After how these two series got started, who would have thought that the New York Rangers would be heading back to Carolina with a 2-2 series tie? Or that the Edmonton Oilers would have the [...]
DFS Thursday: Markstrom and the Flames to Rebound
We are looking at what could be the last two-game slate of the season on tap for Thursday. We know the Carolina-New York series will make it to the weekend, but an Edmonton win tonight [...]