Back in August we used this article posted on June 30th, 2022 to identify a few potential breakout candidates for 2025-26. The summary is that there tends to be a game count by which players start to break out. In this case, “breakout” is defined as a 25 percent year-over-year increase. What they found is [...]
News out of the World Championships as Canada and the USA were facing off in the quarter-final. Canada (and Edmonton Oilers) defenceman Evan Bouchard took a high hit from Team USA defenceman Ryan Lindgren which forced Bouchard to leave the game. Lindgren was assessed a 5-minute major and was ejected from the contest. The rules [...]
The Carolina Hurricanes took stranglehold on their Eastern Conference Final matchup with the Montreal Canadiens thanks to a 4-0 win on Wednesday night. It gives them a 3-1 series lead with a chance to close things out on Friday night back in Raleigh. As the Hurricanes did for Game 2 and Game 3, they were [...]
With the draft lottery in the recent past now, the world championships underway, and the Stanley Cup final nearly upon us, there aren’t many eyes already turned to July first. However, as I always try to publish in the spring, I have my final list of projected annual cap hits for each of the top [...]
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 specific players being discussed. As a reminder, if you want your fantasy hockey question(s) answered in the next mailbag, check [...]
The Colorado Avalanche iced the best lineup they could on paper, with Nathan MacKinnon in the lineup, and Mackenzie Blackwood in net. Unfortunately though, Valeri Nichushkin was still out. Mackinnon played over 22 minutes which wasn’t out of line with his usual ice time. Meanwhile Blackwood and his big contract got the start for the [...]
Welcome fantasy managers to another edition of the Eastern Edge. This week we’ll dive into the Eastern Conference Final between the Montreal Canadiens and Carolina Hurricanes while also tapping into the Habs prospect pool to take a closer look at KHL rookie of the year nominee Alexander Zharovsky as well as University of Michigan standout [...]
With Dustin Wolf’s extension kicking in for the purposes of the salary cap rankings now that we have flipped over to the 2026-27 season, we have a new top-dog. Two seasons ago, Jakub Dobes was the Habs’ number-four goalie, and was on hardly anyone’s fantasy radar. Now, at 24 years old, he is the undisputed [...]
Andrei Svechnikov fired home Carolina’s third goal on their 38th shot of the night to lift the Hurricanes to a 3-2 overtime win on Monday night, giving the ‘Canes a 2-1 series lead. Carolina had another dominant defensive performance, holding Montreal to just 12 shots on goal in over 74 minutes of game time, and [...]
Happy Monday y’all! I was out of town checking in on my pops last week so one of our goalie gurus, Garrett Finlay, filled in for me. Cheers, brother! After Vegas took a shocking 3-0 series lead by taking two in Colorado and a dramatic comeback last night, they’ll look to punch their third ticket [...]
