Fantasy Take: Berube Fired by the Blues
Let’s get the first thing out of the way here with the Blues relieving Craig Berube of Head Coaching duties and appointing Drew Bannister as interim HC: This is a flawed roster, and it was [...]
Goldipucks and the Three Skaters: Dobson, Matthews & Stutzle
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: Shesterkin’s Struggles; Korpisalo; Crouse; Waiver Fill-Ins & More (Dec 13)
Halfway through the Leafs/Rangers game I had one of my league-mates ask me what was wrong with Igor Shesterkin. Coincidentally I own Shesterkin in that league. Or perhaps it wasn’t and he was fishing to [...]
Eastern Edge: Fantilli’s Promising Role; Samsonov’s Net; Copp’s New Usage, and More
Another wild week of NHL and fantasy hockey action results in an equally uptempo version of the latest edition of Eastern Edge. This week we’re taking a look into a number of different fantasy-relevant situations [...]
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Fantasy Take: Fiala Moved to LA
The Los Angeles Kings have acquired left wing Kevin Fiala from the Minnesota Wild for defenseman prospect Brock Faber and a first-round pick (No. 19) in the 2022 NHL Draft. Fiala is coming off a [...]
Fantasy Mailbag: Jack and Quinn Hughes, Chabot vs. McAvoy, High SH%, Keeping Goalies, Connor, Letang, Hedman & 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: Johansen’s Impending Regression; McCann v Gourde; Fantasy League Commissioner Tips (June 29)
I was looking into Ryan Johansen’s FrozenTools page for an entirely unrelated reason, and noticed that he may be the poster-boy for regression entering next season. He tied the second-highest point-pace of his career despite [...]
Eastern Edge: First Seasons In New Locales, Including Rakell And Mrazek
This week’s Eastern Edge is the sixth and final part of a series looking at how players performed in new surroundings this season. We’ll discuss players that joined new teams ahead of the 2021-2022 regular [...]
Advanced Metrics: How to Read the Charts
As an extension of our earlier article ‘Analytics – What to Use for Fantasy Hockey and Why’, we go over a couple of important analytics charts that are provided in our Frozen Tools section. First, [...]
Ramblings: Contracts for Liljegren and Kiersted; Point, Colton, Hedman, Cirelli, and More on Tampa – June 28
Timothy Liljegren has signed a two-year extension with the Toronto Maple Leafs, locking him up for his age-23 and age-24 seasons. Liljegren is coming off his first full-ish season with the Leafs, totalling 23 points [...]