Starting this month, as part of my NHL DFS column, I’m planning a Thursday feature that’s tentatively titled “What’s wrong with…(playoff teams),” and my first examination will be the Tampa Bay Lightning. No, they haven’t collapsed, they’re not tanking, they have no plans to enter the Connor Bedard sweepstakes - - in fact, not a [...]
Kris Letang missed Tuesday night’s game for Pittsburgh with what the team said was an illness. He wasn’t on the ice for practice on Wednesday and missing that kind of time with an illness made me think he had whatever is going on with Aleksander Barkov. Unfortunately, it seems a lot more serious than that: [...]
Here’s the latest injury news from across the NHL! If you’re looking for information about a specific player and don’t see their name in this article, there probably haven’t been any significant updates about their progress since our last article. If you ever need injury updates for a specific player, shoot me a message on [...]
In this week’s Eastern Edge, we’ll discuss how Charlie McAvoy’s return has affected Hampus Lindholm, the beginning of a breakout in Buffalo, and Filip (not that one) filling up the net. Hampus Lindholm Since Charlie McAvoy returned to the lineup on November 10th, Lindholm has posted five points in eight appearances. A closer look [...]
Fantasy hockey is kind of like poker in that bad luck is what you tend to remember, while good fortune you often take for granted. Let’s face facts – right now on most fantasy teams there are as many, if not more, players who are defying expectations in a good way versus bad. At the [...]
Boston continued their hot start and extended their home-win record last night with a win over the Lightning. Taylor Hall scored twice in the game, which was actually a surprise for me to see because he has been down on the third line for the past few games (and is only on the second power [...]
Welcome to another edition of Lining Up. This week will examine more promising deployment situations, whether it be lining up with top-tier stud at even strength or joining a lethal power-play unit. Don’t forget to check out the NHL Line Change Tracker over at Frozen Tools to see who is seeing the greatest change in [...]
This edition is a few days late, and I will endeavour not to let that happen again. Sometimes life gets in the way though, and these things do happen, so I appreciate your patience in waiting for the update. * There is always a lot of fluctuation when it comes to goalies. Linus Ullmark is [...]
As we close out November, I’ll start with a review of the Vancouver Canucks’ resurgence. After an 0-5-2 start that had fans - and his boss Jim Rutherford - calling for Bruce Boudreau to win OR ELSE, the team is quietly 9-5-1, actually one of the best records in the west over that span. So, [...]
Likely the biggest story surrounding the Minnesota Wild heading into this season was the anticipated performances from Matt Boldy and Marco Rossi. With the team so cap-strung thanks to the buyouts of Zach Parise and Ryan Suter, and losing Kevin Fiala as a result, they needed these young potential stars to step up in a [...]
