Analytics Advantage: Demystifying and Using PDO to Find Fantasy Value
PDO is a key metric for evaluating player performance and is often used to measure luck or variance. While PDO can regress towards a league average, suggesting predictability, its interpretation requires caution. A high or [...]
Capped: Checking in on the Bedard-Fantilli-Carlsson Triumvirate
Welcome back my Salary Cap-friendlies! Last week we talked about all things goaltending, so this week I thought it would be good to go into a little rookie-check in. It’s like in your first year [...]
Ramblings: Canucks Scorers; Newhook; Stutzle; Large Dynasty Trades; Mintyukov & More (Nov 17)
Coming into last night’s games, the Vancouver Canucks trio of Quinn Hughes, Elias Pettersson, and J.T. Miller was tied for the league lead in scoring, with 26 points each. I’m not sure if that has [...]
Ramblings: Updates on Tuch, Thompson, Holloway, and Välimäki; Early-Season Goal Rates – November 16
It has not been the start to the season Buffalo wanted (7-8-1) and the injuries are starting to rack up. It started before the season with the Achilles injury to winger Jack Quinn and has [...]
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Goldipucks and the Three Skaters: Adam Fox, Nikolaj Ehlers & Mika Zibanejad
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: Getzlaf Retiring; Laughton & Byram Return form Concussions & Managing the Rest of the Fantasy Schedule (Apr 6)
Ryan Getzlaf is planning to retire at the end of the season. He had an excellent start to the year, propped up by some high percentages, but as the campaign has progressed it does appear [...]
Eastern Edge: Underperformers and Hot Streaks For Fantasy Playoffs, Including Bobrovsky and Haula
In this week’s Eastern Edge, we’ll look at widely rostered players who have underperformed in the past month (since March 1st). We’ve reached a point of the fantasy campaign where name-value becomes meaningless, and loyalty [...]
Lining Up: Players With Strong Schedules for Fantasy Playoffs, Including Haula, Thomas, and Johansen
Welcome back to another edition of Lining Up. Every league should now be in playoff time as we approach the final few weeks of the season. This iteration of the column will examine recent hot [...]
Ramblings: Updates on Kyrou and Byram; Muzzin Nearly Ready; Ice Time Changes in March – April 5
After missing a couple games due to illness, Jordan Kyrou was back in the lineup for St. Louis on Monday night. This is a big deal for the Blues because while they have good forward [...]
Wild West: Early Trade Effects by Team
It has been two weeks since the trade deadline in the NHL and that is enough time to see how and where new players have been allocated on their new teams and how new teams [...]