Looking Ahead: Finding Fiala

Looking Ahead: Finding Fiala

By |2020-02-23T14:09:48-05:00February 21st, 2020|Looking Ahead|

All fantasy owners need help in the short term AND the long term. The Looking Ahead feature identifies one player to plug into lineups in the short term, a second to invest in for the long term, a third to bench for the coming week, and a fourth who will struggle to meet expectations for [...]

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Ramblings: Explaining the Draisaitl Hat Trick, Vasilevskiy Streak Ends, Vilardi Makes Immediate Impact (Feb 21)

By |2020-02-21T01:58:49-05:00February 21st, 2020|Hockey Rambling|

If you’ve been on the Frozen Tools Report Generator over the past few days, you might have noticed a new report called “Draisaitl Hat Tricks.” If you don’t follow me on Twitter, then you might be asking what on earth a Leon Draisaitl hat trick would be. That’s what I’m here to explain. You know [...]

Top 100 Keeper League Goalies – February 2020

By |2020-02-28T09:13:13-05:00February 20th, 2020|Hockey Rankings|

  Here are the Top 100 goaltenders to own in your points-only keeper leagues - February edition! Just because I'm so late with the Prospects Ranking (coming soon - still vetting all teams) doesn't mean I need to be late with this one. So here it is, on the 20th. The full Top 100 list [...]

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Capped: Prediction model for free agents

By |2020-02-20T11:07:43-05:00February 20th, 2020|Capped|

This week’s Capped column is going to be a slightly different format. Down below will be a list on all of my model predictions for the projected cap hits of the 2020 free agent crop. In 2017, I started trying to model salaries, to some moderate level of success, but by 2018 it had grown [...]

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Ramblings: Johnsson update; Martinez to Vegas; Malgin to Toronto; Athanasiou; Terry – February 20

By |2020-02-19T22:20:08-05:00February 20th, 2020|Hockey Rambling|

The Leafs announced winger Andreas Johnsson will be out for the rest of the season with a knee surgery. The timeline is officially six months, so I guess if the Leafs were somehow to get to the Cup Final and Johnsson were a few weeks ahead of schedule, maybe he comes back. In all likelihood, [...]

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Fantasy Impact: Alec Martinez to the Golden Knights

By |2020-02-19T16:00:13-05:00February 19th, 2020|Fantasy Take - Latest NHL Moves|

Wednesday afternoon saw the trading bonanza continue as the Vegas Golden Knights procured the services of veteran defender, Alec Martinez from the LA Kings in exchange for 2020 and 2021 second-round selections.   The Golden Knights get: A former offensive defender to play on the left-side who brings all sorts of experience. Martinez is a two-time [...]

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Injury Ward: Kuemper, Rantanen, Grubauer, Hronek, Couture, DeAngelo, Boeser, & Shesterkin

By |2020-02-19T15:34:09-05:00February 19th, 2020|Injury Ward|

  Here’s this week’s latest in the injury world. If you don’t see a certain player below, there probably haven’t been any major developments in their progress. Once there is a significant update, I’ll be sure to have it for you on Twitter @BrennanDeSouza!   Ondrej Kase – He sat out of a game against the Sabres [...]

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Forum Buzz: Hronek’s Upside, Vrana’s Breakout, DeAngelo, Kubalik, & Giroux

By |2020-02-19T11:43:12-05:00February 19th, 2020|Roos Lets Loose|

Welcome back to Forum Buzz, where I peruse the DobberHockey Forums and weigh in on very active, heavily debated, or otherwise relevant threads from the past month, reminding everyone how great of a resource the Forums are. Pretty much anything might be covered, other than trades and signings, which usually will get their own separate [...]

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Ramblings: Trade Season is Upon Us, Toffoli, Suzuki, Bjorkstrand, Dahlin, & Ehlers (Feb. 19)

By |2020-02-18T23:52:40-05:00February 18th, 2020|Hockey Rambling|

Apparently, GMs didn’t get the memo that Trade Deadline isn’t for another five days. Because once the ball got rolling with the Islanders overpaying for Andy Greene on the weekend, the momentum has spread throughout the league. On Tuesday alone, we saw four different trades. Let’s take a quick look at their fantasy relevance. New [...]

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Eastern Edge: Using the remaining schedule to your advantage

By |2020-02-18T18:14:49-05:00February 18th, 2020|Eastern Edge|

In this week’s Eastern Edge, we’ll focus on fantasy playoff schedules. I created a few tables to help you visualize your fantasy lineup over the next few weeks. In addition, I tried to share some advice on who to target and who to drop as you prepare for your championship run.   In this first [...]

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