With the All-Star break complete, the Olympic break no longer a thing, and Covid seemingly on the decline - it’s pedal to the metal for the rest of the NHL season. That’s all good news for both season-long and daily fantasy. Despite that though, we’ve got a light slate in store for today with only [...]
I’ve had no shortage of topics to write about when it comes to the Edmonton Oilers this season. Whether it be the scoring exploits of Connor McDavid and Leon Draisaitl, the volatile goaltending situation, the controversial Evander Kane signing, and now the recent coaching change, there’s been plenty of storylines to unpack from a fantasy [...]
Welcome all to the second half of the NHL season, right now in most leagues the trade deadline is either approaching or passed. It’s now all about jockeying for playoff position, let’s dive in and try to swing a matchup or two in your favor this week. The Immediate Fix (Grab this guy and use him [...]
Last week we started looking at what I called the impacts of the All-Star Break. It really was less of an impact, but more of a look at trends over the first half versus the second half of the season. The biggest takeaways were that over the last two seasons Leon Draisaitl has been a [...]
The Oilers went ahead and fired Dave Tippett on Thursday, relieving him of his duties following their home loss to Chicago on Wednesday night. Not that it was a big surprise, but the Oilers are now on their fourth coach in four seasons, with Todd McLellan, Ken Hitchcock, Tippett, and now Jay Woodcroft all having [...]
The Edmonton Oilers did what all bad teams do: blame the coach. Dave Tippett was fired as coach of the Oilers on Thursday morning with Jay Woodcroft taking over in his place. The Oilers are, ostensibly, in their Cup window and have looked nothing short of average-to-bad for three months now. Whether the problem is [...]
In this week’s installment of Capped we’re going to be talking about goalies who are trending in the right direction. That could mean they’re playing well currently, it could mean that their overall team situation has improved, but in the end, it means that they carry some sort of fantasy relevance.These are just a few [...]
Tuukka Rask has retired from hockey. The hope for the Boston Bruins had been to have Jeremy Swayman and Linus Ullmark handle NHL duties while Rask healed from his hip surgery. Then, Rask would return, Swayman would be sent down, and the Bruins would have a heck of a one-two punch with Swayman as insurance. [...]
The hapless Canadiens fired their head coach just months after he was at the helm for a miracle run to the Stanley Cup Final. Even at the time of his interim hiring though, there were questions about how well Ducharme would fit in a head coaching role. Everything went right last year and he was [...]
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 Twitter @BrennanDeSouza. Josh Manson – [...]
