Frozen Tools Forensics: Top-20 rookies, part 2
This week we will focus on the top ten in our two-part at the top 20 rookies for 2019-2020. As of writing this column we still have all of our part one rookies still up with the NHL teams (Joel Persson was injured in the Oilers pre-season game and we’re unsure of the severity [...]
Ramblings: News on Frost, Farabee, Patrick; cuts and injuries; summarizing the Western Conference
It was a busy day for the Philadelphia Flyers. Morgan Frost was sent down so he will not be starting the year with the team, but Joel Farabee is still with the club. They're not officially down to 23 players yet and have a road trip to Europe coming, so it's not a guarantee [...]
Capped: Explaining player rankings for cap leagues
Happy Thursday everyone, and what a fine day it is. The cap rankings were posted yesterday, and from here on out they should be smooth sailing through the season – likely updated every two months. You can find them here. I summed up my initial thoughts on the project in an article from back [...]
Ramblings: Flames extend Tkachuk; summarizing the Eastern Conference – September 26
The Calgary Flames have come to terms to a three-year bridge deal with RFA winger Matthew Tkachuk. He comes in at $7M annually, making Brayden Point’s contract look like even more of a steal. Anyway, the Flames still have some work to do with their cap, but it looks like all their pieces are [...]
Fantasy Mailbag: Matthews vs Pastrnak, Keller, Giordano, Wheeler, & Varlamov
Time to empty the mailbag one last time before the puck drops on the 2019-20 campaign. As usual, I’ll maintain the goal of giving thorough enough responses while at the same time providing useful fantasy advice and food for thought to other readers, even if they don’t own the player(s) which happen to be [...]