Eastern Edge: Solid Seasons from Non-Playoff Performers Konecny, Suzuki, Raymond, and More
When it comes to mastering your fantasy hockey roster and dominating your league, sometimes you need to look back to get ahead. Such is the case with some of the underrated x-factor-type players that can [...]
Goldipucks and the Three Skaters: Kaprizov, Matheson & Hischier
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: Sharks Take Home Lottery Win; Reichel Signs; Round Two Picks & More (May 8)
The NHL’s draft lottery yesterday was anti-climactic, with the San Jose Sharks winning the first overall selection, and the Chicago Blackhawks winning the second overall pick – exactly where they were slotted before the lottery. [...]
Fantasy Take: Green Hired to Coach Ottawa Senators
With the Ottawa Senators firing head coach DJ Smith in December and moving Jacques Martin into that role, the search for a new head coach effectively started before Christmas. With so much turnover in that [...]
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Frozen Tool Forensics: Most Valuable Fantasy Hockey Centers
We won’t be covering the NHL playoffs blow by blow in this column, though we will touch on teams a bit as they get knocked out in each round. For this week, and for several [...]
Analytics Advantage: The Western Conference Playoff Teams
Welcome back to the follow up to last week’s article, with this week being about the West and what they bring to the table. We are about 2-3 games into each series, and it is [...]
Ramblings: Tkachuk Leads Cats; Vlasic Extended; Anaheim’s Season and Mintyukov, Vatrano, Gibson, and More – April 26
Chicago has signed defenceman Alex Vlasic to a six-year deal with an AAV of $4.6M per season. I wrote about him yesterday when discussing the Blackhawks so read that for more on him. In [...]
Ramblings: Updates on Pesce and Bennett; Boston’s Power Play Powers Play; Chicago’s Season Including, Kurashev, Korchinski, and Mrazek – April 25
It was announced that Carolina defenceman Brett Pesce is likely to miss the first round of the playoffs. Carolina has a 2-0 series lead and has been in command of the game, if not the [...]
Fantasy Hockey Mailbag: Faber, Byram, Theodore, Buchnevich, Draft Strategies, Stamkos, Werenski, Batherson, Dobson & More
Welcome back to another edition of the Roos Lets Loose monthly mailbag, where I answer your fantasy hockey questions by giving advice that should be useful to all poolies even if they don’t own the [...]
Ramblings: Game Two Thoughts and Highlights; Ruff Returns; Injury Notes from Meier and Demko & More (Apr 24)
The Rangers have been the better team thus far, but the Capitals are hanging around and still haven’t lost at home yet. With the makeup of their team, the Capitals really need to get the [...]