I wanted to take the time to highlight some of the work our writers, podcasters, and editors have been doing around the site of late. Of course, there needs to be a mention of our Prospects Report. Dobber and our prospect team put in thousands of combined hours of scouting, writing, and editing to put [...]
It’s hard to start off with anything but the protests occurring across the sports world. Being from Canada some may feel that I shouldn’t be putting my voice out here, but every voice does matter – and on that note Canada isn’t perfect either. The Milwaukee Bucks took the latest step with plenty of players [...]
In light of the NBA and WNBA players deciding not to play their playoff games, the MLS cancelling games, MLB teams like Seattle and Milwaukee deciding not to play, Kenny Smith walking off the NBA on TNT set, and Naomi Osaka pulling out of her tennis tournament, the NHL had a 70-some word statement before [...]
In this week’s Eastern Edge, I’ll highlight fantasy takeaways from a couple of teams that were eliminated during the first round of this year’s playoffs. Let me know your thoughts in the comments or shoot me a message on Twitter @BrennanDeSouza! Montreal Canadiens These playoffs seemed to accelerate Nick Suzuki’s evolution into a superstar. [...]
The big news on Tuesday was Kasperi Kapanen being traded back to Pittsburgh, the team that originally drafted him, for Pittsburgh’s 2020 first-round pick (15th overall). There were other pieces on both sides, and Cam had the full breakdown of the trade here. I have the Ramblings tomorrow so I’m going to dive into it [...]
On Tuesday morning, the Toronto Maple Leafs traded Kasperi Kapanen, Jesper Lindgren and Pontus Aberg to the Pittsburgh Penguins in exchange for Filip Hallander, Evan Rodrigues, David Warsofsky and the 15th overall selection in the 2020 NHL Entry Draft. The Penguins Receive: A 24-year-old, speed-driven winger in Kapanen who the team knows well. In [...]
The Isles took care of business in the opener of their second-round series against the Flyers. Semyon Varlamov posted a 29-save shutout and New York was able to get three past Carter Hart (and one into an empty net). The game wasn't that far out of reach, as the Flyers out-attempted NYI 63-47. However, the [...]
Playoff Western Leaders Goals – 6 – Bo Horvat – Vancouver, Denis Gurianov – Dallas, Joe Pavelski – Dallas, Nathan Mackinnon – Colorado, Nazem Kadri - Colorado Assists – 10 – Nathan Mackinnon – Colorado, Miro Heiskanen - Dallas Points – 16 – Nathan Mackinnon - Colorado PPP – 8 – Elias Pettersson - Vancouver [...]
One of the easiest ways to tell if a player is going to break out is to look at the percentage of time he starts in the offensive zone versus the defensive zone. Two types of players get a ton of offensive zone starts: Elite offensive players, and those that are awful on defense. Most [...]
You may have noticed that a lot of European prospects who may or may not have been playing in the AHL or CHL, are being “loaned” to various European Leagues over the past few days. NHL teams are giving their prospects the extra ice time and game experience in the leagues that are opening up [...]
