After Friday’s six-pack of must-watch elimination games (with five resulting in the elimination of a team), Saturday’s pair of round-robin games may have seemed like a letdown for hockey fans looking to get their fix. Yet these games had playoff matchup implications, which made them worth checking out if you had the chance. In the [...]
What a week. It’s been a wild week, jammed pack with exciting hockey and a whole lot of drama. The hockey world has seemed to go topsy-turvy this week, with many of the play-in “underdogs” advancing to the official playoff season. What’s even more intriguing, is the landing spot for projected number one pick, Alexis [...]
How fun has this first week of hockey been since the return to action last Saturday? Thanks to the bubble setup we’ve had games staggered for practically the entire day, every day. I don’t know about you, but I had some doubts about the quality of hockey we would see, considering how long of a [...]
It was a hockey fan’s dream on Friday, as games started early and went well into the evening. These games saw multiple teams enter the 16-team playoffs (playoffs for sure now), while some surprise teams will be entering Monday’s lottery for the first overall pick. Teams that won their series on Friday: NY Islanders, Arizona, [...]
Happy end of the week to all the readers out there. Unless the COVID rock you have taken residence under is particularly large and obstructing you are aware that the NHL resumed action this week. I think that makes it a prime opportunity for your annual reminder that the Frozen Tools have you covered. Each [...]
I know I’ve written a few times about Kirby Dach already this postseason, but I want to write more about him. Why? Because hockey’s back and who cares. Remember back to the 2019 draft. Chicago got lucky to move up to three and likely surprised a few people by taking Dach. Not that it was [...]
Welcome back, I hope you’ve all been enjoying the non-stop hockey as much as I have. Who am I kidding, no one is enjoying this as much as I am! While you take a break either before the early start games, or in an intermission, here’s some reading material aimed at getting you to think [...]
Jesse Puljujarvi is heading back to Finland for next year. He has signed a one-year deal with Karpat of the Finnish Elite League. According to the press release, there is an out clause for the NHL, but who knows when the next NHL regular season will be. They’re hoping for December. Pulju had 53 points [...]
Welcome back to your monthly installment of Goldipucks and the Three Skaters, which, for new readers, is a play on words of the Goldilocks and the Three Bears story. Here though, instead of there being three bowls of porridge I cover three skaters and declare one too hot (i.e., doing unsustainably better than he should), [...]
Here are the top defensemen to own in your points-only keeper leagues - August edition! As always, players between +/-5.0 rating points of each other are pretty much the same value, and at that point become a matter of team need and/or personal bias. Not a lot has changed over the past month, as we [...]
