Ramblings: Swayman Saves the Day; Oilers Remain Alive; Early 2024 Draft Thoughts (May 15)
I would have thought that Valeri Nichushkin’s suspension (discussed by Cliffy yesterday) would have made room in the lineup for another black-ace scorer on the wing in Nikolai Kovalenko. Kovalenko put up excellent numbers in [...]
Eastern Edge: Fantasy Breakouts Looming for Benson, Knies, Marchenko, and Hughes
Last week’s iteration of Eastern Edge featured a retrospective into some of the best under-the-radar fantasy hockey performances of the previous regular season from players on non-playoff teams. As mentioned, sometimes in the fantasy game [...]
Ramblings: Soucy and Nichushkin Suspended; Reviewing Calgary’s Season, Including Kadri, Pospisil, Huberdeau, Weegar, Andersson, and More – May 14
The NHL announced Carson Soucy is suspended one game for his cross-check on Connor McDavid on Sunday night while Nikita Zadorov got a $5000 fine for another cross-check on McDavid a split-second before the Soucy [...]
Fading Assets: Top 10 Players Who’ve Hurt Their Fantasy Value This Postseason
Regardless of what series you’re talking about, all teams remaining in the playoffs clearly have talented rosters with fantasy-relevant pieces up-and-down their lineups. However, just like with any team sport and a prolonged postseason push, [...]
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15 Fearless Forecasts for the 2023-24 Season – Results and Lessons Learned
Although it’s not even been seven months, it feels like a lot longer since the puck dropped on 2023-24. With the regular season having come to an end, it’s time for housekeeping in the form [...]
Ramblings: Stamkos’ Situation; Calder Finalists; Canes Advance; Leafs Live On & More (May 1)
One of my friends asked me if I thought Steven Stamkos was going to retire. To me it seems like a ridiculous notion, but I can see where that discourse has come from. For a [...]
Eastern Edge: One Burning Question for Each Eastern Conference Club Still Standing
Depending on the timing of when you’re taking in this article, the second round of the Eastern Conference playoff picture could already be crystal clear. For what is supposed to be the most intense and [...]
Ramblings: Florida Advances; Hakstol Fired; Reviewing Columbus’s Season, Including Gaudreau, Fantilli, Voronkov, Jiřiček, and More – April 30
The finalists for the Vezina Trophy were announced on Monday. In no particular order, Vancouver’s Thatcher Demko, Winnipeg’s Connor Hellebuyck, and Florida’s Sergei Bobrovsky were all voted as the top-3 goalies this season. The winner [...]
The Good, The Bad, The Ugly: Top 10 Surprising Postseason Performances So Far
The pursuit of the Stanley Cup over the course of a six-to-eight-week onslaught of intense hockey action tends to reveal the best - and worst - of NHL players. Springtime puck can take an NHLer’s [...]
Wild West: Western Team Salary Cap Values
Not every NHL team gets good value for the salary that they give out. With a salary cap of $83.5 million for every team, some teams get their roster playing to a value of $90-100 [...]