Ramblings: Laine Injured in Preseason Game, Risky Avalanche Forwards (Sep 29)
Patrik Laine’s fresh start with the Canadiens might have to be put on hold for a while. Laine was forced to leave Saturday’s preseason game against Toronto after taking a knee-on-knee hit from Cedric Pare. [...]
The Journey: Prospects to Buy Low Before the NHL Season
Welcome back to The Journey, where we track the development of prospects as they excel in junior, make the NHL, and push towards stardom. **** Happy Saturday! I hope you’re all as pumped as I am that [...]
Ramblings: Injuries to Doughty, Gibson, Leafs; Draft Strategies (Sep 28)
It’s only the preseason and all of Auston Matthews, William Nylander, and John Tavares are already dealing with injuries. All of the injuries have been described using the words “day-to-day”, “minor”, “dinged up”, and “precautionary,” [...]
Frozen Tools Forensics: Goaltending, Quality Starts, and Save Percentage on the Penalty Kill
Today on Frozen Tools Forensics we are going to turn to goalies. It is hard to read too much into any preseason results so instead we will be looking back to the 2023-24 data to [...]
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Goldipucks and the Three Skaters: Mackenzie Weegar, Zach Werenski & Filip Hronek
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: Stanley Cup Pick; AHL Conference Finals; Sorokin vs. Hellebuyck; Pavelski Retires (June 5)
Ian Gooding should have our team’s Expert Picks out at some point today. My pick is Edmonton in seven. I think there will be a few games where each team takes over, with the Oil’s [...]
Eastern Edge: Florida’s Potential X-Factors in the Stanley Cup Final
At this time of year, who doesn’t love an X-factor?Aside from it being up there in the realm of elite postseason-related jargon along with stranglehold, barnburner, and on-the-brink, it’s a term that regularly gets circulated [...]
Ramblings: Notes on Dylan Strome, Vasilevskiy, Pastrňák, Barzal, and Shesterkin – June 4
I have spent the offseason reviewing the fantasy seasons of non-playoff teams. This covered the San Jose Sharks, the Chicago Blackhawks, the Anaheim Ducks, the Columbus Blue Jackets, the Montreal Canadiens, the Arizona Coyotes (now [...]
Top 300 Keeper League Skaters – June 2024
Here are the top 300 skaters to own in your points-only dynasty leagues - June edition! After a two-month hiatus due to my battle with cancer, the rankings are back! I believe this is the [...]
MVP In The Making: The Top-10 Conn Smythe Trophy Threats
The stage is set and the stars are all in place - no, unfortunately for Dallas fans not those ones. All bad jokes aside, the better team is moving on to the Stanley Cup Final [...]