After Jonathan Quick started three consecutive games for the Rangers, Igor Shesterkin was back between the pipes on Friday. Shesterkin hadn’t been his usual self recently, as he had been tagged with five really bad starts during January and a 3.25 GAA and .863 SV% in 2024 entering Friday’s game. Fortunately, the Blackhawks represented a [...]
Welcome back from the All-Star Break everyone! This week always feels a little strange for fantasy hockey as the schedule is usually much lighter meaning some matchups may be lobsidded one way or another. If you’re one of those out there that can’t fill out much of a roster this week trust me, you’re not [...]
Every so often I try to take a moment to pause and make sure to do some deeper dives into some of the numbers we use to assess player performances. In articles I will often refer to underlying numbers and it is often a shorthand way of saying that for each player there are a [...]
Jack Hughes returned to the Devils lineup on Thursday after missing the past month with an upper-body injury. He didn’t make the kind of splash that was hoped, as he was held without a point and was a minus-3 in the Devils’ 5-3 home loss to Calgary. Hughes did take four shots in 20 minutes [...]
The role of goaltenders in hockey is undeniably crucial, influencing the outcome of games and seasons. While traditional statistics like Save Percentage (SV%) and Goals Against Average (GAA) have dominated performance evaluations, they fall short of capturing the full spectrum of a goalie's impact. This article pivots to advanced analytics, particularly High-Danger Save Percentage (HDSV%) [...]
Welcome back my CapFriendlies! Sing it with me everyone, “It’s the mooost wonderful tiiime of the yeeaar!” We’re around a month away from the NHL trade deadline which means that the NHL trade machine Picasso (or da Vinci maybe), is ready to throw fake trades out there. Some may stick to the wall, some may [...]
As far as stat adjustments go, this is a big one. The NHL announced that they have performed an audit of hit totals this season and adjusted as necessary. This won’t change anything for prior fantasy weeks for head-to-head leagues, but hopefully this actually is an improvement to how they count hits moving forward. We [...]
Welcome to the newest edition of the Injury Ward. Here you will find the latest NHL injury updates and also which players may benefit from these situations. My name is Blake Creamer and I will be tackling this topic every single week. I want this article to work for you, so if there are players [...]
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 one too hot (i.e., doing unsustainably better than he should), another too cold (i.e., doing unsustainably worse), and a third [...]
Last night saw many teams restart after the All-Star break, and after a couple trades leading up to the festivities, we get to start seeing the fallout in game action now. Elias Lindholm and Andrei Kuzmenko each made their debuts with their new teams, and each made an excellent first impression by scoring in the [...]
