It’s Thursday again, and that means another Capped article. This week should be a fun one, as I am finally putting out in public some of the results from my efforts to predict NHL free agent contracts. For those of you that are unaware, I have been working on this project off and on [...]
I like to read about hockey a lot but mostly they’re stats-centric articles. How a player has performed beyond traditional stats, what new stats are on the horizon, how systems and coaches affect players, and the like. I also read the human interest pieces because they are fascinating, but they’re fewer and further between. [...]
Another month has passed, so that can only mean one thing – time for the return of “Goldipucks and the Three Skaters.” For first time readers, or those needing a refresher, this column is a play on the Goldilocks and the Three Bears story, except instead of there being three bowls of porridge I’m [...]
Let’s start this off with some news (bad if you’re a Bruins’ fan, good if you’re from Missouri). Zdeno Chara has a broken jaw. Now, players have slapped on a full cage and played with a broken jaw before. And they’ll do it again. But not usually two days after it happens. With [...]
Here are the Top 100 defensemen to own in your points-only keeper league – June edition! This month, for the Fantasy Prospects Report (pick it up here), I added a lot of prospects into this, my main, template. I also changed all the pending UFAs off their current team, and tweaked a couple [...]
Howdy folks! My name is Brennan and I’m going to be taking over the Eastern Edge column for the foreseeable future, so get ready for a drop in quality! In all seriousness, I probably won’t be able to match the level of analytical expertise that Cam Metz brought to this article, but I promise [...]
St. Louis evened the Stanley Cup Final at two games each on Monday night with a 4-2 win over Boston. While this game didn’t feature the out-and-out nastiness and dirty play that we’ve seen at times, it didn’t lack for physicality, particularly in the second period. The story was Ryan O’Reilly. It seemed like he [...]
It is time to kick off our summer series. Like last season, this series is intended to take a look at the teams in the Western Conference one by one. We will do a short recap of what took place, but the deep dive here will be into the players that helped make it [...]
On this new episode of the Keeping Karlsson Fantasy Hockey Podcast, Elan and Brian recognize and induct the newest members of the NHL's Semisesquicentennial Club -- skaters who've reached 75 points for the first time in their careers. They parse each new inductee's numbers for explanations of how they got there, and predictions on [...]
This year’s UFA class could be a bit of a strange one. As I mentioned in the comments of my top 10 column last week, there is such a bevy of great RFAs, that many of the UFAs will be overlooked. I believe teams will be looking to take care of their RFAs first, [...]
