Ramblings: Hurricanes Hold Off Elimination; Stars Take Series Lead; Roto Ranking Forsberg, Hintz, Carlson (May 12)
There were two games of playoff pucks on Saturday: Game 4 of the NY Rangers/Carolina series, and Game 3 of the Colorado/Dallas series. Hurricanes 4, Rangers 3 (Rangers lead series 3-1) Brady Skjei’s goal with [...]
The Journey: Strong U24 Play-Drivers, Part One (ANA-DAL)
Welcome back to The Journey, where we track the development of prospects as they excel in junior, make the NHL, and push towards stardom. *** Inspired by Thomas Harley’s incredible break out campaign in 2023-24—more [...]
Ramblings: Panthers Take Series Lead with Marchand Injured; Oilers Tie Series with Dominant McDavid and Draisaitl (May 11)
Two games of playoff pucks on Friday. Let’s get to it. Panthers 6, Bruins 2 (Panthers lead series 2-1) After a fight-filled Game 2, the two teams were on much better behavior in Game 3, [...]
Frozen Tool Forensics: First-Round Exits for Winnipeg, Los Angeles, Nashville, and Vegas
The first round of the playoffs is officially wrapped, and it is time to turn our attentions, at long last, to those series. We are going to dive into this extra set of games and [...]
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Analytics Advantage: The Western Conference Playoff Teams
Welcome back to the follow up to last week’s article, with this week being about the West and what they bring to the table. We are about 2-3 games into each series, and it is [...]
Ramblings: Tkachuk Leads Cats; Vlasic Extended; Anaheim’s Season and Mintyukov, Vatrano, Gibson, and More – April 26
Chicago has signed defenceman Alex Vlasic to a six-year deal with an AAV of $4.6M per season. I wrote about him yesterday when discussing the Blackhawks so read that for more on him. In [...]
Ramblings: Updates on Pesce and Bennett; Boston’s Power Play Powers Play; Chicago’s Season Including, Kurashev, Korchinski, and Mrazek – April 25
It was announced that Carolina defenceman Brett Pesce is likely to miss the first round of the playoffs. Carolina has a 2-0 series lead and has been in command of the game, if not the [...]
Fantasy Hockey Mailbag: Faber, Byram, Theodore, Buchnevich, Draft Strategies, Stamkos, Werenski, Batherson, Dobson & More
Welcome back to another edition of the Roos Lets Loose monthly mailbag, where I answer your fantasy hockey questions by giving advice that should be useful to all poolies even if they don’t own the [...]
Ramblings: Game Two Thoughts and Highlights; Ruff Returns; Injury Notes from Meier and Demko & More (Apr 24)
The Rangers have been the better team thus far, but the Capitals are hanging around and still haven’t lost at home yet. With the makeup of their team, the Capitals really need to get the [...]
Eastern Edge: Playoff X-Factors for Each Eastern Conference Club
Who doesn’t love an X-factor? When it comes to springtime puck and teams chasing for the biggest prize in hockey, there’s usually an unsung hero or two that emerges as the player(s) poised to put [...]