Capped: Sell-High Candidates
After we touched on some of the buy-low candidates last week, this week we’re going to look through a few sell-high options. First though, I wanted to touch on the Robert Bortuzzo signing. The most comparable contracts (as shown below) are Jordie Benn, Kevin Connauton, and Mark Fistric. Of the set, I would certainly [...]
Ramblings: Updates on Klingberg, Bergeron, Staal, Ferland; Parise; Lee – December 20
The new Panthers second line of Henrik Borgstrom, Frank Vatrano, and Evgenii Dadonov has looked very solid in their limited time together. Now, I’m of the mind that Dadonov is good enough that he can drive the play for an entire line, so almost any line with Dadonov is going to look good. But [...]
December Top 100 Roto Rankings
Welcome back to the Top 100 Roto. For newcomers joining us, this Top 100 is driven by a set of categories. Know that this is not a points-only ranking, rather a roto ranking geared towards rotisserie and head-to-head leagues. The categories included are G, A, PIM, PPP, Hits, Blocks, GWG and SOG. This list is also built [...]
Injury Ward:
John Klingberg. Brad Rempel / USA Today Sports Images Here’s this week’s latest injury news from around the league. As always, follow me on Twitter @BrennanDeSouza for injury updates as soon as they’re made public! Rickard Rakell – Won’t be back before Christmas. Rakell’s point totals have gradually improved since he tallied [...]
Fantays Hockey Cage Match Tournament: The New Normal (Part Two) – 25 and Older
Welcome back to the winter Cage Match tournaments! By your votes, Pierre-Luc Dubois was proclaimed the player under age 25 whose higher than expected scoring this season is most likely to represent – at a minimum - his “new normal” going forward, edging out Dylan Larkin (by one vote) and Sebastian Aho (three votes). [...]
Ramblings: Hart Wins His Debut, Ghost Wakes Up, Morrissey, Skinner, Kadri, & Kase (Dec. 19)
The Maple Leafs and Devils met on Tuesday evening in Jersey. Toronto came into the contest on a mini-slide, picking up just four points in their last five contests. That slipped them to third in the Atlantic and they were looking to right the ship. Meanwhile, Taylor Hall returned from injury for a floundering Devils [...]
Eastern Edge: Reviewing Recent Turnaround Predictions
My favorite play of the season so far has been picking up Petr Mrazek once Curtis McElhinney went down. As you’ve probably read by now my appetite for goalies is not very large. So when a goalie pickup turns into a week winning shutout performance it sure is gratifying. Hopefully those in need of [...]
Lining Up: Top-Performing Lines in the East – December 18
In this week’s instalment, I share a few quick notes about how some lines in the Eastern Conference have been performing this season. Using Dobber’s Line Production Tool, we compared even-strength point production around the league. ‘Time on ice’ represents how many minutes each trio has played as a line this season, values were retrieved [...]
Ramblings: Hart Called Up; Hakstol Fired; Dumba Injury; Disappointments – December 18
The big news from Monday, at least from a fantasy perspective, was the decision made by Philadelphia to have Carter Hart called up. Anthony Stolarz was put on the injured reserve in response to this. Hart, a second round pick in 2016, had a .901 save percentage in 17 games this season in the [...]