Welcome fantasy managers to another edition of the Eastern Edge. This week we’ll be looking at the Columbus Blue Jackets’ turnaround under Rick Bowness, the New York Rangers heating up for the fantasy hockey playoffs, Bryan Rust’s immense value, and Egor Chinakov’s offensive explosion since his trade to the Pittsburgh Penguins. Let’s get to it! [...]
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 specific players being discussed. As a reminder, if you want your fantasy hockey question(s) answered in the next mailbag, check [...]
For Bubble Keeper Week, I always look at a couple of my keeper dilemmas to talk through my logic and reasoning on why I pick one player vs another. Maybe it's the actual player analysis that helps in your case, maybe it's the method, or maybe nothing helps and it's only entertaining. * In my [...]
Anthony Cirelli, who left Game 1 in Tampa Bay’s first-round matchup against Florida, was back in the lineup for Game 2 in his usual spot on the second line. It didn’t really make much of a difference, though, as Florida shut out Tampa Bay by a 2-0 score on the back of a 19-save performance [...]
Welcome back to Analytics Advantage. As the fantasy hockey playoffs approach, securing strong pickups can make the difference between advancing and an early exit. This week, we highlight Nazem Kadri, Adam Fantilli, Juraj Slafkovsky, Jackson LaCombe, and Valeri Nichushkin—players whose recent performances and underlying metrics suggest they can provide valuable contributions in fantasy formats. Using [...]
Given that we’re on the Four Nations break, there may not a lot of injury updates from players not in the tournament. Just before the Canada/Sweden game on Wednesday night, though, the Seattle Kraken announced that forward Jordan Eberle, who has been on the of the lineup since mid-November due to pelvic surgery, was sent [...]
Welcome back in, everyone! Anyone have any bad beats for me because I have one. I lost my matchup last week off the goalie interference call in the Anaheim/Carolina game and in the moment, sure I was upset that I got points called back but then I remembered something that I wanted to share with [...]
