Charlie Coyle continued his dominant run since Rick Bowness joined the Blue Jackets, scoring a goal and three assists, with two of those points on the power play. Over a full season his numbers under Bowness would have him pacing for over 100 points, over 200 SOG, over 25 PPPs, over 80 Hits, and a [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Brady Tkachuk will be out six to eight weeks due to surgery on his thumb, according to Bruce Garrioch. If that timeline holds, it looks like he’ll be out until December. Including Wednesday and Thursday night’s games, if Tkachuk returns on December 2nd, that would mean 22 games missed, or a quarter of the season. [...]
Scoring 40 goals in the NHL takes more than just skill. You need the right mix of usage, opportunity, consistency, strong shot volume, and a shooting percentage that holds up. Some players hit that number regularly. Others are just below, trending in the right direction or waiting for the right pieces to fall into place. [...]
The NHL season delivered plenty of intriguing storylines beyond just the numbers, with many players showing noticeable differences in their game depending on where they played, their roles, or how they were deployed. Some brought extra edge in familiar settings, while others thrived under the spotlight at home or carved out career years leaning into [...]
Today we’ll continue our Eastern Edge offseason series by tackling the next quartet of teams in alphabetical order – those that punched their playoff tickets only to bow out in Round 1: the Montreal Canadiens, New Jersey Devils, Ottawa Senators and Tampa Bay Lightning. After dissecting the eight clubs that never made it to April, [...]
The NHL Draft Lottery took place on Monday night, and in a huge move up the board, the New York Islanders ended up winning the first overall pick. So, the team that currently does not have a general manager now has the first overall pick in the Draft. I wonder how much this changes the [...]
Back in August and then again in October we spent some time digging into players that might have been positioned to break out based on their 2023-24 seasons. Now that NHL action is wrapping up, I want to take a look back and see how our break out potentials fared. We are using point pace [...]
