As we have seen in recent weeks with players like Zeev Buium, Fraser Minten, and Braeden Bowman, teams are trying to get ahead of their RFAs by signing them to long-term extensions a bit early (also because of the new 7-year limit which kicks in this week), which is what the Buffalo Sabres did with [...]
It was reported by Elliotte Friedman that the Anaheim Ducks and winger Chris Kreider have reached an agreement for him to be put on waivers and have his contract terminated. In effect, this would make Kreider a free agent and hopefully give the Ducks the cap space necessary to sign Cutter Gauthier. We will have [...]
The Metropolitan Division is home to the Stanley Cup champion Carolina Hurricanes who led the Eastern Conference with 113 points. Other than Carolina, no one else finished above 98 points. The pair of Pennsylvania teams out played their expectations, claiming the remaining playoff spots. Making projections difficult is that the 21 points separating 2nd place [...]
In a pair of Ramblings last week, the review of my personal fantasy hockey projections began. We started with forwards before moving onto defencemen. Today, we’ll be going back to our forwards but looking for deeper values using ADP data from Fantrax. My projections are made using ‘replacement level’ value, which is determined to be [...]
In last week's edition of 'Analytics Advantage', there was analysis on how plus/minus can have a massive, and understated, impact on fantasy hockey value. There was also an analysis on how plus/minus fluctuates when a player changes teams. This week will pick up where we left off and apply what we discovered a week ago [...]
In a pair of Ramblings this week, I started reviewing my fantasy hockey projections for the 2026-27 season. On Tuesday, we covered how first-round picks are valued, and how to evaluate different players who contribute well to different categories. Yesterday, we dug into forwards providing solid draft values per ADP data from Fantrax. Today, we’ll [...]
In Tuesday’s Ramblings, I started going over my fantasy hockey projections for the 2026-27 season. Those Ramblings covered some players comparisons that stood out for one reason or another, like Kiefer Sherwood vs. Jesper Bratt, William Eklund vs. Andrei Svechnikov, and Luke Hughes vs. Brandt Clarke. Go check that out to get an overview on [...]
We have reached September and the NHL regular season starts in four weeks. Rookie camps start next week, training camps shortly after that, and then we’re ready to rock for an 84-game campaign. Fantasy hockey draft season is truly here. It is time to look ahead to the season and start our fantasy valuations. I [...]
MacKenzie Weegar finished last season at minus-33, and 9-cat drafters are pricing it: his ADP sits at 123 as August closes. That minus-33 was worn on a Calgary team that finished with the league's third-worst goal differential. The defenseman who wore it now plays in Utah, and when you forecast his plus/minus from the jersey [...]
We don’t get a lot of important fantasy hockey news in the middle of August, but Aaron Portzline reported that Columbus Blue Jackets goalie Elvis Merzlikins underwent shoulder surgery. The team said he’ll be re-evaluated in a few weeks to see when he can return to the ice. A few weeks from now would be [...]
