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 [...]
I must say, it's a lot less fun writing the Ramblings and checking your fantasy teams when there are no games on. Looking at the fantasy schedule that we have to deal with from the Four Nations break, games restart on the Saturday Feb 22nd, which means most leagues will have that weekend attached to [...]
On the opening track of Kendrick Lamar’s latest No. 1 album, “GNX”, the 22-time Grammy award winner and tonight’s Super Bowl halftime show headliner encourages listeners to get “geeked up.” Well, Kendrick, you have your wish. Welcome to the latest edition of Geek of the Week! I’m your host, Eli Feldman. Although 46 days have [...]
Happy Super Bowl Sunday! (as well as Utah/Washington and Tampa Bay/Montreal). Saturday was also the last busy night before the 4 Nations, so hopefully you were able to make it count. - Igor Shesterkin will be out for 1-2 weeks with an upper-body injury. Normally that would be of concern, but he will use the [...]
Welcome back to The Journey, where we track the development of prospects as they excel in junior, make the NHL, and push towards stardom. **** This week, I wanted to spotlight some NHL prospects who’ve taken significant steps in their development, and what those strides could mean for their immediate futures. The players featured looked to have [...]
Sidney Crosby was not in the Penguins’ lineup on Friday due to an upper-body injury. According to head coach Mike Sullivan, the team is "taking it one day at a time.” The Penguins play again today (Saturday), so Crosby has to be considered questionable for that game as well. If he does not play on [...]
Today on Frozen Tool Forensics we are going to take advantage of the upcoming Four Nations Tournament break and talk a little about player splits. For the purposes of this article, we are going to focus on first half/second half splits. Naturally we will be using past season data to do this with the idea [...]
Welcome back! Fantasy is about to go dark for the Four Nations. It’s going to be very interesting how clubs handle their rosters this weekend and coming back after the tournament as well. I predict we see more players miss games this weekend without much explanation. It’s been a weird season, you guys.The Immediate Fix [...]
Sidney Crosby was on the ice on Thursday, but he missed practice, avoiding shooting the puck while skating on his own. Crosby should be considered questionable for tonight’s (Friday’s) game against the Rangers after being hit by two Devils on Tuesday. Canadian hockey fans are crossing their fingers that Crosby will be ready for the [...]
Welcome back to this week’s edition of Analytics Advantage! As the NHL season progresses, fantasy managers are searching for players who can provide an edge in key categories. This week, we break down the performances of five intriguing players: Dylan Guenther, Quinton Byfield, Morgan Rielly, Cam Fowler, and Adam Larsson. Using 60-minute metrics, we analyze [...]
