Pittsburgh Penguins forward Sidney Crosby left the team’s game on Tuesday night during the third period. He did return for the shootout, but that was his only appearance after leaving the ice. The Penguins provided an update on Wednesday which is of interest not only to the Penguins, but to Team Canada as the Four [...]
In fantasy, there are players who are great…period. Then there are also those at the other end of the spectrum, who are rightfully ignored when it comes to fantasy. In between though are players who in many cases will perform better or worse due in large part to how and/or with whom they’re being deployed. [...]
It was a very busy Tuesday night schedule with 14 games, but I gather they are trying to squeeze in games before the Four Nations begins on February 12. Miro Heiskanen is going to be out month-to-month after undergoing knee surgery on Tuesday. He was injured after being taken out by Mark Stone in a [...]
Welcome back to another edition of Lining Up! With more trades coming down since last week, we will take another look at some line combination fallout from the latest activity. Let’s dive in. J.T Miller Starting with the biggest fish in the deal, J.T Miller moved to New York and immediately slotted on the top [...]
Buckle up, there’s a lot to unpack here. Dylan Strome of the Washington Capitals is re-emerging, Florida Panthers winger Carter Verhaeghe is finding his scoring touch again, Logan Thompson just inked a big new deal, and a potential diagnosis for Vincent Trocheck power play demotion with the New York Rangers. We’ve got teams like the [...]
The injuries that the Columbus Blue Jackets have endured to their forward group has been extensive: Boone Jenner hasn’t played all season, Yegor Chinakhov hasn’t played since November, Sean Monahan is coming up on four weeks with his wrist problem, and yesterday it was revealed that breakout star Kirill Marchenko suffered a broken jaw after [...]
Hello and welcome back to Geek of the Week! In this article, I will be revisiting my True Value Goalie Rankings to examine the goalie landscape. If you are unfamiliar with my True Value constructs (Quality Weeks, Really Bad Weeks, and Star Weeks), I utilize these to model a Goalie’s True Value in head-to-head (H2H) [...]
Happy Groundhog Day! Hopefully today isn’t the start of six more weeks of misery for your fantasy team. After all, your fantasy playoffs might be six weeks away. Less than 24 hours after details of the Canucks-Rangers trade surfaced, J.T. Miller made a strong first impression in his return to the Rangers in Boston. Miller [...]
The much-anticipated J.T. Miller trade finally went down on Friday afternoon. The Canucks shipped Miller, Erik Brannstrom, and Jackson Dorrington to the Rangers for Filip Chytil, Victor Mancini, and a top-13 protected 2025 first-round pick. Was the return underwhelming for the Canucks? Absolutely. That shouldn’t be a surprise, though. Miller is on the wrong side [...]
Hello and welcome to this week’s edition of Frozen Tools Forensics. First and foremost, our thoughts and prayers are with those impacted by the tragedy in Washington, DC. It is a terrible thing to have witnessed and I’m hoping the next time I write an article I won’t be mentioning another national tragedy. I will [...]
