It is the players who build quiet momentum and carve out bigger roles as coaches start leaning on them more that can move the needle on your fantasy roster. Those types of players who can sneak onto your roster and provide meaningful late-season value, even if they do not jump off the scoresheet at first [...]
The first preseason game of the season was played on Saturday evening, with the Stars edging out the Blues in a 2-1 shootout final. Since I know you’ve missed hockey, here are some highlights: Jordan Binnington already appeared to be in midseason form with this save: https://twitter.com/StLouisBlues/status/1969544939403931941 Justin Carbonneau scored the first goal of the [...]
The NHL season is approaching and the flow of news is starting to pick up. Training camps are starting and we have injury updates, signings, line combos, and PTOs. Professional tryouts are not usually the way to make a name for yourself as a fantasy player and for the most part fantasy leagues won’t be [...]
Welcome back to The Journey, where we track the development of prospects as they excel in junior, make the NHL, and push towards stardom. The AHL is not a development league. By most equivalency metrics, it is the second hardest league in the world, behind only the NHL. That is why what happens there matters [...]
With training camps now underway, numerous news stories have surfaced that could affect fantasy leaguers. With that in mind, let’s get right down to the news. Mason McTavish still remains unsigned and has been skating with the Ottawa 67s of the OHL. One downside if you have McTavish stock is that he is missing out [...]
Hey all, it's Alex here covering for Cliffy. Training camps officially opened yesterday, and there was a fair bit of injury news coming out. The best spot to find that all in one place? The FrozenTools player newsfeed. The biggest news items were injuries to Mats Zuccarello and Mackenzie Blackwood which will keep them out [...]
All of those prospect games were fun this past week, huh? With training camps opening this week, we’ll finally get a glimpse of what coaches have been pondering all offseason. This will be my final attempt at guessing because we will have a real look at camp groups and line rushes. Atlantic Boston Bruins - [...]
This week’s Analytics Advantage takes a different angle: using percentile ranks to compare players not just by points, but across the full set of fantasy-relevant categories. By scaling per-60 production and peripherals to position-specific percentiles, we can see who truly separates from the pack in goals, assists, shots, hits, blocks, and ice time. From there, [...]
With training camps opening, we finally got updates on a lot of players on whom fantasy managers have been anticipating updates. Earlier in the summer, got word that Florida forward Matthew Tkachuk would miss the start of the season and that it was likely to drag well into the regular season. We got an update, [...]
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 [...]
