During the fantasy hockey season, I basically have three types of game I’m playing: one standard season-long fantasy league on FanTrax, Daily Fantasy on DraftKings, and I play in Best Ball leagues on Underdog Fantasy. It is the last of those three I want to talk about today. Best Ball leagues have been discussed before [...]
Good morning, good afternoon, good evening everyone. Welcome back to the Injury Ward. My name is Logan Clarkson and every Wednesday I will be chauffeuring you through injury news and updates from around the NHL. I’ll do my best to offer useful analysis and opinion as it relates to fantasy throughout. As always, I'd like [...]
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 [...]
Let’s jump into the plentiful news we have thanks to NHL training camps and exhibition games being in full swing. Tyson Foerster was back in a regular jersey for the first time yesterday, which is a good sign that he’s on the right track, and should be ready for opening day. Alex Bump is one [...]
Hello everyone and welcome to the latest edition of Eastern Edge! I’m Eli Feldman. With draft season underway, it’s time to discuss an important part of the game we love: regression. At the risk of sounding like your old math teacher, regression essentially means that if something unusual happens once, it’s likely to be closer [...]
It is the second week of training camp and with 32 teams having anywhere from 2-3 full rosters’ worth of players each, it can be hard to keep up with all the important news, line combinations, injuries, and so forth. Let’s take a look at some important notes from the last few days. First things [...]
This week we are on to Part Two of our Core Four with Edmonton, Los Angeles, Minnesota, Nashville and San Jose. The Core should be players from each roster who are the foundation for their team’s roster over the next three to five years. Ideally, players should be between the ages of 22 and 27 [...]
Hello everyone and welcome to the latest Top 10! I’m Eli Feldman. The upcoming NHL season is shaping up to be record breaking in more ways than one. Several players are within striking distance of personal marks that will forever cement their legacies as some of the game’s brightest stars. From long-time veterans inching toward [...]
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 [...]
