With teams halfway through the season, now’s the perfect time to identify players who could surge in the second half. Whether they’ve underperformed so far or are simply primed to break out. These could be rookies ready to take the next step or veterans looking to make an impact as the season winds down. Some [...]
Minutes away from a crucial point in a tight Eastern Wild Card Race, a cruel twist of fate led to heartbreak in New York. The Rangers failed to convert on a late-game power-play and could only watch as Cale Makar exited the box, intercepted a pass, and set Artturi Lehkonen up for the game winner [...]
Hello and welcome back to Geek of the Week! In this week’s article, I am going to take a look at some trends in hits lately. Some players have emerged from the minors as great banger options, while some have just flipped a switch lately and have started to hit much more than when they [...]
Here are the top 64 goalies to own in your salary cap league – Jan 26th, 2025 edition. We’re back with the first update since the start of the 2024-25 season, and the goalie making the most noise is Dustin Wolf. He’s on the list with the highest value rating, though his volume is holding [...]
The Avalanche could not promptly put the unexpected departure of Mikko Rantanen behind them in an early game on Saturday, losing 3-1 in Boston. Martin Necas’s Avalanche debut did not go as hoped results-wise, as he was held off the scoresheet while being tagged with a minus-3. The good news for those with Necas on [...]
Welcome back to The Journey, where we track the development of prospects as they excel in junior, make the NHL, and push towards stardom. **** No one drafts a player expecting them to fall short, but the risk of unmet expectations is always looming. The real challenge is figuring out when to stick with a player and [...]
Just how good is Lane Hutson? Well rating-wise he’s right there with the guy who fantasy GMs were talking about trading Connor McDavid for just a year ago. He’s putting up historic numbers for a rookie defenceman, and is outscoring the next-best rookie defenceman by 27 points, just halfway through the year. As of the [...]
Did anyone see the massive trade coming? The deal itself might have been out of left field, but it shouldn’t be a complete shocker that Mikko Rantanen and Martin Necas were traded. Re-signing Rantanen appeared to be a major challenge for the Avalanche, while Necas was rumored to be on the trade block during the [...]
If you are a fan of blockbuster trades, you’re in luck. A major three-way trade involving Carolina, Colorado, and Chicago was completed late Friday. https://twitter.com/frank_seravalli/status/1882982124321743114 The meat of this trade was between Colorado and Carolina, with the two main principals being Mikko Rantanen (to Carolina) and Martin Necas (to Colorado). Considering both are top-15 scorers [...]
With the news that defenceman Noah Dobson is week-to-week with a lower-body injury, the New York Islanders were short their best puck-moving defenceman and a power-play quarterback. The team is a ways out of the playoff race, but a sustained hot streak could get them within striking distance, so they decided to bolster their blue [...]
