The WHL playoffs provided an excellent showcase for some of hockey’s top developing talent, with several NHL-affiliated prospects and draft-eligible players stepping up in high-pressure situations. Playoff hockey often reveals which players can maintain offensive impact while adapting to tighter checking and more physical environments, and this postseason featured no shortage of impressive performances across [...]
The Carolina Hurricanes are headed to the Stanley Cup Final, where they will face the Vegas Golden Knights. Game 1 is set for Tuesday night in Carolina. Carolina 6, Montreal 1 (Hurricanes win series 4-1) The unit of Taylor Hall, Logan Stankoven, and Jackson Blake may not have been the Hurricanes’ top line in the [...]
Back in August we used this article posted on June 30th, 2022 to identify a few potential breakout candidates for 2025-26. The summary is that there tends to be a game count by which players start to break out. In this case, “breakout” is defined as a 25 percent year-over-year increase. What they found is [...]
News out of the World Championships as Canada and the USA were facing off in the quarter-final. Canada (and Edmonton Oilers) defenceman Evan Bouchard took a high hit from Team USA defenceman Ryan Lindgren which forced Bouchard to leave the game. Lindgren was assessed a 5-minute major and was ejected from the contest. The rules [...]
The Carolina Hurricanes took stranglehold on their Eastern Conference Final matchup with the Montreal Canadiens thanks to a 4-0 win on Wednesday night. It gives them a 3-1 series lead with a chance to close things out on Friday night back in Raleigh. As the Hurricanes did for Game 2 and Game 3, they were [...]
Welcome fantasy managers to another edition of the Eastern Edge. This week we’ll dive into the Eastern Conference Final between the Montreal Canadiens and Carolina Hurricanes while also tapping into the Habs prospect pool to take a closer look at KHL rookie of the year nominee Alexander Zharovsky as well as University of Michigan standout [...]
Andrei Svechnikov fired home Carolina’s third goal on their 38th shot of the night to lift the Hurricanes to a 3-2 overtime win on Monday night, giving the ‘Canes a 2-1 series lead. Carolina had another dominant defensive performance, holding Montreal to just 12 shots on goal in over 74 minutes of game time, and [...]
Happy Monday y’all! I was out of town checking in on my pops last week so one of our goalie gurus, Garrett Finlay, filled in for me. Cheers, brother! After Vegas took a shocking 3-0 series lead by taking two in Colorado and a dramatic comeback last night, they’ll look to punch their third ticket [...]
*Note: Stats courtesy of ESPN Fantasy Hockey Two rounds of the Stanley Cup Playoffs have already been completed and there are twelve disappointed teams who were sent home early. With this comes several players whose play was a direct result of their team's shortcomings. For fantasy playoff managers and fans of the franchises, these players [...]
It was a night marked by some major names re-entering the lineup. Vegas got their captain Mark Stone back after missing five games with a lower-body injury, giving their top six a noticeable lift right away. On the other side, Colorado welcomed Cale Makar back to the blue line for his Western Conference debut after [...]
