The QMJHL playoffs once again served as a showcase for some of the top young talent in hockey, with several high-end prospects elevating their games in meaningful postseason situations. While regular season production often drives fantasy conversations, playoff hockey can reveal a different layer of projection, how players adapt to tighter defensive structures, increased physicality, [...]
Maybe it’s a different result if Cale Makar is in the lineup for Game 1 or Game 2, but the Colorado Avalanche already find themselves in a hole. Vegas 3, Colorado 1 (Golden Knights lead series 2-0) Ivan Barbashev’s game-winning goal in the third period was his first goal in seven games, and he followed [...]
Vegas won Game 1 of the Western Conference Final 4-2 at Ball Arena in Colorado despite getting out-shot 38-28 and out-attempted 80-52. That's the kind of line score that should make a Game 1 winner uncomfortable. It doesn't, and the reason is that the two things Game 1 told us are both pointing the same [...]
And we have come to the final week in our fantasy MVP series. Today we will be covering goalies. The previous entries can be viewed here. The process for goalies will be much the same as with skater articles, though using different categories and scoring metrics. ‘Most Valuable’ is still a tricky term that is [...]
The Montreal Canadiens started Game 1 of the Eastern Conference Final by conceding a goal to Seth Jarvis but then scoring four goals in the next 10:32 to take a 4-1 lead and, eventually, a 6-2 win. Juraj Slafkovsky managed two goals and an assist, Cole Caufield and Phillip Danautl had one of each, while [...]
Before the Western Conference Final kicked off on Wednesday, the Buffalo Sabres announced a two-year extension for head coach Lindy Ruff. The Sabres are coming off their most successful season in over a decade so it makes sense that the coach be rewarded for that effort. * The Washington Capitals have signed defenceman Timothy Liljegren [...]
Welcome fantasy managers to another edition of the Eastern Edge. This week we’ll continue our look at Round 2 of the Eastern Conference playoffs as the Montreal Canadiens and Buffalo Sabres take it to the limit with a seventh game to determine who faces a well-rested Carolina Hurricanes team in the Eastern Conference Final. Speaking [...]
The panel were truly experts in the second round, picking all four series correctly! On top of that, the panel also correctly guessed the number of games of two series (Vegas in 6, Montreal in 7). The panel’s lifetime record is now 158-100 when it comes to postseason predictions. Congratulations to Chris Kane, Garrett Finlay, [...]
The Montreal Canadiens defeated the Buffalo Sabres in overtime 3-2 on Monday night, earning the Game 7 win and a trip to the Eastern Conference Final. Alex Newhook played the hero, firing a low, glove-side shot off the rush that eluded Sabres goalie Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen. That was Newhook’s sixth goal of the series as he [...]
And then there were two. On Wednesday night, the Vegas Golden Knights will face off against the Colorado Avalanche in a heavy weight bout between the Western Conference’s 2 division winners. The Golden Knights are led by last off-season’s prize acquisition Mitch Marner, whose 18 points (7 Goals, 11 Assists) currently lead all players this [...]
