Welcome back to Looking Ahead! The Olympic Games are concluding, and similarly, the NHL and fantasy hockey seasons are heading into the home stretch. Furthermore, fantasy managers are gearing up for their league's trade deadline. Whether you are scanning the waiver wire for possible adds, or scouring the trade market to improve your team ahead [...]
Given the break in NHL action over the Olympics, we are taking the next two weeks to dig into the game action to date. The goal for each week is to identify a list of players who have been performing unsustainably. For this week we will be eyeing players who might be in line for [...]
Teams have returned practicing and one bit of good news for the Buffalo Sabres is that forward Josh Norris was at practice and had shed his non-contact jersey, according to Matthew Fairburn. Norris was injured mid-January, but it looks like he’ll be ready to go when Buffalo returns to game action on Wednesday. Remember that [...]
Sidney Crosby was injured during Canada’s quarter-final win against Czechia. He got tangled up, took a couple of awkward falls during the second period, and did not return for the third period. Hopefully we’ll get more of an update soon. * In Tuesday’s Ramblings, we covered how many scoring chances were created off zone entries [...]
Good morning, good afternoon, and good evening! Welcome back to the Injury Ward, injury news has been quite scarce with the majority of the league on a break, but things should be getting back to full steam by the end of the Olympics. My name is Logan Clarkson and every Wednesday and Sunday I will [...]
Many a fantasy GM has wondered whether some of their players could do better if only they were given a true chance to shine, while at the same time hoping others, who they might not have expected to thrive to the extent they are, will continue to do so because of their better than anticipated [...]
We’re still a week away from the NHL returning, so to open up today let’s open up with some Olympics recaps of the Men’s Qualification Play-Off round from yesterday (which is a short way to say that the winners make the quarter finals against other group of teams that received a bye). In the early [...]
Welcome fantasy managers to another edition of the Eastern Edge. This week is Part Two of a three-part series where we’ll take a look at the Eastern Conference’s top-10 defensemen - Olympic Edition. So, without further delay, here are the East’s top-10 defensemen currently participating in this year’s Olympic Winter Games along with their respective [...]
I need to start out on a somber note and say I’m thinking and praying about everyone in Rhode Island. We all love the game of hockey and sports in general because they help us escape and it brings joy to our lives, but last night at Lynch Arena in Pawtucket, many lives were changed [...]
One thing that really matters for good offensive production is efficiency. Not only does that mean being able to drive high shooting percentages – though that is important – but it’s creating as many chances as possible on the fewest number of touches or zone entries as possible. We can attempt to quantify that by [...]
