We’re approaching the Olympics, and while the Men’s Ice Hockey games don’t start there until February 11th, the final games we get before the break are on Thursday February 5th. That means there’s only today and tomorrow to get some games in before the break. After their games last night, Anaheim and Toronto are now [...]
Welcome fantasy managers to another edition of the Eastern Edge. This week we are going to take a closer look at this year's race for the Calder trophy between two of the games brightest young stars in Matthew Schaefer and Ivan Demidov. A Montreal Canadiens roster that is loaded with fantasy assets and a Pittsburgh [...]
The rookies have been added, with some of them making more of an impact than expected this early. Matthew Schaefer and Alexander Nikishin will be much higher in the next update if they keep these scoring levels up. In the meantime, just enjoy watching them play. Standard pre-rankings note: This isn’t meant to be a [...]
William Nylander was back in the lineup for Toronto on Monday night. He started the game on the second line with John Tavares and Easton Cowan. Notably, Cowan was moved to the top PP unit with Matthew Knies being demoted to the second unit. For now, Cowan has a top-6, top PP role with the [...]
Before facing Tampa Bay, the Mammoth had scored three or more goals in eight straight games, but that run came to an end with a 4-2 loss to the Lightning. It also marked their first home loss of the season. Ian Cole poste two helpers in the Mammoth loss and he was the main points [...]
There have been many impressive performances to start the season and a surprising number of them have been from this year’s rookie class. For today we are going to take a look at some of the top scoring rookies. In a standard redraft league rookies are typically not that helpful. They go hot and cold, [...]
I fully realize that we’re not yet even a month into the 2025-26 season, but it’s time for a poll I run every year around this time, asking you to decide who’ll be the three finalists for the Calder Trophy, awarded to the NHL’s top rookie. Here are the key things to keep in mind [...]
Brad Marchand was back in Boston for the first time since being traded to the Panthers in the Spring. He had an amazing run with the Bruins, and it would be special to see him play there again, but his six-year contract that takes him to being 43 likely spells the end of those chances. [...]
Just here to wake up everyone now that it’s the end of September. The NHL regular season starts one week from today and most teams have their training camps down to 30-or-so players. We have one week left to do our fantasy drafts, and particularly for those in medium or deep formats, knowing which non-elite [...]
This week sees rookie camps start across the league, and though the vast majority of participants will not have fantasy hockey relevance this year (or ever), there are key names that are going to be important for fantasy managers this season. Without getting too deep down the list, let’s get into some rookies that fantasy [...]
