There was one very interesting news tidbit on Monday as far as lineups are concerned, and that was the Nashville Predators having Matthew Wood on the top power-play unit, per Max Herz. It wasn’t Jonathan Marchessault, or the newly-acquired Mavrik Bourque, but Wood who was the fourth forward after Steven Stamkos, Filip Forsberg, and Ryan [...]
As December winds down and rosters start tightening heading into January, opportunity matters more than name value. This week’s group focuses on players whose roles are actively trending up through increased ice time, power play responsibility, or stable top six deployment rather than short term box score spikes. Some are strong waiver adds, others are [...]
This week, we will examine each team in the Western Conference and review some interesting (to me) statistical lines from the last 30 or so games of the regular season. Some of these may carry forward into 2025-26, or not. Anaheim Ducks Mason McTavish (F) - In his last 31 games, he had 10 goals [...]
