The Journey: Revisiting Star Potential in the 2023 Draft Class, Part Two
Welcome back to The Journey, where we track the development of prospects as they excel in junior, make the NHL, and push towards stardom. *** Picking up where we left off last week, we will [...]
DFS Saturday: Kings Have Something to Prove
Who wants it? Years ago, as I coached a tournament championship soccer game, at halftime I sent my kids to just look at the trophies under the tournament tent, and then come back. I explained [...]
Ramblings: Rantanen Knocked Out, Coyotes Explode For Six Straight, Marner Set To Return (Apr 6)
Jack Quinn scored a pair of goals for the Sabres in their 4-2 win over Philadelphia on Friday. Quinn also took four shots and blocked two more. Quinn has a very respectable 15 points in [...]
Frozen Tools Forensics: Final Weeks
For the past several weeks we have been focusing on streaking players at various positions. The goal was to find players you might want to add/drop during these do-or-die matchups (at least for leagues using [...]
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Frozen Tool Forensics: Post-Deadline Fantasy Performances From Defensemen
This week we return to trade deadline talk. Last week we did a historical walkthrough of the 22-23 season and what happened to the forwards traded. This week we will be touching on defense. We [...]
Ramblings: Forsling Extended; Mysak/Perreault Swapped; Trenin Traded; Thoughts on Mittelstadt and Byram – March 8
In Vladimir Tarasenko’s debut with Florida, he started on the top line with Aleksander Barkov and Sam Reinhart, skating on the left side. That moved Carter Verhaeghe down to the second line and Nick Cousins [...]
Fantasy Takes: Nashville Acquires Beauvillier, Trades Trenin
Nashville made some moves swapping around their depth as they traded forward Yakov Trenin and prospect Graham Sward to Colorado in exchange for prospect Jeremy Hanzel and a third-round pick in the 2025 Draft. That [...]
Analytics Advantage: Corsi-For Percentage and Expected Goals-For Percentage
In the realm of hockey analytics, two metrics have increasingly become the focal point for understanding the intricacies of the game: Corsi For Percentage (CF%) and Expected Goals For Percentage (xGF%). These advanced statistics offer [...]
Capped: Extensions for Pettersson, Sandin, Quick, and Novak
Welcome back my CapFriendlies! Had my coffee and ready to chat all things fantasy hockey and the salary cap, as we have some extensions and trades to discuss. Trade deadline is Friday and so far, [...]
Ramblings: Tarasenko, Byram, Mittelstadt All Traded; Bordeleau Called Up; Ice Time Jumps for Greenway, Zadina, McMichael, and More – March 7
Wednesday almost felt like Trade Deadline day as a number of the big names were moved to the new locales for a playoff (or Lottery) push. There was a significant one-for-one swap between Colorado and [...]