Welcome back to The Journey. If there is anything positive to take out of this season’s extraordinary timeline, it’s the off-season waiting times. As a hockey/fantasy maniac, the off-season can be long and grueling, especially once we get towards the dog days of August. However, things are slightly different this time around. With the NHL [...]
The first Game 7 of the 2021 playoffs was played on Friday, with one team’s leading goal scorer making his series debut in the nick of time. Max Pacioretty returned to the Vegas lineup for his first game since May 1. He scored the eventual game-winning goal while skating 16:28 in his usual spot on [...]
Last week we started our “Most Valuable’ series by taking a look at the performance of our centremen during the 2021 season. We compared draft data to their end of year stats to get an idea of how well they had lived up to their average draft ranking (ADP). To be a valuable player in [...]
When the injury to John Tavares came, I honestly feared the absolute worst. It was one of the most gruesome headshots I have ever seen a player take in the NHL, and I’m old enough to remember Paul Kariya getting cross-checked in the face by Gary Suter. That is why this clip of Tavares skating [...]
Here we go, part four. This week we’ll check out the Los Angeles Kings, Florida Panthers, Edmonton Oilers, Detroit Red Wings, Dallas Stars, and the Columbus Blue Jackets. Again, we run into teams with little-to-nothing in the way of unrestricted free agents. As previous I’ll improvise to give coverage to players that deserve to be [...]
In thinking about the Florida Panthers, one thing came to mind: if you were Florida’s GM, what would you pay to get rid of Bobrovsky’s contract? This is a good exercise because it’s helpful in dynasty cap leagues as well. We have all been stuck with contracts we don’t want and had to devise a [...]
Welcome back to another edition of the Roos Lets Loose monthly mailbag, where I answer your fantasy hockey questions by giving advice that should be useful to all poolies even if they don’t own the specific players being discussed. As a reminder, if you want your fantasy hockey question(s) answered in the next mailbag, check [...]
Here are the top 62 goalies to own in your salary cap league – May 26th, 2021 edition. We made it through the 2021 season! This ranking system is still younger than the skater version, so it’s not quite as refined yet – a constant work in progress. That being said, a some heavy work [...]
The Oilers getting swept out of the playoffs early Tuesday morning was not something that most of us projected. Edmonton outplayed Winnipeg, and the Jets barely led at all in the last three games. It could have gone either way, and I really hope this is the real kick in the pants that Edmonton management [...]
In this week’s Eastern Edge, we’ll look at some of the storylines developing early in the 2021 playoffs. In particular, we’ll focus on the Islanders’ goaltending situation, another solid showing from Tuukka Rask, and a lack of scoring in Montreal. New York’s Netminders Ilya Sorokin has won all three of his starts in the playoffs, [...]
