Analytics Advantage: Shooting Percentage, Expected Goals, and Over/Underperformance
In fantasy hockey, player evaluation increasingly relies on a blend of traditional and advanced metrics. Among these, Shooting Percentage (SH%) and Individual Expected Goals (ixG) stand out for their ability to provide a deeper understanding [...]
Capped: Mark Stone, the Tampa Bay Lightning, and the Long-Term Injured Reserve
Welcome back my CapFriendlies! Stop me if you’ve heard this before, but last week Mark Stone was put onto long term injured reserve. This sparked a discussion in my main fantasy league’s chat and of [...]
Ramblings: Updates on Seider and Norris; Tanev Traded; Declines for Ekblad, Ekholm, Doughty, and More – February 29
There was some concern that Detroit defenceman Moritz Seider might miss time after blocking a shot on Tuesday night, but Ted Kulfan reports that Seider is just fine after getting X-rays completed that came back [...]
Fantasy Take: Chris Tanev Becomes a Star
The Calgary Flames shipped out Chris Tanev to the Dallas Stars, possibly opening the floodgates on the rental defenceman market around the NHL. For a sought-after right-shot defenceman, it is surprising that they weren’t able [...]
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Goldipucks and the Three Skaters: Forsberg, Kempe & Raymond
Welcome back to Goldipucks and the Three Skaters, a play on words of the Goldilocks and the Three Bears story. Instead of there being three bowls of porridge though, I cover three skaters and declare [...]
Ramblings: Trading Huberdeau; Thompson Injured; Notes on Several Bruins, Kraken, Flames, Flyers & More (Nov 15)
I’m not sure when Charlie McAvoy is going to fully get his due as a top-five defenceman in the NHL, but he has been one for a while now. He had two assists last night [...]
Lining Up: Increased Usage and Roles for Hertl, Tolvanen, Hagel, Mikheyev, and More
Welcome back to another edition of Lining Up! This week we will wrap up our review of each team and highlight noteworthy line combinations. In addition, with the upcoming Global Series in Sweden taking place, [...]
Ramblings: Updates on Vasilevskiy, Eberle, Hughes, and Tuch; The First Month for the Islanders and Predators – November 14
All told, it wasn’t a bad start to Jonas Johansson’s Tampa Bay tenure with a .925 save percentage (including two shutouts) in his first seven games. That has gone very south very quickly, though, as [...]
Wild West: Goalie Situations in the West
After two weeks of covering the Monday Ramblings, I’m happy to be back doing the Wild West this week. This week, we are going to look at each team in the West and see how [...]
Top 10 Zero Stats So Far in 2023-24
With a few exceptions, zero is not a number you want to see in fantasy hockey. Aside from a shutout from your starting netminder, seeing a zero pretty much means that your players are not [...]