Advanced Analysis Saturday: Decomposing the Oilers Penalty Kill with Video Analysis
In our “Special Teams Saturday” piece today, we discussed the piss poor Edmonton Oilers penalty-kill unit. In this article we will break down, with screenshots from the game, the Washington Capitals pin-point precision against the sloppy Oilers penalty-kill from Monday October 14th.[am4show have=’p3;p4;p7;p9;’ guest_error=’Front Office’ user_error=’Front Office’ ] In addition
Special Teams Saturday: Problems In Edmonton- Eakins to Blame?
The Edmonton Oilers have been an awful special teams group this season, starting first and foremost with their penalty-kill unit that sits at a league worst, 69.7%. On Monday, October 14th, the Oilers faced the Washington Capitals, a team with the best power-play unit in the entire NHL. The Oilers
The Fantasy Fix Hockey Show Podcast: Episode 4- Hockey is a Violent but Wonderful Game
Host Josh Kay is joined by fellow Fantasy Fix hockey writer Jeff Hicks. The guys discuss the latest questionable and dangerous hits by Blues forward Maxim LaPierre on Sharks defenseman Dan Boyle and Washington Capitals forward Troy Brouwer’s hit on Rangers forward Derek Stepan. Josh and Jeff also discuss the
NHL & Fantasy Hockey Week 3 Consensus Rankings Update
Week Three of the NHL season is upon us and so it’s time to once again update our Fantasy Hockey rankings. These rankings reflect a standard ESPN.com league that uses “Goals, Assists, Plus/Minus, Average Time on Ice, Penalty Minutes, Power-play points, Shots on Goal, Wins, Save Percentage, and Goals Against
NHL & Fantasy Hockey Week 3 Forecaster
As the National Hockey League rolls on towards Week 3, we here at The Fix want to make sure you are ready to plan ahead for your weekly lock lineup leagues as well as your weekly salary cap games. Here’s a look ahead to the games this coming week and
Special Teams Saturday- Looking at the stats of the best Power-Play’s so far
Today is the day of the week that we look across the league and track the success rate of the special teams units, and the members of those units for each team. However, this week we will specifically just look at the top units because sample sizes are small right
Fantasy Hockey Advanced Analysis Saturday: Breaking Down the Blackhawks Penalty-Kill
It’s early in the season and overreactions are pouring in from fan bases across the National Hockey League. The best thing to do at this juncture is to look at actual game-tape since stats can be incredibly deceiving in such small sample sizes. Since today is “Special Teams Saturday”, we
NHL Team Talk Thursday – Avs & Flames Surprise
Today is “Team Talk Thursday” folks so we are going to take a look at the standings from just a hockey perspective rather than from a fantasy perspective. There are quite a good number of surprises so far, the biggest of which is the Calgary Flames. The Flames have yet
NHL & Fantasy Hockey Week 2 Consensus Rankings Update
Week Two of the NHL season is upon us and that means it’s time to update our Fantasy Hockey rankings!. These rankings reflect a standard ESPN.com league that uses “Goals, Assists, Plus/Minus, Average Time on Ice, Penalty Minutes, Power-play points, Shots on Goal, Wins, Save Percentage, and Goals Against Average.
The Fantasy Fix Hockey Show Podcast: Episode 3- Rankings Extravaganza & We Have Music! w/ Jeff Hicks
Host Joshua Kay is joined by his great friend and fellow Fantasy Fix Hockey partner in crime Jeff Hicks. The two delve deep into their newly updated consensus rankings, discussing who they have differing opinions on. Then, a simple stanley cup predictions question sent in by a listener turns into