Author Archives: The Fantasy Hockey Professor

For those who know,  “…two all beef patties, special sauce, lettuce, cheese, pickles, onions on a sesame seed bun.”  When you have Connor McDavid on your roster and your opponent has Nathan MacKinnon, you’d think that the Big Mac game would be covered. And yet, neither was the Biggest Big Mac. At least not forContinue reading “The Biggest Big Mac”

…in my stomach… Not that I mind singing the Blues, just not the Marty St. Louis type.  The Process This is the third installment in my series looking back at fantasy hockey from Week 21 through the playoffs, my thinking process behind the moves I made, and the pluses and minuses.  Hopefully, you can gainContinue reading “Week 24: The Habs and the Hab Knots”

…Substitution, mass confusion, clouds inside your head… You know the rest. I think?  Hello, The Cars? Rock and Roll HOF? C’mon. They were doing Let’s Go before Let’s Go was Let’s Go…So let’s go alright?  The Process This is the third installment in my series looking back at fantasy hockey from Week 21 through theContinue reading “Week 23:  Bye Bye Love”

.00007638. Remember this ridiculous number.  That’s a number? Looks more like a sentence. You have no idea… The Process This is the second installment in my series looking back at fantasy hockey from Week 21 through the playoffs, my thinking process behind the moves I made, and the hits and misses.  Hopefully, you can gainContinue reading “Week 22: Hello, Good-Bye”

The Process O.k, so here’s the idea: use this space as an opportunity to look back at the fantasy hockey week and at the thinking behind the moves I made and the results. I’m not looking to get down on a statistical level because that’s not my wheelhouse. IPP, Corsi For, Expected Goals Per 60?Continue reading “Week 21: Busting The Moves”

Fairways and Greens And just like that it’s Week 22. What? Are you kidding me. It was like a half an hour ago that I was whining about how I’m never drafting Evan Bouchard again as my first defensemen and now I’m racing to the waiver wire to see if it’s possible to pick himContinue reading “Fairways and Greens”

A Different Breed Do this long enough and you’ve heard the expression “goalies are voodoo.” And perhaps more so this year, goalies have indeed been voodoo for me and so many other fantasy managers.  One night Connor Hellebuyck is hella good. And the next start? He’s given up two goals on two shots and IContinue reading “The Voo Doo Dolls”

You know the feeling. You’re in a tight matchup and you’ve been obsessing over your match’s Projected Stats all week. It’s Sunday and you’re out of moves. Now what? Looks like you’ve got a case of the Sunday Scaries. Good news and bad news. Welcome to Fantasy Hockey, right?! To begin with, the bad newsContinue reading “The Sunday Scaries”