0 comments by seanwu on 9/8/2014
We cap off the last day of our fantasy preview with this year’s best goalies for your team. Like hockey in real life, goalies are the backbone of your fantasy team. Some people might disagree with me, saying the best draft strategies is going with the flow, which 90% of the time ends up in […]
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We hurry along to Day 4 of our fantasy preview coverage for today, your blueline. Nowadays, there are only a couple of top-flight defencemen that could really produce to the point they rival the prowess of a forward in terms of fantasy points. What I like to do at the draft is to stack up on […]
0 comments by seanwu on 9/5/2014
Continuing our fantasy coverage for the upcoming NHL season, we move on to right wingers for today. With Alex Ovechkin and Corey Perry heading the rankings this year, the top scorers on the right wing will provide both goals and grit to satisfy all your stat categories. As you descend down the draft chart, you’ll find […]
0 comments by seanwu on 9/4/2014
We’ll move on to covering to left wingers today in the annual fantasy preview. The left wing remains a shallow position this season, and even though many strong centres have left wing eligibility, you’ll find that talent runs out fast down this draft chart. However, skill does lie in many fickle players that play for unstable teams.
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September’s already around the corner which means there’s isn’t much time left to start doing your homework for the next fantasy draft in your league! Two Pad Stack’s Fantasy Preview starts this week! With this season, I’ll be trying something new and presenting my fantasy previews in an entirely different system.
0 comments by seanwu on 6/19/2014
The 2014 Stanley Cup Playoffs featured one of the most dazzling performances the hockey world has witnessed in the past decade. Fans saw the Los Angeles Kings set numerous records en route to their Cup victory, highlighted by an unbelievable back-and-forth series with Chicago and a trifecta of overtime victories in the Stanley Cup Final. […]
0 comments by seanwu on 4/16/2014
Last post, I talked about the accuracy of hockey’s Pythagorean Theorem in predicting the performance of teams in the regular season. I also discussed how the formula could be used to project playoff results provided an experiment to see if this sabermetric formula could really see the future.
0 comments by seanwu on 4/15/2014
Introduced by baseball sabermetrics creator Bill James, the Pythagorean Winning Expectation has become one of the most widely used innovations in the world of sports analytics. The concept is simple, the formula predicts how successful a team is by looking at the number of runs they score and allow. Of course, scoring lots of runs or/and giving up few […]
0 comments by seanwu on 4/14/2014
In a stacked Western Conference with four teams already eclipsing the 50-win mark this year, fantasy owners will have headaches finding the right players in their playoff pools. Here’s a brief skinny on the playoff picture in the West and their top players to look out for in the draft.
0 comments by seanwu on 4/10/2014
Are you and your friends already planning the draft for your playoff pool this year? We’ll have you covered at Two Pad Stack with a full fantasy report below. Today we’ll take a look at all the teams in the East today, and under each team you’ll find their top five fantasy players. Good luck […]
0 comments by seanwu on 3/9/2014
It’s been three days since the frenzy of the Deadline and today we’ll take a closer look at the debuts of many big names after they were traded. You’ll find details on how they performed in their first game and how they’ll impact their new teams. Let’s go! Marian Gaborik, Kings Just fresh off his return […]
