Kyle Larson Ready to Roll at Watkins Glen

Kyle Larson has the best starting position among the Hendrick Motorsports Racing drivers with a fourth. This is good news at Watkins Glen especially if Larson and his pit crew have made some good adjustments to his No. 5 car. Larson is fifth-best in the last two appearances at Watkins Glen with two top-tens and […]

Ryan Blaney Expected to Have Less Upside Sunday

Ryan Blaney is one of the Team Penske drivers who has not fared quite so well on road courses this year. He has one top ten finish and that is it. The concern is that he starts from the third position so place differential is not on his side either. Seeing a 17th here and […]

Joey Logano Offers Road Course Upside at Watkins Glen Maybe

Joey Logano starts from the second spot for Sunday's road race at Watkins Glen. Logano has some nice results on the road courses this year including a fourth at Sonoma, a third at Austin, and a second at Daytona. The Team Penske car has some odd results at the Upstate New York track, however. His […]

Brad Keselowski Gets Pole at Watkins Glen

Brad Keselowski will be on the pole for Sunday's Go Bowling at The Glen. He did finish third in New Hampshire but has mostly been just decent on road courses this season. The Team Penske driver did have a top-five way back on the Daytona road course. His last couple of times on the Watkins […]

Tomas Tatar Heads South to New Jersey with New Contract

Unrestricted free agent Tomas Tatar inks a two-year deal with the New Jersey Devils on Thursday afternoon. The contract features a $4.5 million cap hit and pays him $3.75 million for 2021-22 and $5.25 million for 2022-23. Tatar was a member of the Montreal Canadiens last year but did not play in the playoffs. One […]

Yegor Sharangovich Signs New Pact with New Jersey

Yegor Sharangovich remains a member of the New Jersey Devils after signing a new two-year deal on Thursday. This will pay him an AAV of $2 million with $1.8 million coming in 2021-22 and $2.2 million in 2022-23. Sharangovich will still be a restricted free agent at the end of this contract. The 23-year old […]

Adin Hill Avoids Arbitration and Signs Two-Year Deal with San Jose

Adin Hill avoided arbitration as he inked a two-year contract with the San Jose Sharks on Wednesday night. The contract will pay him an average AAV of $2.175 million. The salary is the same each season. Hill expects to challenge for the number one spot in goal for the Sharks. The former Arizona Coyotes goaltender […]

Cameron Davis Third Rounds Lately Offer Some Worry

Cameron Davis has had a weird quirk of going a little off in his third rounds of late. In four of the last five tournaments, he has performed below the field average. The one time he did not was when he won the Rocket Mortgage Classic. That was behind a stellar week where David performed […]

Harris English Reasonable DFS Option at Memphis

Harris English did have an up and down tournament at The Open a few weeks ago. However, that 68 on Sunday may be a springboard for better things at TPC Southwind this week. English did win The Travelers Championship and finished third at the US Open. Part of that is balance. The golfer was able […]

Jason Kokrak Needs Putter to Not Fail Him at Memphis

Jason Kokrak is a top-five putter on the PGA Tour. He ranks fourth overall in strokes gained at 0.756. His birdie average is ninth at 4.28 per round. As long as he gets on the green, Kokrak typically puts himself in an area where he has a good shot at birdies and pars as opposed […]

Corey Connors Provides Solid Value on the TPC Southwind Course

Corey Connors should be able to make enough putts based on his ability to drive the ball accurately and get on the greens without much trouble. He ranks 11th in both categories. The only issue Connors may have is right around the green where he loses .091 strokes gained. At the Olympics last week, the […]

Brian Harman Represents Good Value Based Off Recent Form

Brian Harman has a solid ability to putt well and work around greens despite not driving the ball a long way. His overall strokes gained is a solid 28th at 1.121. What is more impressive is his putting has been near the top ten for the past several tournaments (14th overall this year). With his […]

Lee Westwood Trying to Regain Form From March at Memphis

Lee Westwood finished second at the Arnold Palmer and The Players' Championship. Since then, the English golfer has faltered and gotten worse of late. His final rounds have been a cause for concern in his last three tournaments. He missed the cut altogether at the Charles Schwab. The biggest problem is being average. Westwood cannot […]

Matthew Wolff May Struggle at Memphis This Week

Matthew Wolff can hit the ball 310-plus yards with regularity but his driving accuracy is just 49.85% on the tour which is not even in the top-200. With greens-in regulation ranking just 92nd, those are two significant red flags for the golfer at this WGC tournament. Driving the balls into small places, especially these tiny […]

Victor Hovland Will Be One To Watch at Memphis

Victor Hovland sneaked into the top-15 during the Olympics with barely a peep. His final round 64 showed kind of what could have been. It included some great ball-striking and an eagle-birdie finish that no one duplicated. He has done well on WGC golf courses including a second at The Concession in February. The vital […]

Hideki Matsuyama Could Be Question Mark at TPC Southwind

How does Hideki Matsuyama pick up the pieces after the Olympics? He was in a prime position to win gold in his home country when his putter failed him time and time again. Then, his drives began to fail him. The result was finishing in a tie for fourth and out of the medals. When […]

Matthew Fitzpatrick Must Be Accurate to Contend at Memphis

For Matthew Fitzpatrick to be a good investment this week, he cannot miss greens at all. Since he only drives the ball 292.2 yards off the tee, Fitzpatrick needs to be accurate on the fairways (17th) and the greens (129th). The golfer from England often gets himself in trouble when he tries to hit irons. […]

Justin Rose Carries High Risk Heading to TPC Southwind

Justin Rose finished outside the top-30 in his last two tournaments after missing the cut at the US Open. One of the keys to finishing high at Memphis is the ability to hit small greens and putt well enough. Rose can putt among the best ranks 32nd but his around-the-green abilities have diminished greatly (182nd […]

Tony Finau Needs His Putter To Contend at Memphis

Tony Finau tuned up at the 3M Open last week and finished in the top-30 (28th) for a second week in a row. He did miss some putts and was part of the reason that he again did not contend. With a top field for this week's WGC, can Finau raise his game? TPC Southwind […]

Xander Schauffele Primed to Ride Gold Medal Wave

Xander Schauffele pulled off an impressive feat by winning the gold medal at the Tokyo Olympics. He comes to Memphis this week on an all-time wave of adrenaline. His ability to scramble out of trouble on the Tokyo course with some timely final-round putting allowed him to hold off the field. So many times in […]

Bryson DeChambeau Expects Wild Ride at Memphis

Bryson DeChambeau recovered from COVID after missing the Olympics in Tokyo. It is safe to say that the last several months have been tumultuous. DeChambeau struggled a bit until the final round at The Open and blew up at the Masters and PGA as well. Did that final round 65 overseas give him a needed […]

Collin Morikawa Running Hot Heading into WGC-FedEx St. Jude Invitational

Collin Morikawa is on quite a run as the WGC tournament looms this weekend. The golfer has four straight top-four finishes including the Olympics where he shot a final-round 63. He won The Open and leads all golfers in strokes gained from tee-to-green at 2.044. It almost always comes down to putting for Morikawa but […]

Justin Thomas Likely to Contend at WGC-FedEx St. Jude Invitational

Justin Thomas won this tournament last year and has the tools to possibly repeat as champion. Strokes gained from tee-to-green is pretty vital on the Memphis course. Eight of the last ten winners have topped the category. Thomas ranks sixth this season overall in this metric at 1.469 strokes gained. Also, his 68-65 weekend at […]

Nick Ritchie Shipping Out to Toronto on New Contract

Nick Ritchie signed with the Toronto Maple Leafs on Saturday. His new deal will pay him an AAV of $2.5 million over the next two seasons. The former Boston Bruin scored 15 goals last year. He expects to replace Zach Hyman, who was signed earlier in the week by the Edmonton Oilers. Ritchie does a […]

Zach Werenski Gets Long-Term Extension from Columbus Blue Jackets

Zach Werenski signed a six-year extension late on Thursday night with Columbus. This keeps him as a member of the Blue Jackets until 2028. The defenseman is one of the last players left over from the first John Davidson era. Columbus had a high priority in securing Werenski after they traded Seth Jones to the […]

Filip Chytil Receives Bridge Deal to Stay in New York

Filip Chytil inked a two-year contract on Thursday with the New York Rangers. The forward will be paid an AAV of $2.3 million. Chytil had a bit of a dip in ice time and goals last season. He only played in 42 games due to injuries but did have eight goals and 22 points. This […]

Brandon Saad Heads to St. Louis with New Contract

Brandon Saad signed with the St. Louis Blues on Thursday. He agreed to a five-year deal worth $4.5 million AAV. The one thing the winger could do is score goals. Saad lit the lamp 15 times in just 44 games last season (that's the 27 goal regular-season pace). There was somewhat of a concern with […]

Pius Suter Heads to Detroit on New Two-Year Contract

The Chicago Blackhawks walked away from a qualifying offer to Pius Suter. So, the Detroit Red Wings quickly struck. They signed the forward to a two-year deal worth $3.25 million AAV on Wednesday. Suter spent good parts of the season centering forwards like Alex DeBrincat and Patrick Kane. He scored 14 goals and 27 points […]

James Reimer Returns to the San Jose Sharks on Wednesday

James Reimer signed a two-year deal with the San Jose Sharks on Wednesday. Reimer was traded there from the Toronto Maple Leafs during the 2015-16 season. The goaltender will be paid $2.25 million AAV. Reimer went 15-5-2 in 2021 with the Carolina Hurricanes. He posted a 2.66 goals-against-average and .906 save percentage. Reimer has a […]

Will Butcher Traded to the Buffalo Sabres Wednesday

Will Butcher did not figure much into the New Jersey Devils' plans this upcoming season and was moved on Wednesday to the Buffalo Sabres. New Jersey also gave Buffalo a 2022 fifth-round draft pick for future considerations. Butcher has one year left and $3.733 million on his current deal. The defenseman's production had steadily slipped […]