March 31, 2014

By |2014-03-31T05:41:51-04:00March 31st, 2014|Hockey Rambling|

Some late notes, meant to get this out earlier in the afternoon - Jason Spezza is out day-to-day, he'll miss tonight's game and J-G Pageau has been called up and will play. With Spezza out, I like Pageau's odds of doing well. I'm guessing he sees time with Hemsky. Also, Evgeni Malkin is out 2-3 [...]

March 30th, 2014

By |2014-03-30T14:58:33-04:00March 30th, 2014|Hockey Rambling|

The NHL's stretch run is winding down and we're beginning to have a better idea of which teams will still be alive for the first round.   We know now, for example, that the Toronto Maple Leafs almost certainly won't make it, and that the Detroit Red Wings very probably will. That particular hockey night [...]

March 29, 2014

By |2014-03-29T06:07:52-04:00March 29th, 2014|Hockey Rambling|

The Leafs dropped another decision and are quickly falling out of the playoff race. They've been getting some help lately, like Detroit losing Thursday and Columbus losing Friday, but they are not taking advantage of the good fortune. Saturday's game against Detroit is all the more massive now and the Leafs need a regulation win. Nothing else will [...]

March 28, 2014

By |2015-07-24T08:32:53-04:00March 28th, 2014|Hockey Rambling|

Decisive 3-0 victory for Boston against the visiting Blackhawks.   Tuukka Rask got the shutout, his league-leading seventh of the season. Once upon a time there was an argument to be made that Ben Bishop was the Vezina frontrunner but Rask has run away with it since the Olympics.   Patrice Bergeron is sizzling right [...]

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