Monthly Archives: April 2015

April 6 2015

By |2015-09-01T15:51:11-04:00April 6th, 2015|Hockey Rambling|

Are the Pens even worthy? Also thoughts on Mason, Allen, Mrazek and more ... *** Ryan Nugent-Hopkins is day-to-day with a foot injury. He had played through it for a couple of games (it was courtesy of an Iginla shot), but missed Saturday's contest. My gut tells me he'll miss the final three games, which [...]

April 5, 2015

By |2015-09-01T16:08:37-04:00April 5th, 2015|Hockey Rambling|

There seems to be a ton of discussion right now about whether the NHL should abolish the so-called loser point and reconstructed how many points are issued per game. I can remember the overtime point idea first being brought up during the 1980s. As a Vancouver Canucks fan, I was all in favor of the [...]

April 4, 2015

By |2015-09-01T16:08:34-04:00April 4th, 2015|Hockey Rambling|

Lehtonen's shocking fantasy value, Calcutta auction as a way to spice up your office playoff pool and more...   *   Yesterday’s discussion of the loser point led to an interesting suggestion from a reader: make all overtime/shootout wins worth one point and overtime/shootout losses worth none. That certainly would certainly incentivize teams to go [...]

April 3, 2015

By |2015-09-01T16:02:12-04:00April 3rd, 2015|Hockey Rambling|

Bobrovsky with another late-season run, Carlson threatening the top five, Mark Stone's Calder push and more...   *   Sergei Bobrovsky is making a great late-season push for the third straight season. His numbers since returning from injury in early March:   11-2-0 – 2.44 GAA – .924 Save%   Not quite as gaudy as [...]

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