The Sens announced they won’t be bringing back goaltender Craig Anderson. He had spent the bulk of his franchise with the team but he’s had a few rough seasons in a row playing behind really bad teams and at the age of 39, it makes sense the team looks for new goaltending as their rebuild [...]
We knew Pittsburgh would need to clear some cap space this summer, and part of this apparently includes trading Patric Hornqvist to Florida for defenceman Mike Matheson and forward Colton Sceviour. At the least, they clear it up front. Matheson saw a big hit in ice time this year, dropping from 21-22 minutes the previous [...]
In Michael Clifford’s Ramblings on Wednesday he started to cover some teams and their cap outlooks for the coming seasons. It’s a good practice to get into for all cap league managers, and I’m looking forward to seeing what he digs up as that train of thought continues for the next few days. It can [...]
Yesterday, I wrote about where teams stand with regards to cap space and the off-season. Remember, the draft starts October 6th and free agency on October 9th, with the last day of playoffs potentially being September 30th. That doesn’t give us much time to cover what may happen. Today, I want to start the discussion [...]
Despite unprecedented circumstances amid chaos and uncertainty since March, many players shined (or still are) during this season’s playoffs. Of course that raises the magical question as to whether those players can carry their momentum into 2020-21, or instead will end up following in the footsteps of Justin Williams, Daniel Brière, and Derick Brassard as [...]
A good read from Greg Wyshynski and Emily Kaplan over at ESPN about the NHL bubble. They got nine players to talk about the experience inside the bubble from both Toronto and Edmonton. This means talking about the food, entertainment, amenities, security, safety protocols, and everything else. It’s… eye-opening. The NHL got its security protocols [...]
In this week’s Eastern Edge, I revisited a few goaltending storylines from this past season. If there’s anything you’d like to see in future articles, please let me know in the comments below, or shoot me a message on Twitter @BrennanDeSouza! Pittsburgh’s Goaltending Controversy Matt Murray played very well in October, winning seven of [...]
The NHL announced the rest of its award winners on Monday, including top defenceman, goalie, rookie, and including the MVP to his team. Months ago, I wrote about who I thought should receive the various awards: Vezina can be found here and the others here. This was before the finalists were even announced, so they [...]
Playoff Western Leaders Goals – 10 – Bo Horvat – Vancouver Assists – 18 – Miro Heiskanen - Dallas Points – 25 – Nathan MacKinnon - Colorado PPP – 10 – Elias Pettersson - Vancouver Shots on Goal – 80 – Shea Theodore - Vegas PIM – 46 – Antoine Roussel - Vancouver Best plus/minus [...]
In the Keeping Karlsson Fantasy Hockey Podcast's 31 Beats series, Elan and Brian are on a league-wide odyssey to explore the fantasy present and future landscapes of each of the NHL's 31 teams, gathering info by interviewing the people who know them best: beat writers! In this episode Elan is joined by Chip Alexander from the Raleigh News [...]
