We have spent the last few weeks reviewing eliminated playoff teams, but given the timeline here there is an opportunity to return to our MVP series. At the beginning of the month, we were looking at individual players by roster position and identifying players who provided the most value. As a reminder, here is some [...]
With a 3-2 win over the Rangers in Game 5, the Florida Panthers are one win away from a return trip to the Stanley Cup Final. The Rangers and Panthers will now head to Florida for Game 6 on Saturday evening, where the Rangers will try to avoid elimination in front of a hostile crowd [...]
Columbus introduced their new general manager on Thursday as Don Waddell had a press conference with his new team. Waddell was recently with the Carolina Hurricanes but has moved on for this new challenge. The Blue Jackets are entering their 24th season as a franchise and have yet to reach a Conference Final, so there [...]
Welcome back to another edition of the Roos Lets Loose monthly mailbag, where I answer your fantasy hockey questions by giving advice that should be useful to all poolies even if they don’t own the specific players being discussed. As a reminder, if you want your fantasy hockey question(s) answered in the next mailbag, check [...]
The Florida Panthers took game four after scoring a power play goal just a minute into overtime. Sam Reinhart scored 27 of them in the regular season, so it should be no surprise that he was the focal point of Florida's power play here as well. Blake Wheeler made his monumental comeback from a big [...]
Former Pittsburgh Penguins and Buffalo Sabres head coach, and current Coachella Valley Firebirds head coach, Dan Bylsma was named the new bench boss for the Seattle Kraken on Tuesday. The AHL affiliate Firebirds are still taking part in the AHL playoffs so he’s not 100% with the big club just yet, but he will be [...]
San Jose Sharks reported Sheng Peng indicates that prospect Will Smith may sign with the Sharks this summer. Smith was taken fourth overall in the 2023 Draft and would pair very nicely with the incoming Macklin Celebrini. We'll cover it more when it happens, but Peng is a very good reporter so there shouldn't be [...]
Springtime hockey tends to reveal a number of similar characteristics when it comes to how teams get it done in April, May, and June: winning on the road, elite special teams play, good goaltending, and of course, the ability to roll four lines. Depth is a word you hear a lot at this time of [...]
This week, we will continue looking at significant first and second round draft picks that were traded and see how the return worked out for each team from the West. It was somewhat easier to conclude from the earlier draft years, but most of the trades for picks below will still be open to interpretation [...]
It was a very wild back and forth Game 3 between New York and Florida that needed some overtime to decide it. The Panthers got out an early lead thanks to a Sam Reinhart power play goal but Alexis Lafreniere replied five minutes later to tie the game, and it was a beautiful backhand: https://twitter.com/HockeyDaily365/status/1794815847158194327 [...]
