Good to see Jacob Markstrom doing well in the AHL. I had feared for his confidence level. But the last two games he faced 73 shots and stopped 70 of them. * Every time I watch Cam Atkinson, my latest man crush, I come away wondering why he's not a star yet. And I've seen [...]
Carolina fell to the Boston Bruins on Monday night, but Cam Ward returned to the net after missing 10 games with a lower-body injury. Ward gave up two goals early on, but seemed to settle in after that. Justin Peters had a nice run of strong performances while Ward was out, but his value is [...]
This week the Eastern Edge takes a look at Flyers goaltender Steve Mason's resurgence and how to survive the Steven Stamkos injury
Matt Duchene will be out for about a week with an oblique injury. I'll be interested to see how Nathan MacKinnon responds to the added ice time (assuming he gets some). That's three games, and look for Duchene to return Wednesday the 27th. * Tobias Enstrom had six points in five games to kick off [...]
The Contrarian urges us to be mindful when evaluating the reliability of "scoops."
There were nine NHL games on the slate on Saturday night, and most of them were kind of underwhelming from a match up perspective. Not that we care, we're just glad to watch hockey in the fall again. Let's get to it, shall we? * On Saturday morning the Toronto maple Leafs completed [...]
The fantasy impact of the Toronto Maple Leafs acquiring Peter Holland
It was a rare busy Friday night of action as there were 10 games on the schedule. Here are some quick hits on the contests. Well the Toronto Maple Leafs hit a new low last night losing 3-1 to the Buffalo Sabres. With the Nazem Kadri suspension and the lengthy absences of David Bolland [...]
Should Yakupov owners be worried?
Fantasy Impact: The Buffalo Sabres have fired GM Darcy Regier and Coach Ron Rolston, hiring Pat Lafontaine and Ted Nolan.
