Rather than killing you the way Kari Lehtonen did my team in my matchup league on Saturday, by writing a preamble as weak as the Eastern Conference is in head-to-head matchups with the West, let's just get to it and briefly touch on all of the games in the NHL on Saturday. How about it? [...]
The Montreal Canadiens defeated the Washington Capitals 3-2 on Friday and David Desharnais picked up his first goal of the season. Yes, you read that right. Desharnais actually had two assists against Minnesota earlier in the week, which makes three points for him in his last two games. Maybe this will jumpstart him offensively because [...]
Find out why Kwiaton thinks the Flyers will keep rolling
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
