I’m trying to evaluate two players who may fly under the radar heading into drafts this year but did put up solid numbers in the games they did play in 2023-23. First off, Alex Nylander, who was a revelation for Columbus in 23 games with them last season, scoring 11 goals and adding four assists. [...]
Ian Gooding should have our team’s Expert Picks out at some point today. My pick is Edmonton in seven. I think there will be a few games where each team takes over, with the Oil’s stars overwhelming Sergei Bobrovsky more often than not in the series. Home ice “advantage” and the Oilers’ historic penalty kill [...]
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 [...]
Here are the top 64 goalies to own in your salary cap league – May 26th, 2024 edition. Just like the skater list the goalie rankings have been updated into offseason mode, so we’re looking at contracts beginning with games in the fall. The new contracts (and projected new deals) cause slips down the rankings [...]
The full 2023/24 to 2024/25 turnover is completed, and the data/rankings are now in offseason mode. Players are shown with contract status as of July 1st, so any players shown without a contract are upcoming free agents, who have their values computed through projected contract dollar values until an actual contract is signed. Free agency [...]
A couple of quick thoughts for the leagues where you get to replace eliminated players. In leagues where you cannot double-up on replacement players, then Edmonton is the last team I would like to select players from, because their scoring is so top-heavy right now that even selecting a few depth players would mean that [...]
Hey all, it’s Alex filling in for Brennan. I have to say when I told Brennan two months ago that I would cover this Rambling date, it was not on my radar that it was the long weekend – sneaky bugger, I hope you’re enjoying yourself. * With both the Boston/Florida and Dallas/Colorado series ending [...]
I would have thought that Valeri Nichushkin’s suspension (discussed by Cliffy yesterday) would have made room in the lineup for another black-ace scorer on the wing in Nikolai Kovalenko. Kovalenko put up excellent numbers in the KHL this year, but has only gotten a very limited look in the post-season here, playing a total of [...]
With the draft lottery in the recent past now, the world championships underway, and the NHL playoffs not even half over, there aren’t many eyes already turned to July first. However, as I always do in the spring, I have my final list of projected annual cap hits for each of the top-100 free agents. [...]
The NHL’s draft lottery yesterday was anti-climactic, with the San Jose Sharks winning the first overall selection, and the Chicago Blackhawks winning the second overall pick – exactly where they were slotted before the lottery. That means no teams changed position, not even Detroit, who always seems to find a way to drop. https://twitter.com/wyshynski/status/1787979897362637252 It’s [...]
