The Edmonton Oilers took game five to drag the Florida Panthers back to Alberta. The Panthers still have two chances to close out this series, but it really has the feeling of one that’s going to seven. I’m not much into betting, but if I had to wager (responsibly) on game six, my money would [...]
Big news on Sunday dropped with the Washington Capitals in the process of buying the CapFriendly website and all of its background functions. What that means, is that the Capitals will have sole access to any of the data and tools, with the website going dark to the public (and other teams) in early July. [...]
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 [...]
