In a game with massive playoff implications for the Jets, Connor Hellebuyck stopped all 29 shots he faced in a 4-0 win over the Golden Knights. Hellebuyck has now earned shutouts in two of his last four games. He’s also put together an impressive run of quality starts, with 11 quality starts over his last [...]
If you are a Mika Zibanejad owner and you’re in an important time of your season, you sure hit the jackpot on Thursday. Zibanejad scored five goals, including the overtime winner, while firing eight shots on goal in the 6-5 win for the Rangers over the Capitals. To give you an idea of how rarely [...]
Another day, another injury. This time it’s Steven Stamkos, who is expected to be out for six to eight weeks in order to undergo core muscle surgery. Assuming that timeline holds true, Stamkos would not return before the end of the regular season, effectively making him droppable in single-season leagues. Obviously, IR is more desirable, [...]
Happy Leap Year Day! If you’ve bucked the odds and were born on this day, I hope you celebrate like it’s nobody’s business. It’s good to be back writing after taking last weekend off. Writing the Ramblings on weekends means that I don’t get out as often as I used to, and that can include [...]
The Washington Capitals have acquired forward Ilya Kovalchuk from the Montreal Canadiens for a 2020 third-round pick. Montreal has agreed to retain 50 percent of Kovalchuk's salary and cap hit. After being left for dead in Los Angeles, Kovalchuk’s career has been revived in Montreal. His 13 points (6g-7a) in 22 games as a Hab [...]
The Anaheim Ducks have traded winger Ondrej Kase to the Boston Bruins in exchange for veteran forward David Backes, defenseman Axel Andersson and a 2020 first-round draft pick. The key piece in the trade is Kase, a middle-six winger who adds some much-needed forward depth for the Bruins. The trade served another purpose for the [...]
If you’ve been on the Frozen Tools Report Generator over the past few days, you might have noticed a new report called “Draisaitl Hat Tricks.” If you don’t follow me on Twitter, then you might be asking what on earth a Leon Draisaitl hat trick would be. That’s what I’m here to explain. You know [...]
The New Jersey Devils have traded forward Blake Coleman to the Tampa Bay Lightning for Vancouver's conditional first-round pick in the 2020 or 2021 draft (acquired in the J.T. Miller trade) and prospect Nolan Foote. This is a significant price to pay for the Bolts; however, they needed to increase their grit level in order [...]
Injury issues factor into the February Roto Rankings, with a half-dozen mainstays falling out of the rankings because of injuries that will cost them either the entire rest of season or a significant portion of it. That has resulted in several new entries into the top 100, in particular three new goalies. The goalie position [...]
Another day, another injury. Erik Karlsson will miss the rest of the regular season with a broken thumb that will require surgery. Karlsson’s season ends at 57 games, which means that this is the second consecutive season in which he has failed to reach 60 games. Signed to a long-term deal by the Sharks this [...]
