With many fantasy drafts taking place just before the season start date of January 13, this month’s Roto Rankings have been released earlier than normal. This will account for updates related to player projections in roto categories as well as where players are typically being drafted. We hope that you can use these rankings as [...]
The seven teams that did not make the 2019-20 postseason all returned to the ice for the first time since March. And with that came some news out of Buffalo that Jack Eichel missed Friday’s practice because of an upper-body injury from off-ice training. The Sabres have listed him as day-to-day, while coach Ralph Krueger [...]
Happy New Year, and let’s hope 2021 is… waaaaay better. Usually we’d be excited about watching the upcoming Winter Classic, but you shouldn’t need me to explain why it isn’t on. We will probably need to wait a while before we see any real improvements and a return to normal, but at least there’s a [...]
The St. Louis Blues have signed forward Mike Hoffman to a professional tryout contract (PTO). As noted in the Blues’ press release, Hoffman can participate in all training camp activities, but he is free to sign a contract with any NHL team during the PTO. However, according to The Athletic’s Jeremy Rutherford, it appears that [...]
The Ottawa Senators have acquired forward Derek Stepan from the Arizona Coyotes in exchange for a Senators' (previously acquired from Columbus) second-round selection in the 2021 NHL Draft. Following five consecutive seasons in which he consistently ranged between 53 and 57 points, Stepan’s point totals have sunk over the past two seasons. He fell just [...]
Take Carl Soderberg’s name off the list of remaining free agents. Because of the injuries to Kirby Dach and Alex Nylander, the Blackhawks had a need for a center who could also play some wing. Soderberg should fit in as a middle-six forward who can also play some wing, which makes him a possible waiver-wire [...]
Hello, hope you had a Merry Christmas, even if it was a scaled-down COVID version. As someone who has had his fill on large holiday gatherings and all the responsibilities leading up to them, I’ve enjoyed this less-stressful Christmas, but still managed to reach out to many family and friends. In a normal season there’d [...]
With a longer-than-normal offseason, finding topics to write about on a daily basis hasn’t been easy. Yet with the season supposed to be starting in a month, I thought why not try a mock draft? So I took a trip over to Yahoo, and lucky for me they had one ready to go in several [...]
According to Elliotte Friedman, the NHL and NHLPA have reached a tentative agreement on a 56-game season. https://twitter.com/FriedgeHNIC/status/1340092188160634886 We may not have information about scheduling and an iron-clad start date, and we still don’t have confirmation that the health authorities from all five Canadian provinces that host NHL teams have signed off. But any step [...]
Let’s get the bad news about Henrik Lundqvist out of the way. The newly-signed Capitals goalie will miss the 2020-21 season because of a heart condition. He was expected to push up-and-coming Ilya Samsonov for starts, but because he signed a one-year contract, it’s possible that he never plays for the Capitals. Hopefully we see [...]
