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Ramblings: Quick’s Final Start; Carolina Clinches East; Philadelphia Reaches Postseason; Playoff Previews for Ottawa and Boston – April 14

By |2026-04-14T06:04:41-04:00April 14th, 2026|Hockey Rambling|

Jonathan Quick said he’s played his last game in the NHL following his start in Florida on Monday. He will finish his career with 410 regular season wins, 49 more playoff wins, two Stanley Cups, a Conn Smythe trophy, and a one-way ticket to the Hall of Fame. That he is retiring in the same [...]

Ramblings: Caufield Reaches 50 goals; Seider Reaches 60 Points; Season Over for Luke Hughes and Seth Jones; Chabot Returns; Updates on Kadri and Makar, and More – April 10

By |2026-04-10T09:18:54-04:00April 10th, 2026|Hockey Rambling|

The Philadelphia Flyers announced the signing of Jack Berglund, their second-round pick from 2024. He had 12 points in 40 games as a 19-year-old in the Swedish league and will report to the Flyers’ AHL affiliate to begin. He won’t have fantasy relevance this season but certainly a good sign for his future that the [...]

Ramblings: Hagens Signs; Updates on Kadri and DeAngelo; Playoff Preview of Tampa Bay, Montreal, Buffalo, and Pittsburgh – April 9

By |2026-04-09T07:42:02-04:00April 9th, 2026|Hockey Rambling|

The Boston Bruins signed prospect James Hagens to his three-year entry-level contract. Hagens had signed a tryout contract to go play with Providence in the AHL, but after six games, he’s getting the call up. There is no information yet about when he’ll make his debut, but this is something that is important to track [...]

Ramblings: Five-Point Nights for Bratt and Hughes; Cirelli’s Hat Trick; Foerster Returns for Flyers, and More – April 3

By |2026-04-03T07:30:08-04:00April 3rd, 2026|Hockey Rambling|

The Ottawa Senators were at home to the Buffalo Sabres on Thursday night, but without defenceman Carter Yakemchuk as he was in concussion protocol, per Bruce Garrioch. That is obviously not great news for the young blue liner, though the Sens did also say that Jake Sanderson may be ready to return this weekend, so [...]

Ramblings: Update on Makar; Final Waiver Pickups in McMichael, Chernyshov, Neighbours, Klingberg, Fowler, and More – April 2

By |2026-04-02T06:12:19-04:00April 2nd, 2026|Hockey Rambling|

Anaheim signed prospect Roger McQueen to a professional tryout so he can go finish the season in the AHL. The expectation is that he’ll sign his entry-level deal soon and the details are just being sorted out, but the 10th overall pick from last year’s draft is leaving college hockey to turn pro. * In [...]

Ramblings: Treliving Fired; Askarov Returns; Notes on Meier, Fantilli, Boldy, Zellweger, and Wolf – March 31

By |2026-03-31T06:34:49-04:00March 31st, 2026|Hockey Rambling|

With eight games left in the season and three weeks after the Trade Deadline, the Toronto Maple Leafs fired General Manager Brad Treliving, and no immediate replacement was named. Not sure why they did this - things had been going so well. * Jordan Greenway was lined up on Buffalo’s fourth line at their practice [...]

Ramblings: Updates on Chabot, Hayton, Rantanen, and Lehkonen; Karlsson and Rakell 3-Point Nights; Montour’s Big Multi-Cat Effort, and More – March 27

By |2026-03-27T06:59:34-04:00March 27th, 2026|Hockey Rambling|

The Ottawa Senators announced that defenceman Thomas Chabot required surgery on his arm after J.T. Miller broke it with a cross-check. Chabot will be out 4-8 weeks which means that the earliest he might be back is for the end of the first round of the playoffs – should Ottawa get that far – and [...]

Ramblings: Sýkora Debuts; Hrabal Signs with Utah; Reichel’s Opportunity in Boston; Bruins/Sabres Showdown – March 26

By |2026-03-26T05:54:31-04:00March 26th, 2026|Hockey Rambling|

Adam Sýkora made his NHL debut for the New York Rangers on Wednesday night. The second-round pick from 2022 has spent the last three years in the AHL and had amassed 58 points in 131 games. He is not typically known for his offence, but with the team’s lacklustre forward depth, he has a chance [...]

Ramblings: Mammoth Sign Desnoyers; Updates on Kaprizov, Eriksson Ek, and Askarov; Improvements for Perfetti, Ostlund, Willander, and More – March 24

By |2026-03-24T05:56:20-04:00March 24th, 2026|Hockey Rambling|

The Utah Mammoth announced the signing of Caleb Desnoyers to his three-year entry-level deal. The fourth overall pick from 2025 had 78 points in 45 games with the Moncton Wildcats in the QMJHL this year. It will be interesting to see how the Mammoth decide to use him for the balance of the campaign considering [...]

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