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Ramblings: Hischier back – kind of; Compher’s new role; lucky starts – October 25

By |2019-10-25T08:32:35-04:00October 25th, 2019|Hockey Rambling|

  Maybe this vote of confidence is a kiss of death, but John Tortorella said officially that Joonas Korpisalo has solidified himself as the go-to starter for the Blue Jackets. I think Columbus has showed well here early in the season, the problem with wins will come from goal scoring, because they still haven’t figured [...]

Ramblings: Update on Rantanen; injury to Tatar; Brown called up; slow starts – October 24

By |2019-10-23T22:06:27-04:00October 24th, 2019|Hockey Rambling|

  The update on Mikko Rantanen was about as good as Colorado fans and Rantanen fantasy owners could reasonably hope for. Right now, the timeline for return is 4-6 weeks and he’s being considered week-to-week, but the team said they won’t know the full extent of the injury for a few days yet. We’ll know [...]

Ramblings: Rantanen injured; Josh Anderson returns; Philly flys; random facts – October 22

By |2019-10-21T21:00:45-04:00October 22nd, 2019|Hockey Rambling|

  The big news for Monday was that the Flyers had called up Joel Farabee, one of their top prospects. He slotted on the third line with Kevin Hayes and Scott Laughton, while finding himself on the top power-play unit. What’s more is that he was immediately slotted into the bumper role on the top [...]

Ramblings: Early team reviews; injury updates; Gustav Nyquist – October 17

By |2019-10-17T08:52:31-04:00October 17th, 2019|Hockey Rambling|

  One of the fun things about following sports is the conversations with other fans. Whether it’s comparing stars, teams, prospects, whatever, the conversations are what keep it fun. For years, we’ve been wondering when someone would come along to take the mantle from Sidney Crosby. It looks like that the mantle belongs to Connor [...]

Ramblings: Demko’s cage; Philly’s second line; Hjalmarsson and Hischier injured; recaps – October 15

By |2019-10-14T19:04:06-04:00October 15th, 2019|Hockey Rambling|

  Jacob Markstrom was granted a leave of absence by the team in order to attend to a family matter. Best wishes to Markstrom and his family He is expected to rejoin the team later this week. The Canucks have four games this week including a back-to-back this weekend. Now, if Markstrom does rejoin the [...]

Ramblings: Point’s spectacular return; Neal and Mantha rolling; giving thanks – October 11

By |2019-10-11T08:31:16-04:00October 11th, 2019|Hockey Rambling|

  Tampa Bay looked… ok?... through their first few games. And then Brayden Point returned, slotting on the top line with Steven Stamkos and Nikita Kucherov. I think most people would expect Point to have at least a little bit of rust to his game, not being sure how he and the line would fare [...]

Ramblings: Malkin injured; Namestnikov traded; Gusev to line one; early impressions – October 8

By |2019-10-07T21:21:02-04:00October 8th, 2019|Hockey Rambling|

  Bad news came for Evgeni Malkin, the Penguins, their fans, and fantasy owners as the star centre is expected to miss significant time with his injury from the weekend. The team hasn’t elaborated yet on what the injury is (beyond a lower-body one) or what the timeframe for a return might be, so we’re [...]

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