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Ramblings: Updates on Woll, Panarin, and Perunovich; Play-Driving from Skinner, Ehlers, Dubois, and More – February 22

By |2024-02-22T06:16:42-05:00February 22nd, 2024|Hockey Rambling|

There was good news out of Toronto as goalie Joseph Woll was sent to the AHL for a conditioning stint, the next step on his way back from an ankle injury that has kept him out of the lineup for two and a half months. How many games he ultimately plays down there remains to [...]

Ramblings: Updates on Theodore and Siegenthaler; A Hat Trick of Hat Tricks; Breakout seasons from Farabee, Neighbours, and Harley – February 20

By |2024-02-20T06:19:56-05:00February 20th, 2024|Hockey Rambling|

Miro Heiskanen was out of the Dallas lineup on Monday afternoon as he was away from the team for the birth of his child. With Jani Hakanpää and Nils Lundkvist already out, the Stars dressed Joel Hanley and called up some AHL depth to fill out the blue line. It is always interesting to see [...]

Ramblings: Updates on Sanderson and Arvidsson; Kessel’s Return; Improvements from Duchene, Bjorkstrand, Strome, and More – February 15

By |2024-02-15T06:58:35-05:00February 15th, 2024|Hockey Rambling|

There has been no shortage of interesting storylines around the Philadelphia Flyers over the last couple of seasons, but one of them is certainly the career renaissance of Rasmus Ristolainen. He had played very well defensively over the last couple of seasons for the Flyers and that has pushed his name into trade rumours. He [...]

Ramblings: Update on Woll; Afanasyev Called Up; Improvements from Sharangovich, Harley, Tatar, Frost, and More – February 13

By |2024-02-13T07:34:12-05:00February 13th, 2024|Hockey Rambling|

Toronto goalie Joseph Woll was at practice for the team on Monday, his first in over two months. How long he needs to get up to speed is up to him, but that he’s back and practicing is a good sign for the team. Toronto has had their goalie struggles this season and Martin Jones, [...]

Ramblings: Pospisil Signs; Jack Hughes, Nazem Kadri, Matthew Tkachuk, Leo Carlsson, and Producing on the Rush – February 8

By |2024-02-07T21:57:41-05:00February 8th, 2024|Hockey Rambling|

As far as stat adjustments go, this is a big one. The NHL announced that they have performed an audit of hit totals this season and adjusted as necessary. This won’t change anything for prior fantasy weeks for head-to-head leagues, but hopefully this actually is an improvement to how they count hits moving forward. We [...]

Ramblings: Updates on Hughes, Pacioretty, Sergachev, and Fleury; Playoff Schedules for Rangers, Kings, Blues, Kraken, and Capitals – February 6

By |2024-02-05T21:42:41-05:00February 6th, 2024|Hockey Rambling|

It has been a frustrating year for Andrei Svechnikov. He started the season late due to his knee surgery and was slow out of the blocks with zero goals in his first 11 games. He started torching the opposition afterwards to the tune of 11 goals and 12 assists in 18 games, but another injury [...]

Fantasy Take: Los Angeles Fires Head Coach Todd McLellan; Jim Hiller Named Replacement

By |2024-02-02T15:04:29-05:00February 2nd, 2024|Fantasy Take - Latest NHL Moves|

Not long after Montreal traded Sean Monahan to Winnipeg (fantasy take can be read here), the Los Angeles Kings announced they fired coach Todd McLellan. Despite a win heading into the All-Star break, the Kings had just three wins in their previous 17 games as their hot start was a distant memory. His replacement is [...]

Ramblings: Rest of Season Values for Tage, Meier, Eichel, Karlsson, Shesterkin, and Daccord – February 2

By |2024-02-02T07:50:11-05:00February 2nd, 2024|Hockey Rambling|

It is the midst of the All-Star break, and this is the perfect time to look ahead to the rest of the season. For a more in-depth look at the second half, be sure to grab a copy of the 2024 Dobber Hockey Midseason Fantasy Guide! It has projections, prospects to watch for, advanced stats [...]

Ramblings: Updates on Andersen and Fantilli; Rest of Season for Voronkov, Roy, Newhook, Perunovich, and Zellweger

By |2024-02-01T06:26:07-05:00February 1st, 2024|Hockey Rambling|

Carolina provided an update Frederik Andersen and they said he suffered pulmonary embolisms that occurred back in November. He has been taking medication to help with the issue and working with doctors to try and get him back on the ice without further problems. That he’s back skating at all is a great sign, and [...]

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