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Ramblings – Holloway Out Six Weeks; Bedard Update; Hughes’ Power Play Impact; Buium’s Understated Start – December 16

By |2025-12-16T04:33:12-05:00December 16th, 2025|Hockey Rambling|

Emil Lilleberg has been deemed week-to-week, per Erik Erlendsson. Ryan McDonagh and Victor Hedman may be returning shortly – still TBD on that – but this now means that the Lightning are missing four defencemen from the lineup. It is amazing that they went into Monday night’s game against Florida top in the division with [...]

Fantasy Take: Oilers, Penguins Swap Skinner and Jarry

By |2025-12-12T14:09:44-05:00December 12th, 2025|Fantasy Take - Latest NHL Moves|

The Edmonton Oilers and Pittsburgh Penguins have made a goalie trade as Stuart Skinner is off to Pennsylvania while Tristan Jarry is heading to Alberta, according to a tweet from Elliotte Friedman. Along with Jarry, minor league forward Samuel Poulin went to the Oilers while the Penguins received a second-round pick in 2029 along with [...]

Ramblings: Cooley Out Eight Weeks; Fowler Wins Debut; Lee’s Four-Point Night; Lightning Scorch Devils; Stone’s Heater Continues – December 12

By |2025-12-12T07:07:19-05:00December 12th, 2025|Hockey Rambling|

Utah announced that centre Logan Cooley is going to miss eight weeks with the leg injury he suffered after crashing into the post against Vancouver last week. That kind of timeframe will keep him out until the Olympic break, and he can use that break to get up to speed the best he can. Things [...]

Ramblings: Fabbri Signs in St. Louis; Knight Blanks Rangers; Shot Improvements from Pinto, Zegras, Neighbours, and Carlsson – December 11

By |2025-12-11T06:34:29-05:00December 11th, 2025|Hockey Rambling|

The St. Louis Blues announced the signing of winger Robby Fabbri to a one-year, two-way contract. This is on the heels of them also announcing that winger Jordan Kyrou is week-to-week with a lower-body injury with Alexey Toropchenko still on the shelf and Nick Bjugstad also ailing. Fabbri was with the Blues for their Stanley [...]

Ramblings: Cooley Out Indefinitely; Bruins Reinforcements; Hildeby Blanks Bolts; Potential Production Coming for Eklund and Quinn – December 9

By |2025-12-09T07:30:10-05:00December 9th, 2025|Hockey Rambling|

Andrei Vasilevskiy has been moved to the injured reserve, according to reporter Diandra Loux. He is set to miss at least the next couple of games, but it’s not all bad news as both Brayden Point and Nikita Kucherov were back in Tampa Bay’s lineup on Monday night. Tampa was in Toronto for that game [...]

Ramblings: Marchenko Returns and Produces; Islanders Bury Avalanche; Geekie Hot Streak Rolls On; O’Reilly Leads Predators to Late Win – December 5

By |2025-12-05T07:31:56-05:00December 5th, 2025|Hockey Rambling|

The Columbus Blue Jackets got a boost to the lineup as Kirill Marchenko returned after missing the last four games with a knee issue. He was back in his usual top-line role so all of the Kent Johnson and Yegor Chinakhov enthusiasts – there are dozens of us! – are going to have to stand [...]

Ramblings: Seguin Surgery; Marchenko Return; Investigation Konecny’s Declining Fantasy Value – December 4

By |2025-12-04T05:45:24-05:00December 4th, 2025|Hockey Rambling|

Some bad injury news for Dallas Stars forward Tyler Seguin as reported by Mike Heika. Seguin will be undergoing knee surgery on his ACL and it looks like his season is over. There is no firm timeline yet in if/when he can return to the ice, but all indications are that he won’t be returning [...]

Ramblings: McGroarty Called Up; Snuggerud Injured; Crosby Keeps Cruising; Werenski Heater; Improvements for Mateychuk, Levshunov, Gudas, and More- December 2

By |2025-12-02T07:25:34-05:00December 2nd, 2025|Hockey Rambling|

Rutger McGroarty was called up by the Pittsburgh Penguins and suited up for them on Monday night as they visited Philadelphia. McGroarty had missed a couple of months with an upper-body injury before returning to action in the AHL where he amassed seven points in five games. He started his first NHL game of the [...]

Ramblings: Black Friday Deals on Weegar, Hanifin, Skjei, Point, Miller, and Johnson – November 28

By |2025-11-27T13:08:59-05:00November 28th, 2025|Hockey Rambling|

We are nearly 30% of the way through the regular season, which means firm decisions need to be made about fantasy rosters. Managers hoping for a championship need to look around the league at which players could bolster their roster, and that’s what we’re doing here today. We are seeking players who are Black Friday [...]

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