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 [...]
Brady Tkachuk announced that he will be ready to return to game action on Friday, skating his first game in over six weeks following surgery on his thumb. The Ottawa Senators managed to stay right in the thick of the playoff race without him, but look poised to take off with their captain back in [...]
Kirill Marchenko was not in the lineup for Columbus on Monday night, having pulled a muscle during morning skate, according to Brian Hedger. The team doesn’t seem to think it’ll be a long-term absence so consider him day-to-day for now, but we should get a clearer update in the next day or two. Columbus ended [...]
The Tampa Bay Lightning got some good injury news as forward Nick Paul was in the lineup on Thursday night with the team home to New Jersey. Paul had been recovering from a surgery on his wrist and had yet to play this season. He started the game on the second line with Brayden Point [...]
Nashville Predators reporter Alex Daugherty had video of defenceman Roman Josi participating in team practice on Wednesday following their return from Europe. Josi has missed four weeks with an upper-body injury but indications are that he may be ready to go in the next few days, if not next week. A great sign for a [...]
A bit of good news/bad news on the injury front for the Buffalo Sabres. While there is still no official diagnosis or timeline for defenceman Michael Kesselring, reporter Paul Hamilton tweeted that both Jason Zucker and Josh Norris are considered day-to-day now. Norris played the season opener and then suffered an upper-body injury while Zucker [...]
Early on Thursday, Bruce Garrioch reported that Ottawa Senators forward Shane Pinto had signed a four-year contract extension. The new deal has a $7.5-million average annual value and will carry Pinto until his age-30 season when he’ll be able to sign another contract, supposing that this one goes well. As long as Pinto keeps doing [...]
Going into the season, one of the biggest stories for the Vancouver Canucks revolved around the health of goaltender Thatcher Demko. He missed a large chunk of the 2024-25 season and looked to be ready to go in 2025-26, but after missing games over the weekend, and leaving Tuesday night’s game after the first period, [...]
The New York Rangers got some good news on Monday night as Vincent Trocheck was back in the lineup for the first time since the third day of the season, having missed four weeks with an upper-body injury. He was back on the second line with Artemi Panarin but is not yet back on the [...]
Patrick Kane was at Detroit’s practice on Thursday, according to Helene St. James. Kane has missed the last three weeks with an upper-body injury but may be ready to go soon as he was also skating in his usual second-line spot next to Marco Kasper and Alex DeBrincat. * Mats Zuccarello was not in the [...]
