The month of January was a good one for the Colorado Avalanche. They went 8-5-0, good for 10th in points percentage across the league. They also finished 10th by expected goal share at 5-on-5, a big improvement over the weeks prior, and all this helped them climb into a playoff spot. The 2022 Stanley Cup [...]
One trade chip that the Columbus Blue Jackets had was Gustav Nyquist as the winger was set to be a free agent this summer. He was having a down year with just 10 goals and 22 points, though everyone on Columbus is having a down year. Now, we get news that it looks like he [...]
It seemed to be a matter of when, not if, Vancouver would be trading centre Bo Horvat. That trade went down Monday as he was sent to the New York Islanders in exchange for young winger Aatu Räty, winger Anthony Beauvillier, and a first-round pick in 2023. Dobber had a breakdown of the trade here. [...]
In Minnesota’s last game, forward Ryan Hartman took a late penalty that put his team on the penalty kill with under five minutes left and down a goal. The coach wasn’t happy, Hartman knew it was a dumb penalty, and that led to him being healthy scratched on Thursday: https://twitter.com/jessi_pierce/status/1618627968477327361 Brandon Duhaime took his spot [...]
The Pittsburgh goaltending situation has been muddled of late with an injury to Tristan Jarry. He has just three starts since Christmas as he’s made his way in and out of the lineup. This has forced the Penguins to recall Dustin Tokarski: https://twitter.com/PensInsideScoop/status/1618294573406781442 Tokarski has made two appearances for the Penguins this month, going 1-1 [...]
A big boost to the Ottawa lineup came recently with the return of Josh Norris. He even scored on Saturday night in the team’s loss to Winnipeg. That bit of good news has not lasted, though, as the team gave a brutal update to Norris on Monday: https://twitter.com/SunGarrioch/status/1617546583817551874 Once the surgery happens and we get [...]
Josh Norris returned to the Ottawa lineup on Wednesday night as the team hosted Pittsburgh, as close to a must-win game as there can be for the Senators in the middle of January. He had been out nearly three months thanks to a shoulder injury, which was a tough blow for a team and player [...]
Monday was Martin Luther King Jr. Day in America so there were games all day long. That leaves news a bit more sparse than usual as there were fewer teams having full practices and providing injury updates. However, there was a big restricted free agent signing as the Minnesota Wild locked up winger Matt Boldy: [...]
The return of Eric Comrie to the Buffalo lineup has complicated matters for the Sabres. They needed to make room when he came back and one of the first moves was to send Ukko-Pekka Luukonen to the AHL. That was just a paper move, though, to clear a roster spot, and Luukkonen was back in [...]
Despite injuries on the blue line, the Toronto Maple Leafs forward crop has largely remained healthy this season, especially the top-6: all of Auston Matthews, John Tavares, William Nylander, Mitch Marner, Michael Bunting, and Alex Kerfoot have played every game this season. That streak came to an end on Wednesday night as Matthews sat out: [...]
