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Ramblings: Updates on Sorokin, Hronek, Marino, Kreider, and Nichushkin; Decline in Offence for Robertson, Improvement for Strome – January 14

By |2025-01-14T07:29:21-05:00January 14th, 2025|Hockey Rambling|

Toronto had Steven Lorentz skating on the top line with Auston Matthews in practice yesterday. We would normally shrug that aside as a filler-type thing, but Matthew Knies and Bobby McMann were both practicing while Max Pacioretty seems to be headed for a healthy scratch. This won’t last, but it’s notable that Craig Berube is [...]

Ramblings: Staal’s Hat Trickery; Luukkonen Lights Out; Johnston Hot Streak Continues; Updates on Walman, Evangelista, and More – January 10

By |2025-01-10T07:52:13-05:00January 10th, 2025|Hockey Rambling|

It had been a good start to the season for San Jose Sharks defenceman Jake Walman, posting 5 goals and 20 assists in 31 games, totaling 80 shots, 47 blocks, and 30 hits. However, injuries have started to limit his appearances as he’s now missed 12 games in total, with San Jose playing Game 44 [...]

Ramblings: Bedard Heater Continues; Dubois Doubles Down; Updates on Andersen, Malkin, Kulich, Hronek, and More – January 9

By |2025-01-09T07:18:06-05:00January 9th, 2025|Hockey Rambling|

The big news from Wednesday was the postponement of the game between the Calgary Flames and the Los Angeles Kings due to the ongoing, severe wildfire in California. There has not been a date announced for the makeup game, but that is not the important thing right now. For anyone looking to help out with [...]

Ramblings: Kaliyev Lands in New York; Updates on Injured Senators; Two-Goal Tom; Notes on Carolina, Forsberg, Zellweger, and More – January 7

By |2025-01-07T07:19:47-05:00January 7th, 2025|Hockey Rambling|

The big news on Monday would be to see which team would claim former Los Angeles Kings winger Arthur Kaliyev as he was put on waivers by the Kings on Sunday. Kaliyev had been injured for the 2024-25 season, but the team was playing well and had the forward depth they needed, so a move [...]

Ramblings: Updates on Matthews and Kaprizov; Byfield Producing; Seven Predictions for 2025, Including New Jersey, Celebrini, Evans, Dostál, and More – January 2

By |2025-01-01T20:40:05-05:00January 2nd, 2025|Hockey Rambling|

There was just one game on Monday night, and Los Angeles took care of business at home with a 3-0 win over the New Jersey Devils. Andre Lee scored the first goal of the game, the first goal of his career, and the first goal in the NHL in 2025. That stood up as the [...]

Ramblings: Keeping an Eye on Forsberg, Tsyplakov, Broberg, Zellweger, and More – December 27

By |2024-12-26T14:59:23-05:00December 27th, 2024|Hockey Rambling|

My last two Ramblings included a Christmas wish list as well as peering down the road for fantasy schedules we should keep an eye on. Those are two forward-looking articles, so let’s keep that theme going, and take a spin around the league for players to keep an eye on for fantasy purposes. These are [...]

Ramblings: Previewing Fantasy Schedules For St. Louis, Dallas, Utah, Florida, and Others In The Short-, Medium-, and Long-Term – December 26

By |2024-12-22T10:29:58-05:00December 26th, 2024|Hockey Rambling|

Christmas is now in the rearview mirror, but we do have Boxing Day on tap today. In the spirit of the season, let’s go over some players or teams that might be discounted from a lot of fantasy owners, but have good schedules over the second half that require our attention. We will also look [...]

Ramblings: A Christmas Wish List Including Kirill Marchenko, Thomas Harley, Mathew Barzal, Utah’s Scoring, and More – December 24

By |2024-12-22T09:16:14-05:00December 24th, 2024|Hockey Rambling|

Merry Christmas Eve, everyone! Regardless of which, if any, holiday is celebrated, I hope everyone can find some downtime to relax with family and friends. The NHL is on its holiday break, so I thought I would take today to do something a little more fun. Let’s go around the league and do a Christmas [...]

Ramblings: Kakko Traded; Update on Chinakhov; Preseason Projections For Crosby, Tippett, Verhaeghe, and Heiskanen – December 19

By |2024-12-19T06:56:37-05:00December 19th, 2024|Hockey Rambling|

Columbus forward Yegor Chinakhov has missed three weeks with an upper-body injury. It is unfortunate for him, but also because Kent Johnson has missed 14 games and Dmitri Voronkov has missed nine. In fact, the team has only had those three, and Kirill Marchenko, in the lineup for 3/32 games this season. It is a [...]

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