Sometimes when I need inspiration for these Ramblings, I go through our Frozen Tools to look for players that may be of interest to the readers. Generally, this is through our most-viewed tool which can help us identify who is a popular player at any given moment. However, I also dig into some other of [...]
We have finally reached the offseason. It took to the long weekend in August, but we finally reached the offseason. Honestly, this past season is just one giant blur. I was looking through some of my old tweets the other day for a specific tweet from this season and remembered the time Ralph Krueger, the [...]
With Colorado re-signing Gabriel Landeskog to his monster extension, it seemed likely Brandon Saad would be moving on from the Avalanche. Exactly where he would land might take some time, but that he was gone was pretty much a sure thing. The 28-year-old winger made his decision on Thursday, and he’s going to a rival: [...]
After losing to Tampa in the 2020 Finals in the summer bubble, and then losing to Tampa in the 2021 Finals as a member of the Montreal Canadiens, it appears as if Corey Perry has had enough. He is done losing to Tampa Bay, so he’s decided to join the Bolts instead: https://twitter.com/KevinWeekes/status/1420786764160159745 Perry is [...]
We truly had ourselves a Free Agent Frenzy, didn’t we? Last year didn’t see much player movement while this year it didn’t seem to slow down for about the first six hours. Myself, Dobber, and Ian were around for the day giving out our instant analysis on the signings (and trades!) that went down. They [...]
One of the more odd moves of the offseason was Chicago letting Pius Suter walk for nothing. His rookie season in the NHL saw him post 27 points in 55 games playing just 16:20 a night. A 40-point pace for a rookie is not nothing. Besides that, he had a carry-in percentage on zone entries [...]
For about as long as I can remember – which is to about three hours ago – the Montreal Canadiens have had a terrible power play. The best it has been in recent seasons was mid-pack in the postseason this year. For the last several years, we’re looking at a team in the bottom-half, if [...]
All season, my main goal has been to get the Los Angeles Kings to start going for it. They have Anze Kopitar signed for three more years, and that is effectively their window with the current core. Beyond that, they’ll be turning the team over to Byfield, Turcotte, Clarke et al. In my mind, I [...]
There was a lot of movement from Minnesota on free agency regard their defencemen and former defencemen. We already saw Ryan Suter get signed in Dallas (fantasy take here) but that didn’t stop them from making more moves. The first was grabbing veteran defenceman Alex Goligoski out of Arizona: https://twitter.com/mnwildPR/status/1420425744442929155 This is a nice pickup [...]
Seattle remains maybe the most mystifying team of the offseason. They did not make a single trade at the Expansion Draft, and it seemed they shot themselves in the foot by asking for too much in return. That is a huge mistake because teams are dumping good players left and right *with* draft picks in [...]
