The Rangers got K’Andre Miller back from the COVID list over the weekend and while it looks like Kaapo Kakko may take a bit longer, they did get Filip Chytil back in practice on Monday. This team hasn’t had much depth all year and Chytil coming back will help out a lot with that. * [...]
With the new coaching staff in place, Montreal went back to their old lines with Tomas Tatar on the top line and Tyler Toffoli on the third line. That is where those guys were when the team was having all its success earlier in the year so it makes sense to go back to it. [...]
The big news from Wednesday is that the Montreal Canadiens have fired head coach Claude Julien and assistant coach Kirk Muller. This comes off the heels of a pair of losses to the Senators, both games where the Senators looked like the better team, honestly. As a Habs fan, I will say this: the team [...]
The big news from Monday was that Artemi Panarin will be taking a leave of absence from the team following abuse allegations against an 18-year-old girl stemming from 2011. This is not the forum for discussing geo-politics or abuse allegations so I will say this: Abuse allegations are serious.Russia is notorious for smearing dissidents, which [...]
Very good news for the Philadelphia Flyers as Sean Couturier was back at practice, skating on the top line on Wednesday. Remember he had missed a bunch of games before their COVID break and despite some wins, the team looked very much a shell of what they can be with him in the lineup. This [...]
Tyler Bertuzzi is out through at least Wednesday and has yet to start officially skating with the team. He had been off to a solid start with seven points in nine games with 20 shots and 13 hits but has yet to play in February due to his upper-body injury. More information as we get [...]
After the three New York-area teams announced they will be allowing fans, the Columbus Blue Jackets also announced limited attendance for upcoming games. What that timeline looks like is uncertain at the moment, but they are sure to get some fans in for their games in the very near future, maybe before the end of [...]
Buffalo hit the ice for practice for the first time in over a week but none of their players from the COVID list returned. That includes names like Taylor Hall, Rasmus Dahlin, Brandon Montour, Jake McCabe, and Rasmus Ristolainen. You will notice that that is their top-line left winger and four of their six from [...]
Ryan Johansen has been described as week-to-week by Predators coach Jon Hynes, so don’t expect him back in the lineup in the near-term. In the meantime, Nashville started their game on Monday with Calle Jarnkrok as the 2C for Grimaldi/Arvidsson. * A fascinating read over at The Athletic from Dom Luszczyszyn on how 3-on-3 overtime [...]
Though the Red Wings welcomed back players like Robby Fabbri and Adam Erne, they are expected to be without Tyler Bertuzzi for the next couple weeks. He had been off to a nice start this season with five goals and seven points in nine games, to go along with four PPPs and 13 hits. He [...]
