Hockey Rambling

Dobber, Ian Gooding, Mike Clifford, Alex MacLean and Brennan DeSouza take turns providing daily ramblings. They cover a wide range of topics including the latest hockey developments as well as some deeper thoughts to help you with your fantasy hockey teams. You can be assured that when you wake up in the morning there will be a new rambling on the main page ready for you to indulge.

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Ramblings: Fantasy Playoffs; NCAA Signings; Fabbro’s Revenge Game; Hutson Chasing Rookie History & More (Apr 2)

By Alexander MacLean|2025-04-02T00:16:18-04:00April 2nd, 2025|Hockey Rambling|

Fantasy playoffs are in full swing, and I know because I’m still trying to regulate my breathing after managing through two tight matches on Sunday. One league I lost by a couple of blocks and a power play point, the other league I won because I added David Rittich three weeks ago with eyes on [...]

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Ramblings: Perreault and Leonard Sign; Updates on Marchessault and McAvoy; Snuggerud in St. Louis; Michkov Heater Continues; Hot/Cold Teams – April 1

By Michael Clifford|2025-04-01T07:14:51-04:00April 1st, 2025|Hockey Rambling|

Ahead of their game on Monday night in Philadelphia, the Nashville Predators announced forwards Jonathan Marchessault and Colton Sissons are day-to-day and week-to-week, respectively, according to the team. While it certainly looks as if Marchessault shouldn’t be out too long, we are at the point of the season where a ‘week-to-week’ designation could mean the [...]

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Ramblings: Hutson’s Hatty of Helpers; 30 Goals for Protas, Tuch & Kempe; NHL Debuts for Rinzel, Moore & Koivunen; Injury Updates (March 31)

By Brennan Des|2025-03-31T01:05:02-04:00March 31st, 2025|Hockey Rambling|

Canadiens’ Captain Nick Suzuki led the team to an impressive 4-2 victory over Florida with a goal and two assists. He has 25 points in 17 games since the 4-Nations Face-Off, elevating his game at the most crucial stretch of the Habs’ playoff push. Patrik Laine opened the scoring for Montreal with his 15th power-play [...]

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Ramblings: Draisaitl Returns and Scores 50th, Michkov Running Free, DeAngelo’s Comeback (Mar 30)

By Ian Gooding|2025-03-30T02:05:07-04:00March 30th, 2025|Hockey Rambling|

Matvei Michkov scored a pair of goals in the Flyers’ 7-4 win over Buffalo on Saturday. Michkov has tallied four goals, one assist, 11 shots, and at least 19:59 of icetime per game in the two games with Brad Shaw as coach. To be completely accurate, Michkov was hot even before John Tortorella was fired, [...]

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Ramblings: Marchand’s Florida Debut, Weekend Waiver Adds, Top-Drafted Goalies Shining During Fantasy Playoffs (Mar 29)

By Ian Gooding|2025-03-29T02:31:57-04:00March 29th, 2025|Hockey Rambling|

The Rat has finally suited up for the Cats. In his Panthers debut, Brad Marchand registered an assist on the overtime winner with four shots on goal in 16:30 of icetime. Marchand was on an even-strength line with Sam Bennett and Mackie Samoskevich. Marchand was also used on the Panthers’ second power play with rookie [...]

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Ramblings: Tortorella Fired; Updates on Kaprizov and Eriksson Ek; Michkov Shines For Flyers; Tampa Bay Embarrasses Utah; Crosby Breaks Gretzky’s Record – March 28

By Michael Clifford|2025-03-28T07:16:07-04:00March 28th, 2025|Hockey Rambling|

The big news from Thursday was that the Philadelphia Flyers fired Head Coach John Tortorella. Whether he was fired or whether he stepped down, sources vary, but the end result is the same in that his tenure with Philadelphia has come to an end. I wrote a bit about the change behind the bench yesterday. [...]

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Ramblings: Updates on Draisaitl, Marchand, and Sillinger; Sherwood Clutch for Canucks; Meier’s March Madness – March 27

By Michael Clifford|2025-03-27T07:21:32-04:00March 27th, 2025|Hockey Rambling|

It was never ideal that the Edmonton Oilers announced that both Leon Draisaitl and Connor McDavid would miss a week (or more) with injuries. While it does appear that McDavid is a little ways off from returning to action, there was some good news to come down on Wednesday as the Oilers announced that Draisaitl [...]

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Ramblings: Chychrun Extended; Fleury’s Final Days; Faulty Flyers; Roto Thoughts & More (Mar 26)

By Alexander MacLean|2025-03-25T23:03:25-04:00March 26th, 2025|Hockey Rambling|

Jakob Chychrun signed a big eight-year extension worth $9 million per season, which sets the Capitals up well for next season, and gives Chychrun the big payday he’s been looking for. The Capitals will have about $11 million for their final three-to-five roster spots Also, Chychrun did play last night after being questionable due to [...]

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Ramblings: Updates on Pettersson, Demko, Josi, McDavid, Draisaitl, Chychrun, and More; Monahan Makes Triumphant and Productive Return – March 25

By Michael Clifford|2025-03-25T07:40:17-04:00March 25th, 2025|Hockey Rambling|

Both Elias Pettersson (the forward) and Nils Hoglander were not in the lineup for the Vancouver Canucks on Monday night, and the team said that both will be out of the lineup for the rest of the road trip, so the next three games at least. It is a tough blow for a team fighting [...]

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Ramblings: Hall Hatty; Hertl Injury; Sneaky Value from Blankenburg & McLeod (March 24)

By Brennan Des|2025-03-24T00:54:43-04:00March 24th, 2025|Hockey Rambling|

Chicago snapped a seven-game losing streak with a 7-4 victory over Philly on Sunday. Tyler Bertuzzi led the way with a goal and two assists. He’s up to six points in his last four outings after going pointless through five games before that. Half of Bertuzzi’s points during this hot streak have come with the [...]