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: Updates on Domi, Johnson, Dunn, Ingram, and Georgiev; Woll Earns Shutout; Improvements for Eklund and Horvat – November 21

By Michael Clifford|2024-11-20T22:18:32-05:00November 21st, 2024|Hockey Rambling|

Toronto hosted Vegas on Wednesday night, and the Maple Leafs were already without Auston Matthews, who has been out of action for over two weeks. The recent update on Matthews was that there’s a hope he can return to action sometime next week, but given that he’s been day-to-day for most of November already, we [...]

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Ramblings: Ovechkin & Miller Out; Yahoo Position Updates; AHL Standouts & More (Nov 20)

By Alexander MacLean|2024-11-19T23:15:20-05:00November 20th, 2024|Hockey Rambling|

The Capitals announced yesterday that Alex Ovechkin is out week-to-week, and we have a new Injury Ward writer to cover the big news. We're bringing in Logan Clarkson from GoaliePost over to take over the column from Blake Creamer. All the best to Blake, and keep your eyes peeled for Logan's debut this afternoon. Back [...]

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Ramblings: Updates on Point, Thompson, Letang, and Eriksson Ek; Makar Continues Hot Start; Changes in Market Share of Shots – November 19

By Michael Clifford|2024-11-19T07:33:50-05:00November 19th, 2024|Hockey Rambling|

As of Tuesday, it has been over two weeks since Brayden Point was in the lineup for the Tampa Bay Lightning, and any injury lasting more than a week always raises some eyebrows. The Lightning, and fantasy managers, got some good news on Monday, though, as he was back at practice. He was skating on [...]

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Ramblings: Ovi’s Goalden Night; Necas Extends Point Streak; Preds’ Power Players (Nov 18)

By Brennan Des|2024-11-18T01:35:02-05:00November 18th, 2024|Hockey Rambling|

Carolina, who averages the most shots for and the fewest against, experienced a rarity on Sunday as they were outshout by the Blues. Still, they pulled out a 4-1 victory over St. Louis. Pyotr Kochetkov had a strong showing, stopping 29 of the 30 shots he faced. Kochetkov has been better when busy this season. [...]

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Ramblings: Nurse Leaves Game, Hall a Healthy Scratch, Bedard Sophomore Slumping? (Nov 17)

By Ian Gooding|2024-11-17T02:13:56-05:00November 17th, 2024|Hockey Rambling|

Entering Saturday, Trent Frederic was held without a goal since opening night, which is a span of 17 games. Frederic broke that slump with a pair of goals on Saturday to go with five shots on goal. Frederic reached 40 points last season, but he is currently on pace for just 26 points. If he [...]

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Ramblings: Nichushkin, Drouin Return; McMichael Still Hot; Saturday Streamers (Nov 16)

By Ian Gooding|2024-11-16T02:08:41-05:00November 16th, 2024|Hockey Rambling|

If you missed the night of NHL action because your eyes were glued to the circus that was Jake Paul and Mike Tyson (and the 17 undercards before that)*, let’s fill you in on a few happenings. * Full disclosure: I turned away from the Red Wings/Ducks match on Sportsnet to watch this fight, hoping [...]

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Ramblings: McDavid 1000 Points, Vasilevskiy 300 Wins, Lekkerimaki First NHL Goal (Nov 15)

By Ian Gooding|2024-11-15T01:32:04-05:00November 15th, 2024|Hockey Rambling|

Connor McDavid joined the 1000-point club with a goal in the second period against Nashville on Thursday night. McDavid has reached 1000 point in just 659 games, which makes him the 4th-fastest player and 99th player overall to reach that milestone. McDavid later assisted on the overtime winner to give him 1001 career points. A [...]

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Ramblings: Updates on Thompson, Lindholm, Thomas, and Walman; Leafs Stage Comeback; Regression for Kyrou, Marchenko, and Pionk – November 14

By Michael Clifford|2024-11-14T06:07:52-05:00November 14th, 2024|Hockey Rambling|

Buffalo had a thrilling game with Montreal on Monday afternoon resulting in 12 goals and multiple lead changes. Besides the loss, the Sabres had some bad news as all of Tage Thompson, Mattias Samuelsson, and Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen left the game with injuries. There was an update on Wednesday as to the status of all three [...]

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Ramblings: Lekkerimaki’s Debut; McCann; Balinskis; Necas; Overworked Goalies; Deep Cut Prospects & More (Nov 13)

By Alexander MacLean|2024-11-13T03:41:23-05:00November 13th, 2024|Hockey Rambling|

Starting with the battle of Ontario, because everyone knows that's the centre of the hockey universe. The Sens actually looked like the Cup contenders in this one while the Leafs (sans Auston Matthews) looked like the playoff bubble team. Michael Amadio scored against his former team (the Leafs) and now has goals in back to [...]

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Ramblings: Michkov Returns; Mantha Done For Season; Habs/Sabres Goal-fest; Dallas Dominates Pittsburgh – November 12

By Michael Clifford|2024-11-12T08:08:32-05:00November 12th, 2024|Hockey Rambling|

The good news for Matvei Michkov fantasy owners is that he was back in the lineup on Monday as the Philadelphia Flyers hosted San Jose Sharks. The bad news is that he was skating on the second line with Ryan Poehling and Anthony Richard. Not that Flyers lines stay together for very long, but this [...]