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 Eriksson Ek, Kaprizov, Landeskog, Draisaitl, and Pionk; McDavid Returns; Knies and Foerster Hat Tricks; Production From Montour, Harley, and More – April 10

By Michael Clifford|2025-04-10T08:07:14-04:00April 10th, 2025|Hockey Rambling|

After having Joel Eriksson Ek played just one game in the last two months, and none since late February, as well as Kirill Kaprizov not being in the lineup since late January, the Minnesota Wild got great news on Wednesday as both returned to the lineup against the San Jose Sharks. Heading into that game, [...]

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Ramblings: Injury Notes for Florida, Marchessault, and Pettersson; Demidov Signs; Parekh Up; Preliminary First Round Picks & Tips (Apr 9)

By Alexander MacLean|2025-04-08T23:05:21-04:00April 9th, 2025|Hockey Rambling|

There’s not a whole lot of advice or info we can give you at this point to help with the rest of the fantasy season, as we’re in the last week and it’s likely just at the point of setting and watching your team do all the work now. What I will note, is that [...]

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Ramblings: Updates on Ehlers, Svechnikov, Mukhamadullin, and Nečas; Point Reaches 40 Goals Again; Production From McTavish, Horvat, Eklund, and Marchenko

By Michael Clifford|2025-04-08T08:40:36-04:00April 8th, 2025|Hockey Rambling|

Nikolaj Ehlers was not back in the lineup for the Winnipeg Jets on Monday night after missing Saturday’s game in Utah. The good news for the Jets is he was a game-time decision and was at morning skate, so it seems as if he's very close to returning, at any rate. A positive sign for [...]

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Ramblings: The Great Eight Passes The Great One; Mikheyev’s Magic; Unlucky Verhaeghe (Apr 7)

By Brennan Des|2025-04-07T01:12:31-04:00April 7th, 2025|Hockey Rambling|

After weeks of an exhilarating record chase, the inevitable happened: the Great Eight passed the Great One. Alex Ovechkin scored his 42nd goal of the campaign and the 895th goal of his career, taking sole possession of the NHL’s all-time goal-scoring record. You’ve probably consumed tons of content contextualizing this historic feat by now, so [...]

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Ramblings: Pasta and Geekie Five Points Each, Crosby Hat Trick, Thomas Is Smooth (Apr 6)

By Ian Gooding|2025-04-06T01:33:40-04:00April 6th, 2025|Hockey Rambling|

Jacob Markstrom earned a 26-save shutout of the Rangers in a Saturday matinee game. Markstrom now has four consecutive wins and three consecutive quality starts after a rough patch in March that saw him go 1-4-1 with a 4.33 GAA and .830 SV% with three really bad starts. Markstrom has four shutouts this season, with [...]

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Ramblings: Ovechkin Ties Gretzky! Injury Updates, Weekend Waiver-Wire Adds (Apr 5)

By Ian Gooding|2025-04-05T00:19:13-04:00April 5th, 2025|Hockey Rambling|

Move over, Wayne Gretzky. You’ve got company. Alex Ovechkin scored career goals 893 and 894 on Friday, tying Gretzky for the all-time goal lead. Here’s the record-tying goal from Ovechkin, scored against Spencer Knight: https://twitter.com/NHL/status/1908330325085659569 I have to admit that when a Capitals fan presented the idea to me about five years ago that Ovechkin [...]

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Ramblings: Draisaitl, Holloway, Ehlers Injured; Makar, Suzuki Reach Milestones (Apr 4)

By Ian Gooding|2025-04-04T01:35:01-04:00April 4th, 2025|Hockey Rambling|

Who will be the better per-game goal scorer once Alex Ovechkin’s NHL career is finished? https://twitter.com/DavidAmber/status/1907613539184824641 As far as the Ovechkin watch goes, the Capitals are back in action tonight (Friday) against the Blackhawks, then Sunday against the Islanders. The Capitals play seven more games this season, which means that he could easily break the [...]

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Ramblings: Updates on Kapanen, Kaprizov, Malkin, and Glass; Recent Play From Slafkovský, Olivier, Marchment, Carlson, and More – April 3

By Michael Clifford|2025-04-03T07:55:54-04:00April 3rd, 2025|Hockey Rambling|

On top of a bunch of college signings making their debuts this week, Oliver Kapanen is joining the Montreal Canadiens as the team enters the final couple weeks of the regular season. Kapanen started the season with the Habs but was sent back to the Swedish Hockey League after a dozen games. He posted 35 [...]

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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 [...]