Hockey Rambling

Nico Daws’ first game since the 2021-22 season was a success. Daws made 25 saves in the Devils’ 6-2 win over Ottawa. Daws was recalled earlier this week when Akira Schmid was sent to the AHL. Although Vitek Vanecek has played a little better recently, Daws could easily push him for starts in Jersey with [...]

The 2024 Midseason Guide will be available in two weeks, on January 12, 2024. Look for second-half projections, sleepers, advanced stats, historical trends and prospects you need to know. For more information and to make your purchase, click here. Due to Dobber’s health situation, I have been taking on added responsibility with the midseason guide [...]

The injuries for the Columbus Blue Jackets have been piling up for the second year in a row, so anytime they can get some good injury news, it’s a breath of fresh air. They got exactly that on Wednesday as forward Jack Roslovic was back skating after fracturing his ankle six weeks ago: https://twitter.com/JacketsInsider/status/1740016766917673038 The [...]

With no NHL games, we’re going to run through some World Juniors thoughts and then jump to a couple of reader questions. In the early game yesterday, Slovakia showed that they need to be taken seriously this year, with a convincing 6-2 win over the Czechs. Servac Petrovsky (MIN), Filip Mesar (MTL), and Maxim Strbak [...]

Merry Boxing Day, everyone! I hope all our readers get that snowblower (or lawnmower) that they’ve had their eye on for a few months. It is truly that magical time of year where deep discounts on consumer products help bring together everyone across all demographics. With the NHL still on their break, and the World [...]

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays everyone! With no games scheduled on Christmas Eve, I thought I’d review each team’s most valuable and most disappointing player so far this season. Those valuable players have been a gift to your fantasy roster, while those disappointing players have you begging Santa for a turnaround. Anaheim Ducks Gift: Mason [...]

If you’re in a head-to-head league, Saturday was the final day of your matchup. In other words, no players to stream today. The league is off on Sunday, Monday, and Tuesday as the league heads into a three-day break. A very merry Christmas to the Vancouver Canucks, who lead the NHL in points (49), goals [...]

Goaltending in fantasy hockey is fickle; hence, the popularity of Zero G and other methods of fading goalies. I won’t profess to being a hockey training expert, but it seems like performance is more psychologically-based at the goaltending position than at any other. Ilya Samsonov’s interview after Thursday’s debacle (five goals allowed in less than [...]

Gabriel Vilardi is the most-searched player on Frozen Tools as I write this, which makes sense because he should unquestionably be the top waiver-wire pickup of the past week. In case you haven’t been following, Vilardi has five goals and 10 points and a plus-10 over his last four games, which includes three multi-point games. [...]

I would ask the readers for a bit of grace here as this now Day 3 without power in my region, as I write this the estimate is we're not getting it back for anywhere from 12-48 hours, and trying to keep track of NHL news in the circumstances isn't the easiest. Let's look through [...]