Hockey Rambling

Boone Jenner is expected to miss the next six weeks with a broken jaw. The Columbus captain leads the Blue Jackets with 13 goals and 80 shots on goal while leading Jackets forwards in icetime (19:18). Expect rookies Adam Fantilli and Dmitri Voronkov to pick up more icetime and potentially increase their value while Jenner [...]

I tried to trade Sergei Bobrovsky to anyone that was paying attention during the offseason, but to no avail. That may have turned out to be a blessing in disguise, as he and the Panthers are performing better than I had expected. With a 26-save effort in a 3-1 win over Pittsburgh, Goalie Bob now [...]

With Dan Vladar being pulled in Calgary’s game on Tuesday night, it seemed likely that prospect Dustin Wolf would get the nod in net and that’s exactly what happened. Jacob Markstrom injured his hand when he got hit with an errant puck during practice and that pushed Wolf to the NHL roster. The young netminder [...]

Ottawa has won two games in a row and a big part of that has been the goaltending from Anton Forsberg. His four starts since (and including) his game in Sweden has produced a .936 save percentage, and those recent two wins have seen him stop 72 of 74 shots. This team still needs to [...]

The NHL currently has the Board of Governor meetings ongoing, and this is where often the agenda looks dry, but sometimes there are some juicy nuggets dropped. Thus far there hasn’t been anything exceptional like the out-of-nowhere announcement a few years ago that the NHL was crowdsourcing interest in ticket sales in Las Vegas, but [...]

After missing Saturday’s game due to illness, Mathew Barzal was back at Islanders practice on Monday, skating in his usual spot on the top line. It seems as if he should be good to go for the team’s home game Tuesday night against San Jose. Brock Nelson and Noah Dobson were both absent from practice [...]

John Hynes remains undefeated as head coach of the Wild, with Sunday’s 4-1 win over Chicago marking his third-straight victory. The sample size is miniscule, but Minnesota hasn’t allowed more than one goal in a game since Hynes took over. That shouldn’t come as a huge surprise considering the team was playing solid defense even [...]

Alex Newhook is expected to miss the next 10-12 weeks with a high ankle sprain. In his first season with Montreal, Newhook has been on his highest point pace (46 PT 82-GP pace), as well as his highest average icetime (16:34) and power-play time (38.2 PP%). Newhook is also currently tied for the team lead [...]

Sam Montembeault has signed a three-year extension worth $9.45 million (cap hit $3.15 million) to remain with Montreal. This is a significant raise over his current cap hit of $1 million, set to expire at the end of the season. Given the Canadiens’ rebuilding state, Montembeault has performed reasonably well (2.73 GAA, .910 SV%) while [...]

If you haven’t checked whether Patrick Kane is available in your league, chances are you’re out of luck by now. It’s rare that players with the upside of Kane are up for grabs, and of course he’s worth an add in most formats. Yet as I was preparing a large auction bid for Kane in [...]