Hockey Rambling

An interesting wrinkle with Winnipeg’s lineup on Monday night was that Cole Perfetti was moved to the top power play unit with Nikolaj Ehlers being bumped down. The top PP unit had three goals in eight games, which isn’t awful, but they had gone three straight contests without tallying. This was the change they decided [...]

The good news for Edmonton and Calgary was that one of them was going to come out of Sunday’s Heritage Classic with a much-needed victory. In the end, the Oilers won 5-2 and more importantly for them, Connor McDavid returned to the lineup after missing two games, Evander Kane had a goal and two assists [...]

Connor McDavid’s original timeline was 1-2 weeks for his upper-body injury, but he skated on Saturday and could play in the Heritage Classic today. You shouldn’t need us to tell you to make sure he’s in your lineup, although this could be a true game-time decision. Hopefully he’s not being rushed back to play in [...]

Andrei Svechnikov made his season debut on Friday, playing his first game since injuring his ACL in March. He did not record any points, but he was credited with three hits and four shots in 13:40 on a line with Stefan Noesen and Jack Drury. Not exactly the Canes’ top line, and he didn’t play [...]

The big news from Thursday was that Ottawa forward Shane Pinto will be suspended for half the regular season – 41 games – for a violation related to gambling but unrelated to gambling on the NHL. We will have to see what happens over the next few days (he said he’s not appealing but I’ll [...]

It was a successful first effort for the NHL with its Frozen Frenzy on Tuesday night. Despite some hiccups in Columbus, or with a couple production issues, it seemed to have gone off without a hitch. It would have been nice if they hadn’t scheduled it for the first day of the NBA season but [...]

Frozen Frenzy took over the NHL last night, with all 32 teams playing, and no two games starting at the same time. We had hockey straight from 6pm EST with the beginning of the Leafs and Capitals game, all the way to the end of the late game between the Golden Knights and the Flyers. [...]

One big offseason debate in the fantasy hockey community revolved around the Buffalo goaltending situation. The team had Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen in the system, Eric Comrie signed, and prospect Devon Levi now on the roster. Levi showed well at the end of the 2022-23 season, if inconsistent, much like the rest of the team. Levi started [...]

It’s a relatively minor injury for Connor McDavid, but fantasy teams will be without his services for at least a few games. The Oilers announced on Sunday that McDavid will be sidelined 1-2 weeks with an upper-body injury. McDavid appeared to be in discomfort late in the third period of Saturday’s game and left the [...]

Jake Sanderson is off to a fast start and appears poised for a breakout. Sanderson scored a power-play goal while taking four shots, giving him goals in back-to-back games and six points over his last four games. Sanderson has also taken over the top power play from Thomas Chabot. Sanderson is also being used on [...]