Hockey Rambling

Since Friday features just two games, I’ll dive into analysis of the late games on Thursday. In a seven-goal outburst for Seattle, Matty Beniers recorded his first point of the season (an assist) in his fifth game. In terms of total icetime, it’s difficult to determine which power-play unit is the top one for the [...]

Before I start on the usual fantasy hockey discussion, Dobber shared some tough news earlier in the day. https://twitter.com/DobberHockey/status/1715022525904609534 It’s not easy to find the right words when something like this happens. When Dobber phoned me earlier to deliver this unfortunate news, all I could say is that I was sorry and that I hoped [...]

Back before the 2023 Draft, I had a Ramblings that covered some of the prospects I was keeping an eye on. As always, I am not a prospect evaluator, but I do read a lot from sources I trust and try to get an idea of what each player might be. One of the prospects [...]

I am very much so a believer in the Pittsburgh Penguins this year. Most of my fantasy teams reflect that perception even pre-draft, and the results have already been born out in a small sample size. Evgeni Malkin looks engaged and dangerous, Sidney Crosby looks as timeless as always, and having a lot more depth [...]

The biggest hope and goal for Montreal this 2023-24 regular season was to see progress from its bevy of young players. To do that, the young players would need to stay healthy as the team was decimated by injuries last year. It took a grand total of two games for those hopes to be dashed [...]

Do you have a late draft? Pick up my 18th annual Fantasy Guide here. The last update was October 12, so a couple of days into the regular season. * And now that the season has started… https://twitter.com/DobberHockey/status/1713223761556578706 Over 4000 people have downloaded this now. Don’t get left behind. And if you did download it [...]

First Saturday of the season! Lots of hockey to break down. No Taylor Swift coverage, I promise. Because of Connor Bedard, the Blackhawks have become must-watch TV whenever they are broadcasted nationally. Nothing against the Wild/Leafs or Flames/Penguins, which are both decent matchups in and of themselves. Yet here I am viewing two of the [...]

With many teams, it’s a matter of picking between one goalie or the other. Yet with the defending Stanley Cup champion Golden Knights, both can be rostered in fantasy leagues. After Adin Hill was in net for a 4-1 win over Seattle on opening night, Logan Thompson also picked up a win with the same [...]

Taylor Hall took a hard hit during Wednesday night’s game in Boston and missed a few shifts. He tried to gut it out on a power play but left the game midway through the second period and did not return. The team has said that he’s week-to-week, which is rarely good news. As incredible as [...]

We now have two regular season games of Connor Bedard’s performance. Statistically, there isn’t much to discuss yet. He is taking a lot of shots, which is what was anticipated. More than that, though, is his ability to create basically every single shift. For 95% of the league, it is incredibly difficult to look dangerous [...]