Hockey Rambling

The NHL Draft is less than a week away and free agency starts a few days after that. Before we get too far ahead, I want to talk about the Draft. As I often say, and repeat at this time of year, I am not a scout. I don’t evaluate prospects in any official capacity, [...]

The Montreal Canadiens re-signed forward Sean Monahan to a one-year deal a couple days ago. Though he played just 25 games with the Habs, he actually managed a four-year high in points per minute aat 5-on-5. He had also been earning some top PP time, so maybe there’s fantasy value to be had as a [...]

Not fantasy related, but the Hockey Hall of Fame inductees for the year will be released today. As long as Alexander Mogilny and Caroline Ouellette, make it in, then I’m happy. * Before we get to the fun part of the article, I just wanted to go over some Bruins goalies. They signed their number-three [...]

The Prospects Report was released June 1. Updated Friday with the 17th annual Mock Draft. You can order all of the 2023-24 fantasy products in the shop here (or subscribe!). * A short while ago I gave you some other options in the likely situation that you are unable to secure Connor Bedard in your [...]

Hey, everyone. Today is normally Dobber's day for Ramblings but he spent some much-deserved time on Father's Day with his family and I said I would step in for the day. He'll be back in these pages tomorrow but you're stuck with me for today. * Vegas's Stanley Cup parade was on Saturday night, and [...]

Yesterday I listed a few players who may fall down 2023-24 preseason draft rankings because they played fewer than 70 games last season. The players I had listed all finished above the point-per-game mark. Today I’ll provide six more players who could fall farther than they should for the same reason, although they finished under [...]

The first buyout of the season took place on Friday, and it was a big one! Just as the buyout window opened, the Canucks decided to part ways with Oliver Ekman-Larsson and his albatross contract. Ekman-Larsson had four more years with an $8.25 million cap hit per season. I didn’t think the Canucks would buy [...]

Congratulations to the Vegas Golden Knights for winning the Stanley Cup. I don’t know that many had the Golden Knights taking it all at the start of the playoffs (at least none of our writers did), but this was a team that had the best record in the Western Conference while finishing fourth overall. Not [...]

When the postseason finishes, the nature of the injuries revealed are usually pretty brutal. The one that comes to mind immediately is Patrice Bergeron and his collapsed lung, though the list of players to have done something similar is lengthy. With Vegas's win in Game 5, we were sure to get some gnarly updates, and [...]

The storylines always seem to write themselves once the Stanley Cup is won. The misfits from Vegas are taking home their first cup with a 9-3 win over the Panthers. Jack Eichel still with zero post-season series losses, Mark Stone returning from his multiple back surgeries, the goalie carousel culminating with Adin Hill padding his [...]