Hockey Rambling

Injuries are a part of the NHL postseason, but injuries can affect some teams more than others. Colorado not having Gabriel Landeskog at all, is one example, as is Boston looking shaky, at times, without Patrice Bergeron in the lineup. This extends to Boston’s opponent as well. Florida’s Aaron Ekblad, in my view, has not [...]

Starting your office’s playoff pool late? Order the 17th annual Interactive Playoff Draft List here. Immediate download! * GROUND has been broken on the 2023 Fantasy Prospects Report! I figure on May 1 I will make next year’s offerings available in the shop for pre-order (not there yet). The Prospects Report will be released June [...]

It was the day of overtime with three games finishing beyond regulation on Saturday. We are also guaranteed no first-round sweeps, as every series now sits at 2-1. I’ll run through these games and try to pick out a few fantasy-relevant bits along with some other trivia. Golden Knights 5, Jets 4 – 2OT (Golden [...]

More playoff pucks, with four games on the schedule for Friday. Islanders 5, Hurricanes 1 (Hurricanes lead series 2-1) The final score is a bit misleading, as Kyle Palmieri broke a 1-1 tie with just under four minutes left in regulation on an Islanders power play. The Isles scored four goals in 2:18 late in [...]

Toronto 7, Tampa Bay 2 (series tied 1-1) Leafs fans can exhale (at least for now), as their beloved Buds replied to their Game 1 disaster by flipping the script on the Bolts with a 7-2 win in Game 2. A Mitch Marner power-play goal in the first minute helped calm the nerves of Leafs [...]

Buffalo had their end-of-year press conference, and these can usually be kind of useless for fantasy purposes. The campaign has just finished, the Draft and Free Agency are months away, and teams may have coach/management upheaval in the meantime. It can make those mornings kind of fruitless even if it’s the last chance to really [...]

We have playoff hockey here, with the first round being the best time while players are playing at 100% and haven’t been doing it for long enough to be worn-out or injured. Enjoy the best hockey of the season while you can! * A lot of us have playoff pools, and even those of you [...]

The first night of the postseason is behind us but for anyone that may have missed it over the weekend, the Dobber Panel put together its predictions. Editors and writers, as well as Dobber himself, put out their picks for each series, the Cup finalists, the Cup winner, and the Conn Smythe winner. Go check [...]

Order the 17th annual Interactive Playoff Draft List here. Immediate download! You are familiar, I’m sure with the NHL’s Bracket Challenge. Well, here is the link to join mine! * The Trade Deadline was on March 3 and I often look at the stats from that point forward, just to get a feel for how [...]

To little surprise, the Columbus Blue Jackets have decided to part ways with coach Brad Larsen. Even though Larsen didn’t seem likely to last the offseason, I’m not sure anyone could have coached that team to a playoff spot, given the sheer volume of injuries they faced this season. As I mentioned yesterday, the Blue [...]