Hockey Rambling

A Carter Hart shutout during the fantasy playoffs? That’s right. Hart stopped 29 shots in a 3-0 blanking of the Red Wings in one of many early games on Saturday. John Tortorella definitely doesn’t believe in tanking, and that has shown in the Flyers’ recent play. Hart has now won his last four starts, while [...]

Patrik Laine is expected to miss the next two to four weeks with a tricep strain from Thursday’s practice. Unfortunate timing, as Laine had posted multiple points in each of his last three games and four of his past five games. Try to move Laine to an injured slot or the bench if you can, [...]

Once the details of what happened to Washington defenceman John Carlson a few months ago, just seeing him back on the ice with the Capitals in practice was great to see. On Thursday night, he made his return to the lineup, playing on a pairing with Martin Fehervary. It is just nice to see a [...]

This is the time of year where college seasons have wrapped and players are starting to sign with their NHL teams. Most of these guys will have no relevance in the fantasy game at any point of their careers, but they are worth noting because a gem is found every once in a while like [...]

I took over Dobber’s Ramblings back on Monday, and have since realized that I neglected to mention that the swap was just for Dobber to enjoy a slightly extended and well-earned March Break with the family. Back to your regular scheduled programming now. * We’re well into fantasy playoffs now, and it seems that the [...]

The Montreal Canadiens are 1-7-2 in their last 10 games as the team’s slide has started in earnest. It is hard to blame the roster as the team was thin at the outset of the season, and injuries to Brendan Gallagher, Cole Caufield, Saen Monahan, Jake Evans, and Juraj Slafkovsky only made it worse. They [...]

Load management is going to be coming to hockey, and no one is going to like it. David Krejci sat for the Bruins on the second night of a back-to-back. The regular seven defencemen have also been rotating already for at least a week. Expect that to become a regular occurrence for them the rest [...]

Darcy Kuemper suffered an upper-body injury in practice on Saturday, which means that Charlie Lindgren could start today (Sunday) against Minnesota and possibly beyond that. Lindgren deserves at least a short-term pickup not only because of Kuemper’s injury but also because of some juicy home matchups coming up against Columbus and Chicago… although sharp turn, [...]

With an assist on Friday, Pavel Buchnevich has extended his point streak to 11 games. Over that span, he has recorded 19 points (7 G, 12 A), including a hat trick in his previous game on Wednesday. Because he’s experienced multiple injury stoppages this season and also the Blues’ struggles, Buchnevich perhaps isn’t receiving the [...]

Happy St. Patrick’s Day! Hope you can enjoy a Guinness or a green beer or your beverage of choice sometime today, and that your fantasy week has been as lucky as a four-leaf clover. The NHL has suspended Jordan Binnington for two games as a result of his antics from Wednesday’s game against Minnesota. In [...]