Hockey Rambling

The Washington Capitals have used the break to lock up Dylan Strome to a long-term deal, signing him to a five-year contract worth $25 million. After not being qualified by the rebuilding Blackhawks, Strome was able to leverage a one-year “show me” $3.5 million deal with the Capitals into something more secure. With the Capitals [...]

Although Sunday through Wednesday featured a very light schedule, Thursday was the first day without any games, signifying the first day of the All-Star break. If you’re into the All-Star Game itself or the skills competition or any of the other festivities, enjoy. If anything All-Star is not your bag, then use the time to [...]

One trade chip that the Columbus Blue Jackets had was Gustav Nyquist as the winger was set to be a free agent this summer. He was having a down year with just 10 goals and 22 points, though everyone on Columbus is having a down year. Now, we get news that it looks like he [...]

The first month of 2023 is in the books, and with that we’re almost at the All-Star break, just one more light night tonight after an exciting trio of one-goal-games last night. At this point the 15th annual Midseason Guide (2023) is only two weeks old now. Pick it up here! Second-half projections, prospects, free [...]

It seemed to be a matter of when, not if, Vancouver would be trading centre Bo Horvat. That trade went down Monday as he was sent to the New York Islanders in exchange for young winger Aatu Räty, winger Anthony Beauvillier, and a first-round pick in 2023. Dobber had a breakdown of the trade here. [...]

The 15th annual Midseason Guide was released two weeks ago. Pick it up here! Second-half projections, prospects, free agents, trade block, advanced statistical analysis and more! This is probably the last ten days or so where this maintains relevance, so be sure to get it while it can still help. * The trade deadline is [...]

Alex DeBrincat entered Saturday’s game with no points in his last four games and just three points in 12 games in January. Prior to January, DeBrincat was a point-per-game player (36 points in 36 games). Fortunately, DeBrincat scored a goal on Saturday and had also recorded an assist that appeared to be taken away later. [...]

Auston Matthews is expected to be out for at least the next three weeks with a knee sprain. Matthews reportedly injured his knee during Wednesday’s game against the Rangers. With the injury to Matthews, Michael Bunting moved to the first-unit power play for Friday’s game against Ottawa. As well, Bunting was on the Leafs’ new [...]

In Minnesota’s last game, forward Ryan Hartman took a late penalty that put his team on the penalty kill with under five minutes left and down a goal. The coach wasn’t happy, Hartman knew it was a dumb penalty, and that led to him being healthy scratched on Thursday: https://twitter.com/jessi_pierce/status/1618627968477327361 Brandon Duhaime took his spot [...]

The Pittsburgh goaltending situation has been muddled of late with an injury to Tristan Jarry. He has just three starts since Christmas as he’s made his way in and out of the lineup. This has forced the Penguins to recall Dustin Tokarski: https://twitter.com/PensInsideScoop/status/1618294573406781442 Tokarski has made two appearances for the Penguins this month, going 1-1 [...]