Hockey Rambling

Whether or not you like Craig Button, he had a big take yesterday about Bo Horvat, said Horvat was done in Vancouver. Now, a lot of people immediately took that a step too far, thinking he’s going to be traded tomorrow. While it’s not impossible, it’s as close as you can get. I think what [...]

We had the 2022 Hockey Hall of Fame induction ceremony on Monday. It is highlighted by a trio of high-profile Canucks players with Daniel and Henrik Sedin plus Roberto Luongo. There was also Daniel Alfresson, Riikka Sallinen, and Herb Carnegie. There has been some debate as to the merits of some of these players i.e. [...]

I hope you have Matej Blumel on your radar. The 22-year-old has made a strong transition to North American hockey when he followed up a good training camp with 11 points in his first nine AHL games. It was enough to earn an early recall to the big club and so far he’s fitting in [...]

Alex DeBrincat led the Senators with a pair of power-play goals in their 4-1 matinee win in Philadelphia. The goals were the Cat’s first in seven games. I saw someone on Twitter making a case that DeBrincat has struggled early in his first season with the Senators. Maybe in the goal-scoring department, but he’s now [...]

Zach Werenski is expected to miss the remainder of the regular season after suffering a separated shoulder and torn labrum during Thursday’s game. This is the worst possible news for those rostering Werenski, in particular those rostering him in single-season leagues. Werenski is already a certified Band-Aid Boy, having missed at least 14 games in [...]

Jonatan Berggren was called up by Detroit for their home game on Thursday night against the New York Rangers. The second-round pick from 2018 has 71 points in 77 career AHL games and looks to help fill the lineup with all their injuries. This is an interesting recall for the Wings. All of Robby Fabbri, [...]

The Boston Bruins had a couple of significant offseason injuries that would seemingly take at least a month of the season to clear. Brad Marchand beat that timeline by weeks, returning to the lineup recently. On the blue line, it appears Charlie McAvoy is getting close to his own return: https://twitter.com/smclaughlin9/status/1590376939524849664 Other reports indicated that [...]

The Devils won their seventh straight, and it is really looking like they are going to be one of the teams to beat come playoff time in the East. Vitek Vanecek looks to be taking over in the crease, Dougie Hamilton’s revival is in full swing with 10 points in 13 games (but he’s still [...]

We have reached the one-month mark of the season. With St. Louis finally playing their 10th game of the 2022-23 campaign on Monday night, every franchise has reached the double-digit mark in games played. It is no longer early as we are settling into the rhythm of the season and teams/players start falling into their [...]

The Leafs are in goaltending trouble, as we had expected would happen this season. Matt Murray is sidelined, though is set to return likely this week. And now Ilya Samsonov is out. Being tight against the cap, Toronto has no Plan B. Erik Kallgren has been putting up backup-type numbers, but he’s really not more [...]