Hockey Rambling

My playoff picks took a big hit in the last round, going 0-4, which lumps me in with the Florida Panthers’ playoff power play, and the Leafs in closing games of a playoff series. Good thing for me, is there is a quicker path to redemption here as I get another shot with the third [...]

The story of Game 7 between Carolina and New York was as it had been for much of the Rangers’ season: the power play and Igor Shesterkin. There were four power plays in the first period, two for each team, but the Rangers went 2/2 where the Hurricanes went 0/2, and Igor shut the door [...]

Hard at work on the Fantasy Prospects Report, which will come out the afternoon of June 14. It is the 16th edition and has been an invaluable resource for keeper and dynasty leaguers. You can pre-order it here. So far, I’m really impressed with the fantasy-worthy prospects that have been filtering into the Dallas system. [...]

After five Game 7s in the first round, the second round will feature only one Game 7. The Rangers made sure of that with a 5-2 win over the Hurricanes in Game 6 at MSG on Saturday. Filip Chytil was the scoring star for the Rangers with a pair of goals. He also finished with [...]

Well, that was quite an ending to the sixth game of Colorado/St. Louis. Just when you were about to get up to go to the fridge for a refill or another snack in anticipation of overtime, this happened: https://twitter.com/Sportsnet/status/1530385764541992960 The unlikeliest of game-winning goal candidates, Darren Helm scored his first playoff goal since 2016. On [...]

The Carolina Hurricanes had the run of play in Game 5 and skated out with a 3-1 win over the New York Rangers to take a 3-2 series lead. Igor Shesterkin had a very solid game but the skaters struggled to generate much, if any, sustained pressure outside of power plays. That has been the [...]

There were some concerns over the health of Tim Stutzle’s knee after suffering an injury playing for Germany at the World Championships. We got some clarification from Ottawa GM Pierre Dorion and it seems good news: https://twitter.com/SunGarrioch/status/1529481939412955142 Re-injuring the same knee isn’t great, but that the recovery won’t take long, plus having the entire offseason [...]

Busy two days here with my salary projections coming out yesterday, cap league skater rankings this morning, and cap league goalie rankings tomorrow. I’m going to say a quick work on each of those before getting into a few other thoughts. Salary projections: I’ve been working on these for the last five years, and they’re [...]

After having two goals disallowed – one because the puck had hit the netting, another for a hand pass off a face-off – Patrick Maroon batted home a rebound for Tampa Bay that would stand as the game-winner in the 2-0 clincher. It gave his team the 4-0 series sweep, and a trip to the [...]

Hard at work on the Fantasy Prospects Report, which will come out the afternoon of June 14. It is the 16th edition and has been an invaluable resource for keeper and dynasty leaguers. You can pre-order it here. * The way the defending Stanley Cup Champions are manhandling the President’s Trophy winners, you have to [...]