Hockey Rambling

Nikolaj Ehlers returned to the Jets’ lineup on Friday after being out since January 18 with a knee injury. He picked up an assist while taking six shots in the Jets’ 4-3 overtime loss. In what is a continual pet peeve for fantasy leaguers, Ehlers was once again used on the second-unit power play. Although [...]

Because of his prior praise for Russian dictator Vladimir Putin, Alex Ovechkin has seen his reputation take a major blow recently. With everything going on in the motherland, it will be interesting to see if Ovie’s on-ice results are affected. Does he bury himself in his play and even become extra fired up, or does [...]

There wasn’t a lot of significant NHL news yesterday so it may be a good time to take a look back on things. This time, let’s look at some preseason predictions, how they’ve gone so far, and whether the ones that haven’t panned out have any hope of doing so over the next couple of [...]

Hopefully you bet the over in the Habs/Jets game, and that you didn’t own either goalie. The two teams combined for seven goals in the first period alone, in a game that finished with 12 total. Josh Anderson had a hat-trick early in the second period and finished with four PIMs, four shots, and a [...]

We have rounded into March and that means the push towards the end of the regular season has begun in earnest. We have something like 60 days left in the regular season and teams have anywhere from 27-33 games left to play. There will be some teams – Islanders, Wild, Lightning Flames – that are [...]

With Kailer Yamamoto and Ryan Nugent-Hopkins sidelined, the Oilers iced a less-than-ideal lineup. And you can tell that Coach Jay Woodcroft felt that way because man did he ever shorten the bench. Four players saw under 7:45 of ice time, three other players saw under 12:45. That means five players topped 21:56, with Leon Draisaitl [...]

With Ryan Nugent-Hopkins leaving the game in the first period with an upper-body injury, Derek Ryan was able to pick up the slack. Ryan recorded his first career hat trick in the Oilers’ 4-3 win over Florida. After RNH left, the Oilers were down to 10 forwards, so it’s hard to know what to make [...]

Filling in for the injured Elvis Merzlikins, Joonas Korpisalo, and Daniil Tarasov, J-F Berube deserved a better fate on Friday. Even though he posted his fourth consecutive quality start, Berube was tagged with the loss because the ice was tilted in the Columbus end, which resulted in him yielding four goals to Carolina. The Jackets [...]

Just in yesterday’s Ramblings I discussed how Elvis Merzilikins had re-joined the Columbus Blue Jackets and could be ready to make a return. Well, that didn’t really happen as he was put on the injured reserve on Thursday morning. It has been seven days since his last game and this was about clearing some room [...]

There was some awful news that came from the Toronto Maple Leafs and General Manager Kyle Dubas early on Wednesday morning. It was concerning one of their top prospects in Rodion Amirov. The news was shared by Frank Seravalli of Daily Faceoff, though there would be more reports throughout the day discussing this: https://twitter.com/frank_seravalli/status/1496485551293280263 Honestly, [...]