Hockey Rambling

There was news that Ville Heinola was sent down to the AHL on Wednesday but we need to remember that the All-Star break is at hand. There is no need to keep the young guys on the roster and the taxi squad has been dissolved. We will see if he gets called back up after [...]

It’s February, so that means it’s time for Filip Forsberg to score a few extra goals. It seems as though every year he finds a little bit extra for “Filbruary”. Maybe a good guy to sell-high on at your league’s trade deadline in a month, but in the short-term, a good guy to have in [...]

We are approaching the NHL All-Star break, and that means a bit of time to get away from fantasy until they return next week. And once they return following the break, it’s a full-on sprint for a few weeks as they start playing their makeup games. For now, it gives us a bit of time [...]

The Midseason Fantasy Hockey Guide was released on Friday (January 14). You can buy it here and download it right away. This will still be helpful until the All-Star break this coming weekend. * I spoke in a recent Ramblings about how well Viktor Arvidsson was doing, and alluded to the fact that from an [...]

Controversy aside, Evander Kane’s debut with the Oilers on Saturday should be considered a success. Kane opened the scoring in the first period, then finished with a plus-2 and three shots and four hits as the Oilers easily handled the Habs by a score of 7-2. Kane played on a line with Connor McDavid and [...]

Have you noticed that the number of players you’re losing to the COVID protocol list is now shrinking? The omicron variant curve for NHL players seems to thankfully be on a downward slope, which means that maintaining a fantasy hockey roster comes with fewer unpleasant surprises these days. However, being the glass half-empty guy that [...]

It has been a small sample so far, but Alex Tuch has been very impressive in Buffalo. He has 10 points in 10 games, and they generally look competitive in most games they play, even if they’re not close. There are young players that are improving while Rasmus Dahlin looks great on an improving blue [...]

Brendan Gallagher was back at Canadiens practice on Wednesday but did so in a red non-contact jersey. There is no official timeline for his return. He has battled both injury and COVID this year and as a result, like most Canadiens players, he’s had a bad year. A turnaround in the second half doesn’t seem [...]

The Iron-Man record has been broken. Last night Keith Yandle became the all-time leader for consecutive games played, notching his 965th in a row, having not missed a game in nearly 13 years. He is not the same player now that he once was, and he was an underrated top offensive defenceman of the early [...]

Teuvo Teravainen was back at practice on Monday, skating with his usual line mates in Sebastian Aho and Seth Jarvis. He suffered an injury last week and missed some time but looks to be no worse for the wear at the moment. Carolina has been an absolute juggernaut this year and part of the reason [...]