Hockey Rambling

Midseason Guide will be out January 14. In my Ramblings I had been saying “15” but that’s wrong. It’s the Friday, not the Saturday, that this will be out. So January 14 – 18 days! This Guide comes with your Ultimate Fantasy Pack or Gold/Platinum subscriptions. It does not come with the Keeper League Fantasy [...]

Well, we’re here. It is Christmas Eve for those who celebrate, and the NHL is officially on its pause. (I suppose it depends on what team you’re playing for, because your break may have started days ago.) Regardless, the NHL’s official break is the 24th through the 26th, so that gives us a few days [...]

Over my last few Ramblings, I have been taking the time to talk about some to-date season stats, focusing on both forwards and defencemen. While most of my analysis for fantasy hockey is via public data sites like ours at Frozen Tools, Natural Stat Trick, or elsewhere, there are other non-public resources that can be [...]

No games scheduled until Dec 26th now, so don’t worry about missing any action while you’re tucking into a holiday meal with the family. That means the current fantasy week is already over. For those of you in Roto and points leagues, this is turning into a “wait it out” kind of time, but for [...]

There just isn’t a lot going on in the NHL these days. Well, there’s a lot going on but there’s not much on the ice and that’s all that really matters for our purposes. Given there are just 11 games in four days leading up to the Christmas break – pending more cancellations – it [...]

*** Midseason Guide will be out January 15. This Guide comes with your Ultimate Fantasy Pack or Gold/Platinum subscriptions. It does not come with the Keeper League Fantasy Pack nor the Silver subs. You can pre-order it here. * So that escalated in a hurry. When last I Rambled (i.e. last week), the odd game [...]

Postponements due to COVID meant that a normally busy Saturday of 10 games was whittled down to just five games. The highly anticipated Canucks/Leafs game was officially postponed, as both teams had additional players enter COVID protocol on Saturday: Jack Campbell, TJ Brodie, and Travis Dermott for the Leafs; Tyler Myers for the Canucks. Sunday [...]

COVID continues to rear its ugly head over both sports and the world in general. The NHL announced that games involving the Flames, Panthers, and Avalanche have all been postponed until after Christmas, while Saturday’s Bruins/Canadiens tilt has also been postponed. Here’s a list of the games being affected (not including Boston/Montreal). https://twitter.com/HockeyDaily365/status/1471921579508576265 Postponing games [...]

It’s been a fun week for your fantasy team, hasn’t it? At least no games were postponed today (not including ones that were previously), although it’s debatable as to whether certain games should have been played with undermanned rosters. Normally we try to help you dominate your week, but these uncertain times mean that it [...]

Well, the COVID issues in the NHL just keep ramping up. There have already been a plethora of issues this year, between shutdowns in Ottawa and New York, and last reports were approaching 20% of the league in protocols this year. Just being a sports writer over the last two years, it’s an eerie vibe [...]