Hockey Rambling

The Florida Panthers will be making a return trip to the Stanley Cup Final, hoping this time they’ll get their hands on the holy grail. Sam Bennett and Vladimir Tarasenko scored for the Panthers in their 2-1 win over the Rangers in Game 6. Bennett finished with four goals in the series, including goals in [...]

The Oilers’ special teams are a major reason that they are now one win away from the Stanley Cup Final. Ryan Nugent-Hopkins scored two power-play goals to lead the Oilers to a 3-1 win over Dallas in Game 5. Nuge has quietly been effective with 20 points in 17 playoff games. He is known more [...]

With a 3-2 win over the Rangers in Game 5, the Florida Panthers are one win away from a return trip to the Stanley Cup Final. The Rangers and Panthers will now head to Florida for Game 6 on Saturday evening, where the Rangers will try to avoid elimination in front of a hostile crowd [...]

Columbus introduced their new general manager on Thursday as Don Waddell had a press conference with his new team. Waddell was recently with the Carolina Hurricanes but has moved on for this new challenge. The Blue Jackets are entering their 24th season as a franchise and have yet to reach a Conference Final, so there [...]

The Florida Panthers took game four after scoring a power play goal just a minute into overtime. Sam Reinhart scored 27 of them in the regular season, so it should be no surprise that he was the focal point of Florida's power play here as well. Blake Wheeler made his monumental comeback from a big [...]

San Jose Sharks reported Sheng Peng indicates that prospect Will Smith may sign with the Sharks this summer. Smith was taken fourth overall in the 2023 Draft and would pair very nicely with the incoming Macklin Celebrini. We'll cover it more when it happens, but Peng is a very good reporter so there shouldn't be [...]

It was a very wild back and forth Game 3 between New York and Florida that needed some overtime to decide it. The Panthers got out an early lead thanks to a Sam Reinhart power play goal but Alexis Lafreniere replied five minutes later to tie the game, and it was a beautiful backhand: https://twitter.com/HockeyDaily365/status/1794815847158194327 [...]

The Dallas Stars picked up a much-needed 3-1 win over Edmonton in Game 2 of the Western Conference Final, tying the series at one win apiece. The Stars and Oilers will now travel to Edmonton for Games 3 and 4 of the series, which will take place on Monday and Wednesday respectively. Mason Marchment’s goal [...]

In Friday’s playoff pucks, Barclay Goodrow scored in 14:01 of overtime to give the Rangers a 2-1 win in Game 2, tying the Eastern Conference Final at one win each. The series heads back to Florida for Game 3 on Sunday. https://twitter.com/Sportsnet/status/1794210698219659623 Vincent Trocheck scored the Rangers’ other goal, which was in the first period. [...]

New Jersey officially introduced former Toronto coach Sheldon Keefe as the Devils' new head coach on Thursday. Yesterday, I wrote about how Keefe ran Toronto's offence in 2023-24, how that contrasts to New Jersey's approach, and why other factors are probably more important than any of that. Go read that for more on this change. [...]