Hockey Rambling

If you’ve been waiting on a Canuck or two on your fantasy team, you’ll be happy to learn that they are expected to return to play next Friday, April 16, pending test results. As a result of their missed games, the Canucks’ regular season has been extended to Sunday May 16. From Wednesday May 12 [...]

The Devils have placed Nikita Gusev on unconditional waivers for his contract to be terminated. He will be free to sign with any team once he clears on Saturday. Gusev has been a healthy scratch multiple times, so leaving the Devils appears to be a huge break as far as his fantasy value goes. On [...]

If it wasn’t the COVID pause that has really stalled out their season, it could be the injuries that have started to pile up for the Stars that may have done them in. There is hope on the horizon for some of their key players, though: https://twitter.com/MDeFranks/status/1380196868240642049 That these guys are skating is a good [...]

Rick Bowness was cleared to return to the team following a false-positive COVID test. This seemed like a likely case of a false positive as it became public that he and some members of the team had already been vaccinated, but it’s always good to get clarity in these situations. Good for Bowness. * Mike [...]

We’re into the first full week of April, which used to mean playoffs would be starting today (they used to start on the Wednesday right? It’s been a while…). Right now though, fantasy playoffs are either approaching, or in some leagues, already upon us. In one of my fantasy leagues we have 16 teams make [...]

Dylan Cozens skated after Buffalo’s practice on Monday, an indication that he’s starting to get close to returning. We got an update on Dylan Cozens and his possibility for returning a little later: https://twitter.com/BuffaloVogl/status/1379142642878050308 * Brendan Lemieux skated for Los Angeles in practice on Monday and though he didn’t play Monday night, it does appear [...]

Amazingly, we are entering the final five weeks of the 2020-21 NHL season. Keep in mind that it’s a condensed schedule, of course, which means that the amount of games left is equivalent to a normal six-week schedule. And with COVID (still) impacting the schedule, it makes it tough to plan. Right now, Montreal, Boston, [...]

If your fantasy lineup has any Bruins or Penguins, hopefully you were able to receive some helpings from the 7-5 score (sorry, any Kris Letang or Bryan Rust owners). Brad Marchand had the biggest day of all, scoring a hat trick while adding one assist and a plus-4 and six shots. Marchand now has goals [...]

It looks like the Canucks won’t be returning to action for quite a while, with an absence that might extend beyond Thursday of next week. Alex Edler, Braden Holtby, Quinn Hughes, Zack MacEwen and Antoine Roussel are joining Adam Gaudette and Travis Hamonic on the COVID protocol list. At one time the league leaders in [...]

On Thursday, many eyes of the sporting world were on opening day in MLB. Hopefully you remembered to set your lineup if you play fantasy baseball! In spite of all the baseball, there was still more than enough hockey on Thursday to talk about. * Due to COVID, Vancouver Canucks games are now postponed for [...]