Hockey Rambling

While the Sabres don’t think that rookie Dylan Cozens will be out for a while, he missed Wednesday night’s game and doesn’t look like he’ll be back in the immediate future. It is a shame because he was one of the few shining lights in the season. Here is what the team had to say: [...]

Waivers are likely to start getting interesting again as we see teams trying to get creative with cap space and roster space. One of the bigger names to hit the wire recently was Shayne Gostisbehere yesterday. If he gets claimed, he could be thrust into a larger role, but if not then the Flyers may finally [...]

Not a significant update on the Jack Eichel end of things, but the Sabres still seem optimistic that he’ll return before the end of the season. Not that it’d change anything with regards to their fortunes this season, but seeing a player of that level of importance healthy on the ice can be a nice [...]

My opinion on what Adam Fox can do continues to rise. Entering the league I felt like he was capped at the high-50s. That’s still great, but it didn’t take me too long to think he could one day get to mid-60s. He has 22 points in his last 17 games and 11 in his [...]

Before Saturday’s game, Brad Marchand was placed on the COVID protocol list. That resulted in young banger Trent Frederic being placed on the top line with Patrice Bergeron and David Pastrnak. Although Frederic did not record a point, he logged a season-high 17:30 of icetime and 2:14 on the second power-play unit. Frederic is the [...]

We have a trade to announce. It’s no huge surprise considering the current state of the Buffalo Sabres, as Eric Staal has been traded to Montreal for a third-round and a fifth-round pick in the upcoming draft. For more, check out the fantasy impact article from Mike Clifford. Staal’s value should improve just by getting [...]

Going into Thursday night, the St. Louis Blues had been on a bit of a skid, losing six of their previous eight games. Their top defenceman, Colton Parayko, has been out of the lineup and the team really doesn’t look the same without him. They got a positive update on Parayko yesterday though: https://twitter.com/jprutherford/status/1375129476485505030 That [...]

The big news from Wednesday was that referee Tim Peel will not be officiating any more NHL games. This comes on the heels of Peel being mic’d up in a game and explaining he’s not actually calling penalties, but more managing the game, as it were. That led to this:   https://twitter.com/PR_NHL/status/1374716621978238977 That Peel admitted [...]

How are everyone’s March Madness brackets doing thus far? Surprisingly my two brackets on the mens side have a combined six of eight semifinalists left, but that’s about the only green on them. Good thing I’m not paid to write about basketball. Let’s get back to the stuff you really want to hear about. * [...]

Tyler Toffoli slated to miss Montreal’s game on Monday night, which would have marked his second consecutive game out of the lineup. The guy with 18 goals in 30 games is going to be sorely missed if this persists. One of Montreal’s strengths is being able to roll out three lines that can score. If [...]