Hockey Rambling

The Florida Panthers appeared to be in a prime spot to cash in on Friday against Detroit. They didn’t disappoint, scoring a converted touchdown against the Red Wings. This may not be the season to own multiple players from the same team. The two COVID stoppages from the Stars and Hurricanes that forced delays to [...]

On Thursday morning, Alain Vigneault announced that no one on the Flyers COVID list would be going to Lake Tahoe. Those players are Claude Giroux, Travis Konecny, Jakub Voracek, Oskar Lindblom, Scott Laughton, Justin Braun, and Morgan Frost. That’s a big chunk of their team, especially when it comes to scoring. I’m not sure at [...]

Very good news for the Philadelphia Flyers as Sean Couturier was back at practice, skating on the top line on Wednesday. Remember he had missed a bunch of games before their COVID break and despite some wins, the team looked very much a shell of what they can be with him in the lineup. This [...]

Welcome all to my Editor debut at DobberHockey. It’s exciting to be joining the editorial team with Dobber, Ian Gooding, and Michael Clifford – a big thanks to them for helping me get here. On the other hand, it is sad that Cam Robinson is leaving the team. We’ll miss him and all that he [...]

Tyler Bertuzzi is out through at least Wednesday and has yet to start officially skating with the team. He had been off to a solid start with seven points in nine games with 20 shots and 13 hits but has yet to play in February due to his upper-body injury. More information as we get [...]

I discussed the hot streaks of JVR and Jordan Staal last week, and with the light schedule Sunday I figured it’s a great time to look at some of the other notably hot and cold performances of late. To be clear, I don’t count Connor McDavid’s 28 points in 15 games as notable (!), nor [...]

Yesterday I discussed how the North (Canadian) Division has been the highest-scoring division, even by average games played. So how about these for final scores from Canada today: 2-1, 2-1, and 3-1. Defensive hockey was really the theme for Hockey Day in Canada, making hockey coaches everywhere smile. There’s going to be some regression from [...]

The Bruins are one of the league’s hottest teams, having gone 9-0-1 in last 10 games. That streak includes a 1-0 win over the Rangers on Friday. Jaroslav Halak pitched the 21-save shutout, which gives him four consecutive wins. Nick Ritchie scored the game’s only goal in the second period, the goal being his fifth [...]

After the three New York-area teams announced they will be allowing fans, the Columbus Blue Jackets also announced limited attendance for upcoming games. What that timeline looks like is uncertain at the moment, but they are sure to get some fans in for their games in the very near future, maybe before the end of [...]

Buffalo hit the ice for practice for the first time in over a week but none of their players from the COVID list returned. That includes names like Taylor Hall, Rasmus Dahlin, Brandon Montour, Jake McCabe, and Rasmus Ristolainen. You will notice that that is their top-line left winger and four of their six from [...]