Hockey Rambling

Phew, okay. There was a lot of news in the span of about 90 minutes on Tuesday morning. The day began with some terrible news coming down regarding three TSN radio stations located in Vancouver, Winnipeg and Hamilton. The stations were erased from the history books in a matter of moments. In Vancouver, Bell literally [...]

Ryan Johansen has been described as week-to-week by Predators coach Jon Hynes, so don’t expect him back in the lineup in the near-term. In the meantime, Nashville started their game on Monday with Calle Jarnkrok as the 2C for Grimaldi/Arvidsson. * A fascinating read over at The Athletic from Dom Luszczyszyn on how 3-on-3 overtime [...]

Erik Gustafsson has four points in his last five games, though there’s a healthy scratch mixed in there. Still, his production is up significantly over last season thanks to a bit of luck (5on5 S% at 13.4). One thing I’ve noticed is that earlier on he was paired up on the power play with another [...]

After a relatively light Friday schedule of just five games, Saturday promised its normally busy schedule of… (looks at schedule)… six games? Yeah, COVID caused four cancelled games on Saturday, although the Blues and Coyotes decided to hook up for a game instead of sitting idle with the time they had on their hands because [...]

According to Larry Brooks of the New York Post, the Flames have “expressed at least preliminary interest” in controversial defenseman Tony DeAngelo, with Sam Bennett being discussed in a possible trade. Let’s be honest: many hockey fans don’t want to see a deplorable character like DeAngelo be able to continue an NHL career, given his [...]

The Colorado Avalanche are the latest team to have games postponed due to COVID. The NHL announced on Thursday that the Avalanche will be out of action until February 11. This cancellation includes games against St. Louis on Saturday and Sunday and Arizona on Tuesday and Thursday. Move your Avalanche players to your bench, although [...]

Though the Red Wings welcomed back players like Robby Fabbri and Adam Erne, they are expected to be without Tyler Bertuzzi for the next couple weeks. He had been off to a nice start this season with five goals and seven points in nine games, to go along with four PPPs and 13 hits. He [...]

I bet you thought you wouldn't hear from me again on this platform. But, surprise! I'm on the Ramblings docket for the next two Wednesdays as a final goodbye. https://twitter.com/Hockey_Robinson/status/1356300092014092288?s=20 As I mentioned on Monday in my tweet and will do so many times, it was extremely difficult to decide to leave DobberSports. This is [...]

Toronto injury update as both Nick Robertson and Joe Thornton were skating before practice on Monday, the former with a knee injury and the latter with a fractured rib. That Thornton is skating just 10 days after the rib fracture is a good sign, but I hope he doesn’t rush this back, especially at his [...]

The Anthony DeAngelo issue has come to a head. Big time. The offensive defenseman, who is one of the best in that role in the entire league in terms of creating offense and putting up points, can’t keep his mouth shut and can’t control his temper. Rumor has it that he blamed Alexandar Georgiev for [...]