Hockey Rambling

There were plenty of games to watch on Saturday, most of them at the same time. Let’s start with some surprising news that was announced before the big block of 7 pm ET games. Travis Konecny was made a healthy scratch on Saturday, which is no doubt something that his fantasy owners wouldn’t have expected. [...]

Fantasy owners will need to make do without Kevin Fiala for the next three games. The Wild forward was suspended for his dangerous hit from behind on Matt Roy during Thursday’s game. The suspension will make Fiala unavailable for Saturday and Sunday’s home series with Colorado, as well as Tuesday’s rematch with the Avalanche. Fiala [...]

Another week, another game cancellation. The St. Louis/Vegas game was postponed on Thursday due to a positive test among one Golden Knights player and a member of its coaching staff. In case you missed it, Vegas GM Kelly McCrimmon took over coaching duties for Tuesday’s game as the team’s coaching staff isolated. Hopefully you found [...]

David Pastrnak is expected back with Boston sooner rather than later, but they still have games to play in the interim and that top-line right wing spot is still a coveted spot. At practice on Wednesday, we saw a new face:   Prax lines: Marchand-Bergeron-Smith Ritchie-Krejci-Coyle Frederic-Lindholm-Studnicka Bjork-Kuraly-Wagner McKegg-Pastrnak Lauzon-McAvoy Grzelcyk-Carlo Zboril-Miller Vaakanainen-Clifton Moore Halak [...]

John Klingberg has been on another level to begin the 2021 season. A tallied an unassisted powerplay marker in regulation and then set up the OT winner with incredible patience to give Dallas the win on Tuesday. https://twitter.com/NHLGIFs/status/1354279707265654784?s=20 The two-point night extends his season-long point streak to three games and six points. And outside of [...]

Important Boston Bruins update as David Pastrnak was skating with a white sweater in practice yesterday. That is generally an indicator that a player is getting closer to returning. The Bruins have a pair of games at home this week before a short four-game road trip. Pastrnak getting in another 10 days of practice before [...]

I thought that this season would be a very difficult one to navigate through in fantasy hockey. I even considered punting one of my three dynasty/keeper leagues for this year and just build for a big 2021-22 (a friend of mine actually did/is doing that). Just a few games in and it’s tougher than I [...]

You’ve probably heard by now that the Blue Jackets were finally able to trade Pierre-Luc Dubois, sending him and a third-round pick to the Jets for Patrik Laine and Jack Roslovic. You can read the fantasy take here. I won’t reiterate what I already mentioned in the article. Both teams involved were in action on [...]

After Pierre-Luc Dubois skated a grand total of 3:55 on Thursday, it should come as no surprise that the Blue Jackets are getting closer to finally parting ways with the disgruntled center. https://twitter.com/DarrenDreger/status/1352778358250237952 https://twitter.com/Aportzline/status/1352780472275898368 https://twitter.com/reporterchris/status/1352856174778064896 You might have seen video of his final shift for the Blue Jackets, a leisurely skate that seemed to send [...]

The bad news for the Flyers just keeps coming. Following Sean Couturier’s pec/rib injury, the team announced that Morgan Frost dislocated his left shoulder and will be out for the foreseeable future. It is a brutal break for a guy who may have seen a bigger role with Couturier out. For now, expect a lot [...]