Hockey Rambling

  I guess I should start sending out my I’m Sorry I Was Wrong holiday cards right now. More than once over the course of the summer, I stated in these Ramblings I thought both Quinn Hughes and Cale Makar would be eased into the top power-play role, with their respective coaches not opting for [...]

Ramblings: Pacioretty, Czarnik, Ehlers, and what the future holds for some recently-cut prospects;  (Sep 23) *** The Fantasy Guide was updated three times yesterday. It’s going to get updated once or twice per day going forward now. Just re-download the Guide when you want the latest one. I’m on top of the latest camp cuts, [...]

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  Perhaps the biggest story of training camp to date was Dustin Byfuglien taking some time away from the team. While there had been lots of speculation, neither the player nor team would confirm what this was about. Whenever something like this comes about in sports, the speculation is destined to be rampant and wild, [...]

  As training camp makes way for the (way too long) preseason schedule, we’re beginning to see the massive list of unsigned RFAs start to dwindle. Monday witnessed Travis Konecny and Brock Boeser put pen to ink and thus putting a bow on their team’s respective unsigned lists. These two have been linked since the [...]

  We had some preseason games on Monday night, which was a nice change of pace compared to the last three months. As always, there isn’t a whole lot to glean from these games aside from line combinations and whether everyone makes it out healthy. There were three lineup combinations to note here: Edmonton went [...]

  Following the signing of Zach Werenski, it seemed pretty obvious that Charlie McAvoy would soon follow. Less than a week later, McAvoy signed a three-year deal with Boston coming in with an AAV just under $5-million. As with a few of the bridge deals we’ve seen lately, the final year has a significantly higher [...]

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