Hockey Rambling

The Rangers announced an extension for Jonathan Quick on Sunday, signing the 38-year-old netminder to a cap hit of $1.275 million next season. Quick has been great for New York this year, boasting a 13-5-2 record, 2.45 GAA and .916 SV%. His strong play gave the team some breathing room while star goalie Igor Shesterkin [...]

Vancouver Canucks fans can finally breathe a sigh of relief. The Canucks and Elias Pettersson have agreed to an eight-year extension at $11.6 million per season. The belief is that Pettersson had originally stated he wanted to wait until the offseason to negotiate a new contract, but the Canucks wanted this resolved sooner. The fact [...]

Imagine that you’re the team that ends a struggling team’s 14-game losing streak. In addition, said team with the losing streak was playing the second game of back-to-backs on the road. Ladies and gentlemen, your 2023-24 Ottawa Senators. https://twitter.com/BR_OpenIce/status/1763758235532623884 So yeah, the Senators could look different very soon. Vladimir Tarasenko seems like the perfect rental [...]

Joseph Woll made his long-awaited return to the Leafs lineup on Thursday. Playing in his first game since December 7, Woll stopped 30 of 32 shots while earning a 3-2 win over Arizona. Hopefully you were able to activate him in time for what was a juicy home matchup against the struggling Coyotes, who have [...]

There was some concern that Detroit defenceman Moritz Seider might miss time after blocking a shot on Tuesday night, but Ted Kulfan reports that Seider is just fine after getting X-rays completed that came back negative. Seider has been having another good multi-cat fantasy season with seven goals, 32 points, and 277 hits+blocks through 59 [...]

As the NHL and fantasy hockey trade deadlines approach, two teams that you want to focus on are the Penguins and the Oilers. They have each played only 56 games as of today, and have some top offensive talent to look into as you try to get ahead in your league’s arms race. Whether it’s [...]

There are just 10 days until the Trade Deadline and the Washington Capitals have a number of players that will garner interest, including both Anthony Mantha and Nic Dowd. Both have been injured recently, though, and that’s always a concern at this time of year. There was good news at practice with Mantha back on [...]

Nikita Kucherov became the first player to break the 100-point mark this year, a title held by Connor McDavid for the past three seasons. Kucherov registered a point on all four of Tampa’s goals, bringing him to 102 points through 59 games. One of the things fuelling Kucherov’s career season is an increased willingness to [...]

Of course, the morning (to me) after I applaud Jordan Binnington for his bounce-back season, he is tagged with a really bad start after allowing four goals in the first period against Detroit. Remember the old SI cover jinx? It lives in a way at Dobber Hockey. The goals might not be all his fault, [...]

The minor trade on Thursday involving Emil Bemstrom and Alex Nylander should barely generate a ripple in most fantasy leagues. Yet since I was discussing it with at least a couple people in private conversations, I’ll share my thoughts here. With the injury (and possible trade) of Jake Guentzel, Bemstrom is in a similar boat [...]