Hockey Rambling

Dobber, Ian Gooding, Mike Clifford, Alex MacLean and Brennan DeSouza take turns providing daily ramblings. They cover a wide range of topics including the latest hockey developments as well as some deeper thoughts to help you with your fantasy hockey teams. You can be assured that when you wake up in the morning there will be a new rambling on the main page ready for you to indulge.

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Ramblings: Palmieri Signs Extension, Jarvis, Burns, AHL Playoff Standouts (May 31)

By Ian Gooding|2025-05-30T22:51:14-04:00May 31st, 2025|Hockey Rambling|

Two days after their elimination at the hands of the Panthers, the Hurricanes held their year-end press conferences. Some takeaways from the interviews: Seth Jarvis said he had re-injured his shoulder early in the season after rehabilitation in the offseason. He plans to rehab his shoulder again without surgery. Jarvis could be playing for Canada [...]

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Ramblings: Oilers Clinch Rematch With Panthers, Lambert New Kraken Coach, Toews Planning Comeback (May 30)

By Ian Gooding|2025-05-30T09:29:16-04:00May 30th, 2025|Hockey Rambling|

The Edmonton Oilers are returning to the Stanley Cup Final. This time, they hope to finish the job against the Florida Panthers. Could be quite the series. Edmonton 6, Dallas 3 (Oilers win series 4-1) The Oilers scored three goals in the first eight minutes of Game 5. From there, they let the Stars get [...]

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Ramblings: Florida Advances to Cup Final; Hyman Surgery; Most Valuable Fantasy Forwards Including Rakell, Wilson, Scheifele, Sherwood, and More – May 29

By Michael Clifford|2025-05-28T23:02:58-04:00May 29th, 2025|Hockey Rambling|

The Florida Panthers are heading to their third straight Stanley Cup Final appearance thanks to a 5-3 win over Carolina in Game 5 on Wednesday night. The Hurricanes had their chances to extend the series, taking a 2-0 lead in the first period and having a 3-3 game with eight minutes left in the contest, [...]

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Ramblings: Nuge Leads Oil in Game 4 Win; Memorial Cup Update; Columbus’ D-Core; Marner’s New Home & More (May 28)

By Alexander MacLean|2025-05-28T11:38:15-04:00May 28th, 2025|Hockey Rambling|

Ryan Nugent-Hopkins is throwing his hat into the ring for the Conn Smythe Trophy, with his two primary assists in game four to bring him to nine points in the four-game series against the Stars. Corey Perry also hit the scoresheet twice with a goal and an assist. Skinner stopped 28 of 29 shots in [...]

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Ramblings: Carolina Extends Series; Reviewing League-Wide Preseason Projections, Changes in Goal and Point Distribution Among Defencemen – May 27

By Michael Clifford|2025-05-26T22:46:56-04:00May 27th, 2025|Hockey Rambling|

Frederik Andersen was back in net for Game 4 of the Eastern Conference Final and was back to the form he had in the first two rounds as the Carolina Hurricanes shut out the Florida Panthers 3-0, extending the series to a Game 5. Andersen stopped all 20 shots he faced for the blank sheet, [...]

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Ramblings: Skinner Stymies Stars in Game 3; Value from Carlsson, Fiala, Jarry and McLeod Next Year; USA Wins World Championship (May 26)

By Brennan Des|2025-05-25T22:35:23-04:00May 26th, 2025|Hockey Rambling|

Edmonton 6, Dallas 1 (Oilers lead 2-1) Somebody call the press. Stuart Skinner has posted his first non-shutout win of the postseason. It only took eight games… In all seriousness, Skinner is on a level that seemed out of his scope when the playoffs started. He’s allowed just six goals in his past five starts. [...]

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Ramblings: Panthers on Verge of ECF Sweep, Top Frozen Tools Searches Laine and Eklund (May 25)

By Ian Gooding|2025-05-25T02:54:21-04:00May 25th, 2025|Hockey Rambling|

The Florida Panthers are one win away from a third consecutive appearance in the Stanley Cup Final. Florida 6, Carolina 2 (Panthers lead series 3-0) The Panthers are too much for the Hurricanes to handle, playing a rugged style of wearing down opponents that is tailor made for the playoffs. In Game 3, the Panthers [...]

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Ramblings: Skinner Shutout in Game 2; Top Frozen Tools Searches Zegras, Suter, Ehlers (May 24)

By Ian Gooding|2025-05-24T00:05:13-04:00May 24th, 2025|Hockey Rambling|

Edmonton 3, Dallas 0 (series tied 1-1) One major question for the Oilers entering Game 2 was which version of Stuart Skinner would show up. After allowing five goals in Game 1, Skinner pitched a 24-save shutout to backstop the Oilers to a Game 2 victory and a split heading back to Edmonton for Game [...]

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Ramblings: How Shots, Power Play Opportunities, and Goal Distribution Affected Preseason Projections – May 23

By Michael Clifford|2025-05-23T07:16:40-04:00May 23rd, 2025|Hockey Rambling|

The Florida Panthers have taken a commanding 2-0 series lead over the Carolina Hurricanes thanks to a 5-0 win in Raleigh on Thursday night. This game was never really in doubt as the Panthers jumped out to a 1-0 lead fewer than 80 seconds into the contest, and made it 3-0 with over four minutes [...]

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Ramblings: Five-Goal Frame Powers Stars Past Oilers in Game 1; Improvements for Reichel, Palmieri, and J.T. Miller – May 22

By Michael Clifford|2025-05-21T23:05:44-04:00May 22nd, 2025|Hockey Rambling|

It was hard for the Edmonton Oilers to ask more from their opening game of the Western Conference in Dallas against the Stars… at least through the first 40 minutes. Goals from Evan Bouchard and Ryan Nugent-Hopkins had opened a 3-1 lead for the Oilers going into the second intermission as they were poised to [...]