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: Update on Woll; Afanasyev Called Up; Improvements from Sharangovich, Harley, Tatar, Frost, and More – February 13

By Michael Clifford|2024-02-13T07:34:12-05:00February 13th, 2024|Hockey Rambling|

Toronto goalie Joseph Woll was at practice for the team on Monday, his first in over two months. How long he needs to get up to speed is up to him, but that he’s back and practicing is a good sign for the team. Toronto has had their goalie struggles this season and Martin Jones, [...]

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Ramblings: Goalie Controversies; Rangers’ Power Play Shuffle; Streaming Options for the Week Ahead (Feb 12)

By Brennan Des|2024-02-11T17:32:09-05:00February 12th, 2024|Hockey Rambling|

Torey Krug had an outstanding Sunday, racking up five assists as St. Louis beat Montreal 7-2. It was a massive slump buster for Krug, as he entered the game with just one point in his previous 10 outings. This one game represents 20% of Krug’s season-long point total. Robert Thomas had the second-best fantasy performance [...]

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Ramblings: Rielly Facing Discipline, Weegar Scoring Goals, Big Save Dave (Feb 11)

By Ian Gooding|2024-02-11T01:43:50-05:00February 11th, 2024|Hockey Rambling|

From the games that I caught at least a part of on Saturday, tempers seemed to be more heated than normal. Of all of the nastiness, the story of the night was sparked by a slapshot on an empty net. No big deal, right? A suspension is coming for Morgan Rielly. I know Ridly Greig’s [...]

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Ramblings: Wolf Recalled, Barzal On The Rise, Rangers Goalie Controversy (Feb 10)

By Ian Gooding|2024-02-10T01:53:08-05:00February 10th, 2024|Hockey Rambling|

After Jonathan Quick started three consecutive games for the Rangers, Igor Shesterkin was back between the pipes on Friday. Shesterkin hadn’t been his usual self recently, as he had been tagged with five really bad starts during January and a 3.25 GAA and .863 SV% in 2024 entering Friday’s game. Fortunately, the Blackhawks represented a [...]

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Ramblings: Hughes Returns, Sergachev Out A While Longer, Kuzmenko, Ingram (Feb 9)

By Ian Gooding|2024-02-09T00:46:50-05:00February 9th, 2024|Hockey Rambling|

Jack Hughes returned to the Devils lineup on Thursday after missing the past month with an upper-body injury. He didn’t make the kind of splash that was hoped, as he was held without a point and was a minus-3 in the Devils’ 5-3 home loss to Calgary. Hughes did take four shots in 20 minutes [...]

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Ramblings: Pospisil Signs; Jack Hughes, Nazem Kadri, Matthew Tkachuk, Leo Carlsson, and Producing on the Rush – February 8

By Michael Clifford|2024-02-07T21:57:41-05:00February 8th, 2024|Hockey Rambling|

As far as stat adjustments go, this is a big one. The NHL announced that they have performed an audit of hit totals this season and adjusted as necessary. This won’t change anything for prior fantasy weeks for head-to-head leagues, but hopefully this actually is an improvement to how they count hits moving forward. We [...]

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Ramblings: Debuts on New Teams by Lindholm, Kuzmenko, Monahan & Puljujarvi; Another Jarry Shutout; Ovechkin Scores & More (Feb 7)

By Alexander MacLean|2024-02-06T22:54:34-05:00February 7th, 2024|Hockey Rambling, Latest|

Last night saw many teams restart after the All-Star break, and after a couple trades leading up to the festivities, we get to start seeing the fallout in game action now. Elias Lindholm and Andrei Kuzmenko each made their debuts with their new teams, and each made an excellent first impression by scoring in the [...]

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Ramblings: Updates on Hughes, Pacioretty, Sergachev, and Fleury; Playoff Schedules for Rangers, Kings, Blues, Kraken, and Capitals – February 6

By Michael Clifford|2024-02-05T21:42:41-05:00February 6th, 2024|Hockey Rambling|

It has been a frustrating year for Andrei Svechnikov. He started the season late due to his knee surgery and was slow out of the blocks with zero goals in his first 11 games. He started torching the opposition afterwards to the tune of 11 goals and 12 assists in 18 games, but another injury [...]

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Ramblings: Five Players to Target and Four to Trade Away; Puljujarvi Joins Penguins; Injury Updates and Line Combinations (Feb 5)

By Brennan Des|2024-02-05T00:50:55-05:00February 5th, 2024|Hockey Rambling|

Before we get into the main course, allow me to whet your appetite with some injury updates and news from around the league. On Sunday, the Penguins signed Jesse Puljujarvi to a two-year deal that comes with an AAV of $800,000. It seems he’s finally ready to return to the NHL after undergoing bilateral hip [...]

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Ramblings: All-Star Game, Schedule Next Week, Players Who Won’t Ever Reach Last Season’s Career Highs (Feb 4)

By Ian Gooding|2024-02-03T22:20:56-05:00February 4th, 2024|Hockey Rambling|

Team Matthews was the winner of the four-team All-Star Game, with Auston Matthews being named the game’s Most Valuable Player with two goals and an assist in the final game. Matthews was joined by Leafs teammates Mitch Marner, Morgan Rielly, and William Nylander on his All-Star team on the home ice of Scotiabank Arena. I [...]