Hockey Rambling

We are going to get a Game 7 out of the first round thanks to Toronto’s 3-1 win last night over Boston. After falling behind 3-1 in the series, the Leafs have evened things up and are one win away from their first series win since before the 2005 lockout. Toronto, and Frederik Andersen more [...]

Ramblings: Lots of goalie talk, Couturier, Guentzel, Zadorov, Bonino and more (Apr 23) *** I broke ground last week on the 12th annual Fantasy Prospects Report. Picked out the players, selected the DobberProspects writer/scouts I want involved, and wrote over a dozen profiles. In the end, I’ll write about 180 of them myself. The research [...]

Leafs Stay Alive, Devils Eliminated, Advantage Capitals, Peters Opts Out of Carolina […]

    The Flyers managed to go into hostile territory on Friday night and stave off elimination. They were boosted greatly by the return of top line pivot, Sean Couturier who ended up potting the game winning goal with just 1:15 to play in regulation to stun the home crowd.    It was an all [...]

In a pretty shocking turn of events, Patrice Bergeron did not dress for the Bruins on Thursday night with what the team described as an upper-body injury. We won’t get more of an update other than day-to-day. It is the playoffs, after all. Riley Nash took Bergeron’s spot on the top line. Boston didn’t draw [...]

The second elimination of this postseason came at the hands of the San Jose Sharks as they sent Anaheim packing in a four-game sweep following a 2-1 Game 4 win. The story of the series was Martin Jones. He allowed just four goals in the four games, allowing one or none in three of them. [...]

Vegas Sweeps Away the Kings, Caps Finally Win in OT, Gulutzan Fired, plus more… […]

Marcus Johansson made his return to the Devils lineup following a recovery he from a concussion he suffered back in late January. Needless to say, this is a big boost to a Devils lineup that has had trouble handling the depth scoring of the Lightning so far. He was slotted on the second line with [...]

If you have a late playoff pool draft (you’d be surprised how many of these happen), my 13th annual Interactive Playoff Draft List is a wise investment. Pick up the list here. * It’s April 16 and the Greater Toronto Area is covered in snow. Icy snow, as the temperature is hovering around zero degrees [...]

Preds, Bolts, Bruins, Sharks All Go Up 2-0 […]