Hockey Rambling

  We’ve seen some regression from Andrei Vasilevskiy and the Lightning over the past month or so, with a 0.917 save percentage since the start of January. That’s roughly league average, but not the world-beating level we got used to. It’s worth pointing out that the Lightning have had a road-heavy schedule here in the [...]

A nine-game slate for a Sunday is a pleasant surprise from the NHL given their inability to properly schedule almost anything. Here’s where you need to know. * Jack Eichel was announced as “out indefinitely” by the team due to a high-ankle sprain. On the bright side, if there is one, is that it’s not [...]

Marner Rebounding, Gallagher Fired Up, plus more… […]

Brock Boeser missed Friday night’s game with a hand injury and there was a pending MRI according to Jason Botchford. With him out of the lineup, Jake Virtanen started the game with Bo Horvat and Sven Baertschi. The word after the game is that it’s just a day-to-day thing for Boeser and there’s even a [...]

  In yesterday’s ramblings I referenced being high on Boston as one of six teams to play 11 games during the standard head-to-head playoff run from March 5-25. You can use FrozenPool’s fantasy game planner to plan ahead. Generally, I don’t quibble over the number of games from a star player, because I know I’ll [...]

  Henrik Lundqvist’s miserable couple of weeks have fantasy owners panicked. I am currently in trade talks with the Lundqvist owner in my 14-team one-year league. His other goalie is Devan Dubnyk and he wants a piece of my Andrei Vasilevskiy/Connor Hellebuyck/Carter Hutton trio. I sense an opportunity here. Mind you, my team is barely [...]

Duchene No Longer A Dud, Sateri Shines Again, plus more… […]

  Holy smokes, Connor McDavid scored four goals and five points chasing Andrei Vasilevskiy. McDavid even scored a power-play goal, just the ninth of his career. If you recall, I lamented the Oilers’ PP woes last week, emphasizing how this is the main reason for the struggles of guys like Leon Draisaitl (who is back [...]

With the Super Bowl last night, we had a fairly light day for hockey with just three very early Sunday afternoon games. Here’s what went down. * Due to injuries and general under-performance across the roster, Montreal tried something a little different with their lineup on Sunday: a second line of Alex Galchenyuk, Jonathan Drouin, [...]

Defense Pluses and Minuses, Finding Value in Lower-Tier Goalies, plus more… […]