Hockey Rambling

There are players every year who underperform for a myriad of reasons. It could be bad luck, injury problems, off-ice issues, age-related decline, a change in role, or any combination of these things. Regardless, when a player underperforms, they tend to come at a depressed average draft position the following fantasy season, and value ensues. [...]

It was announced on Friday that New York Rangers defenceman Kevin Klein would be retiring from the NHL after a 12-year career. Starting his career in Nashville before being traded to the Rangers, Klein had seemed to settle into a second/third-pair role with New York. His role – as that article indicates – had started [...]

  After looking at the Central Division Tuesday, I'll run through the Metropolitan Division today. As noted, I'm going to take a look at each division for an offseason lay of the land now that most of the pieces are in place. It's an opportunity to look at each team closely and how the depth [...]

Montreal avoided arbitration with Alex Galchenyuk by signing the restricted free agent to a three-year deal with an average annual value of $4.9 million. That’s a good value, however it seems to me not long ago they had another young player unfairly maligned sign a bridge deal and… well that didn’t exactly work out. One [...]

Ramblings: Thoughts on Marleau, Yakupov, Radulov and cheap but solid signings, (July 05) *** I was just giving kudos to the Maple Leafs for an excellent July 1st. At this point my advice to NHL GM’s is to just sign nobody except depth players and fill out your AHL team. That’s what’s best. I don’t [...]

  In my next four ramblings, I'm going to run through the divisions for a lay of the land now that most of the pieces are in place. It's an opportunity to look at each team closely and how the depth charts should shake out while considering the potential position battles, in addition to the [...]

Habs Pay the Price, DeAngelo, Hellebuyck, plus more… […]

Best of the Rest, Plus Re-Signings […]

A significant trade took place the day before Free Agent Frenzy, though not to the level of Subban-Weber or Hall-Larsson. Jason Botterill continues to re-tool the Buffalo blue line, as the Sabres GM traded away Marcus Foligno, Tyler Ennis, and a third-round pick in 2018 to Minnesota for Marco Scandella, Jason Pominville, and a fourth-round [...]

  Saturday is going to be a busy. It's an exciting time for us, so make sure to keep stop by and check out the analysis of all the signings. […]