Hockey Rambling

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays everyone! With no games scheduled on Christmas Eve, I thought I’d review each team’s most valuable and most disappointing player so far this season. Those valuable players have been a gift to your fantasy roster, while those disappointing players have you begging Santa for a turnaround. Anaheim Ducks Gift: Mason [...]

If you’re in a head-to-head league, Saturday was the final day of your matchup. In other words, no players to stream today. The league is off on Sunday, Monday, and Tuesday as the league heads into a three-day break. A very merry Christmas to the Vancouver Canucks, who lead the NHL in points (49), goals [...]

Goaltending in fantasy hockey is fickle; hence, the popularity of Zero G and other methods of fading goalies. I won’t profess to being a hockey training expert, but it seems like performance is more psychologically-based at the goaltending position than at any other. Ilya Samsonov’s interview after Thursday’s debacle (five goals allowed in less than [...]

Gabriel Vilardi is the most-searched player on Frozen Tools as I write this, which makes sense because he should unquestionably be the top waiver-wire pickup of the past week. In case you haven’t been following, Vilardi has five goals and 10 points and a plus-10 over his last four games, which includes three multi-point games. [...]

I would ask the readers for a bit of grace here as this now Day 3 without power in my region, as I write this the estimate is we're not getting it back for anywhere from 12-48 hours, and trying to keep track of NHL news in the circumstances isn't the easiest. Let's look through [...]

Jack Quinn made his return to the Buffalo lineup, and though it was a tough game for the team and Quinn was minus two, he did also add a shot and a hit in 15 minutes of ice time. He’s a big overall addition to help lengthen this already deep offensive lineup, and worth checking [...]

Dylan Larkin had been off to a great start this season with 11 goals and 25 points in 24 games, averaging 3.5 shots per game while posting 13 power play points. That recent injury was really unfortunate, given his history, and there was concern that he could have a lengthy absence. The good news is [...]

Sunday marked the first time this season that Chicago scored multiple power-play goals in a game. With Seth Jones injured and Kevin Korchinski dealing with the loss of his father, the Blackhawks played this game without their best offensive defensemen. As a result, the team opted for a five-forward setup on the power play, featuring [...]

The Hurricanes have placed Antti Raanta on waivers. Raanta is hardly the only Carolina goalie to struggle this season, but he had managed just one quality start in his past five games and has more really bad starts (5) than quality starts (4). Most recently, Raanta allowed six goals in a 6-5 overtime loss to [...]

As you may have seen on my X account, I just returned from a field trip to Seattle to watch the Kraken play the Blackhawks at Climate Pledge Arena. Needless to say, I have some observations based on that game. After the Kraken lost eight games in a row, Joey Daccord has posted wins in [...]