Hockey Rambling

Sean Couturier had a game that nobody expected. The Flyers’ captain smashed a 32-game goal drought with a hat trick and two assists and a plus-5, reaching 500 points while leading his team to a 7-5 win over Minnesota in a matinee game. Couturier had hardly made an impact before Saturday, as he entered this [...]

The Rangers have signed Alexis Lafreniere to a seven-year, $52.15 million contract extension, which works out to a $7.45 million cap hit. That’s a significant raise from the $2.325 million cap hit that Lafreniere has on the final year of his contract, so cap league teams will need to budget for that next season. Lafreniere [...]

Brett Pesce and Luke Hughes both returned to the New Jersey lineup on Thursday night. Neither had played yet this season due to a leg and shoulder injury, respectively. It certainly bolsters a blue line that has had trouble staying healthy since the start of last season. * Joseph Woll was back in net for [...]

Maveric Lamoureux has been called up by Utah. The 29th overall pick from 2022 had three points in four games to start his AHL season in Tucson, but is already with the team as they look to rebound from their 4-0 loss at the hands of Ottawa. Utah is at home to Colorado on Thursday. [...]

Hi, it’s Ian, filling in for Alex today. On Tuesday, the NHL promoted its first Frozen Frenzy in which all 32 teams play on the same night. From a marketing standpoint, it makes sense because it’s a day that the NHL can (mostly) have to itself on the North American sports landscape. The World Series [...]

Anthony Duclair had been off to a good start to his 2024-25 season with two goals and three points through New York’s first four games. Considering the team was shut out twice in those four games, it was a pretty good offensive performance. Unfortunately, Duclair got hurt in the third period of their fifth game [...]

With a 6-3 victory over Pittsburgh, Winnipeg remains the only undefeated team this season, sporting a 5-0 record. Kyle Connor and Mark Scheifele have been integral to the Jets’ success, scoring on Sunday and finding the scoresheet in every game thus far. Both players are riding five-game point streaks. Nikolaj Ehlers and his deft playmaking [...]

Drake Batherson filled the statsheet for the Senators in their 5-4 win over Tampa Bay: two goals (one on the power play), one assist, seven shots, and two hits. It’s been feast or famine for Batherson this season, as this is his second three-point game. He hasn’t registered a point in his other three games. [...]

It's early, but… Steven Stamkos has yet to register his first point as a Nashville Predator. Missing a 100-assist playmaker like Nikita Kucherov might have something to do with it, but Stamkos is at least shooting the puck. With 14 shots over his four games, Stamkos’ 3.5 SOG/GP is as high as it has been [...]

We’re barely a week into the season, and already the questions are pouring in about whether to drop a struggling goalie. In fact, it’s a usual rite of passage of every fantasy hockey season. This season, the goalies happen to be Alexandar Georgiev and Tristan Jarry. I didn’t expand on the stats too much when [...]