Hockey Rambling

I know Brennan mentioned Jamie Benn yesterday, but I also wanted to touch on him as someone that has been a huge piece of helping one of my teams into the fantasy finals this week, with his scoring revival of seven goals across a six-game scoring streak from mid- to late-March.  Last year’s 76-point-pace is [...]

After missing 16 games due to an upper-body injury, Philadelphia Flyers defenceman Jamie Drysdale was back in the lineup on Monday night, and slotted onto the top power play unit. There had been top PP time for Cam York with Drysdale injured, and York had been playing heavy minutes, so this will cut into all [...]

Although there was only one game on Sunday, it served as a make-or-break matchup for many fantasy leagues. I personally suffered the less favourable of those fates, losing my semi-final matchup on Vancouver’s game-winning goal, as my opponent collected assists from J.T. Miller and Conor Garland. For a while I was inconsolable, regretting every lineup [...]

Happy Easter, everyone! I’ll be filling in for Ian today. I know, I know, it’s like getting a bran bar instead of a chocolate egg, but with 15 games on Saturday, there’s no time to wallow in disappointment. Let’s get into the action! ~ Aleksander Barkov’s third period heroics led Florida to a 3-2 shootout [...]

If you wanted to watch an NHL game on Friday, the Devils/Sabres matchup was your only option. Saturday will have lots more to choose from with 15 games on the schedule. If you needed scoring, Tage Thompson was easily the best option. Thompson finished with four goals, leading the Sabres to a 5-2 win over [...]

There were 14 games on Thursday and will be just one on Friday. So that I can spread the workload more evenly over two days, I’ll focus mainly on the early games today while discussing noteworthy happenings from the later games tomorrow. - Juraj Slafkovsky has consistently been one of the top-searched players on Frozen [...]

Jack Quinn returned to the Buffalo lineup on Wednesday night after missing two months due to a lower-body surgery. Considering the time he missed to start the season, it has been a brutally unlucky stretch of health for the young winger. He slotted in his usual spot on the second line with Dylan Cozens. JJ [...]

The East playoff race is not exactly an arms race at the moment, but it is certainly fascinating. The Capitals were supposed to be done two months ago, and were too far out. Instead, after being sellers at the deadline, they’re getting balanced scoring, their top players are producing, and the young guys all look [...]

Detroit welcomed Jake Walman back to practice on Monday after he missed three games due to a lower-body injury. Walman has 12 goals and 21 points in 61 games this season, but his 150 blocked shots have been a huge boon for fantasy managers. There is a little bit more on Walman and defence partner [...]

Ahead of Sunday’s game against the Jets, Washington recognized T.J. Oshie for reaching the 1000-game milestone recently. He rose to the occasion, tallying two assists as the Caps won 3-0 against Winnipeg. I’m sure many wrote Oshie off after he opened this season with just two points in his first 19 appearances. Surprisingly, the 37-year-old [...]