Hockey Rambling

Mining the Senators, replacing Byfuglien, Okposo to return and more...   *   Had a couple of complaints about a lack of recapping all the games these past couple of days. I get it but that’s not necessarily what these ramblings are about. My expectation is that you’ve already looked at the box scores from [...]

Kris Russell eclipses the Bruins, Ovechkin sits out, Soderberg rumours and more...   *   Ovechkin missed last night’s contest against the Wild with lower-body soreness. I’m not too concerned. Frankly, the dude should probably take a few games off each season because of the visceral nature of his game.   I was kind of [...]

Byfuglien injured, Hammond wins again, Nyquist cold and buried, and more...   *   Craig Anderson was supposed to go for the Senators last night but pulled himself before making the start. He did still dress for the game and presumably could have gone if absolutely necessary but I do wonder if riding Andrew Hammond [...]

Rielly, Stralman, Ramo, Schneider and Dumba look great for down the stretch; Franson not so much. More … *** Well that was something. I took a flier yesterday on Rob Tallas for my daily fantasy team because he was a cheap goalie and it almost paid off. Okay, not really. But when Luongo (shoulder or [...]

Giordano done for the year, Vermette and Timonen debut for Chicago and more...   *   For a trade deadline in which all of the big names had already been moved yesterday was still surprisingly busy. I won't lie though, I slept through a bunch of it. One of those rare years when you actually [...]

*** BREAKING: Huge news from out of Calgary. Mark Giordano is out until August. Surgery for a torn biceps tendon. Some minor deals here worth noting: Colorado trades Max Talbot to Boston for Jordan Caron Anaheim trades Mat Clark to Colorado for Michael Sgarbossa Toronto trades Korbinian Holzer to Anaheim for Eric Brewer and a [...]

Breaking down the Vermette trade, saying goodbye, and more...   ***   On Saturday night The Chicago Blackhawks acquired centreman Antoine Vermette from the Arizona Coyotes in exchange for a 2015 first-round pick and American Hockey League defenseman Klaus Dahlbeck. There really will be no trades left to occur on Monday's deadline, it seems.   [...]

Assessing Sharp's future, MacKinnon benched, Giordano hurt and more...   *   I’ve got to say, this Patrick Sharp situation seems to be going sour. The writing has been on the wall for a while now that he was a strong candidate to get moved in the offseason because of the Blackhawks’ tight cap situation [...]

Smith-Pelly's Habs debut, ANDREW HAMMOND!, Arcobello scoring and more...   *   This is Andrew Hammond’s world, we are all just living in it. 35-save shutout ends the Kings’ blistering winning streak. That’s back-to-back shutouts on the always tough California road trip and a 4-0 record.   *   Shocker, I know, but it was [...]

Giordano hurt, Kane's importance to Chicago, Sekera a huge pick up for LA and more...   *   What a wild day of trades and a little bit of NHL action. I hit over two thousand words before even starting to look at last night’s games so we might be a little light on the [...]