Hockey Rambling

Chara is nearing the end, Nash stays hot, Malkin returns and more...   *   Sorry for the late ramblings this morning. We are up and running here again.   *   The Bruins caught the Rangers without Lundqvist but couldn’t take advantage. They managed only 20 shots in the contest so this was a [...]

Anders Lee on the top line; Kevin Connauton at forward? An Alex Semin sighting and more… *** The end of a legend, finally? Jaromir Jagr has two points in his last seven games and his points-per-game average is 0.57. That's obviously a career low. He turns 43 in just over a week - but finally [...]

Post-All-Star woes for Marty St. Louis, Luongo and the Jets, plus a Shattenkirk update and more...   *   Gary Bettman saw his shadow yesterday so I think that means we get 10 more weeks of regular season hockey.   *   Kick the tires on Martin St. Louis. He hasn’t scored since the All-Star [...]

The Kevin Shattenkirk injury, the underrated Roman Josi, the Devan Dubnyk revelation  and more… *** Beau Bennett was injured in Sunday's game after colliding with Max Lapierre. He went to the dressing room. But just when you started to file that under "here we go again", he returned to the game. Since taking the reins [...]

Carey Price is unconscious, should Mike Smith be a buyout candidate?, and why isn't John Klingberg generating Calder buzz?    ***   Let's begin with the Washington Capitals and the Montreal Canadiens, who played to a 0-0 draw through 60 minutes before Max Pacioretty gave the Habs an extra point with an overtime goal.   [...]

Sabres showcasing Stewart, Patrick Kane on his way to the top, why he Hurricanes aren't giving up on Semin and more...   *   Cory Schneider, man, bake that guy a cake. The Penguins hosed the Devils 43-14 in shots but Schneider stood on his head for 41 saves in an overtime loss. At least [...]

Fisher is a stud, Tavares stays hot, Barkov on a roll,lamenting a rash of short-handed goals and more...   *   Good matchup of stud goalies in the Rangers-Canadiens contest.   Carey Price vs. Henrik Lundqvist and the thing ends 1-0 on a goal late in the third period. That’s pretty much the dream if [...]

Why isn't penalties drawn a fantasy stat? Toffoli returns, Gardiner filling in for Phaneuf and more...   *   Only a few games on last night but certainly some good ones.   The Capitals got the best of the Penguins in a matchup of two teams that played the night before. The Capitals coming off [...]

Thoughts on some great under-the-radar waiver pickups, interesting line combinations and more… *** Martin Brodeur announced his retirement yesterday, which I found to be quick. I say that because he stretched out his career a couple of seasons too long (the last time his SV% was above 0.908 was in 2010), and even patiently waited [...]

The injury day ramblings, dealing with injuries to Okposo, Bobrovsky, Phaneuf and more...   *   Just when we thought we were getting back to the good stuff with the All-Star break ending the injury news started rolling in and my goodness was it horrible…   *   We’ll start with news that Kyle Okposo [...]