Hockey Rambling

The Los Angeles Kings lost to the Chicago Blackhawks on Monday night, but they held it to a respectable 1-0 scoreline. And with the way the Hawks can find the net that is quite the accomplishment.   Martin Jones was denied the shutout on a tough bounce in front that led to a Brandon Saad [...]

Something about Henrik Zetterberg and Gustav Nyquist. Currently not linemates at all, Zetterberg has been back for one game and Nyquist scores. Nyquist has three points in eight games with Zetterberg out of the lineup, but six in seven with him in. I like the kid line that Nyquist is on - Tomas Tatar and [...]

  Merry Christmas to you all and a happy new year! I hope your week was filled with wicked presents, boozy nostalgic family events and all of that good stuff. I also hope the short four day fantasy week didn't screw your team over too badly (speaking in particular to those of you in head-to-head [...]

The NHL is back! I know they were only off for three nights but I swear it felt like they were gone for a month. Maybe it’s all the rum and eggnog I drank over these past few days to help pass the time or maybe I’m just a fantasy addict. Either way, I’m glad [...]

How many of you got up early to catch the opening match of the World Juniors?    I did and it was certainly worth it. It was a fast-paced messy game with lots of errors made by both sides. The type of game that drips with entertainment value because of the high end skill but [...]

Merry Christmas everyone!   How did you spend your day? I got together with my brother and father to exchange gifts and then watched basketball all day. In fact, I'm watching basketball as I write this. My dad explained to us that the Leafs playing on Christmas Day used to be a tradition. Apparently that [...]

Merry Christmas everyone, from myself and the gang at DobberHockey! Be safe - and hopefully my Southern Ontario readers aren't looking at this in the cold on their phone because they're still without power. My power returned later in the day Monday, and around midnight I got phone service back. * So Linus Omark had [...]

With the holiday break coming – play doesn’t resume until Friday the 27th – all but two teams were in action on a busy Monday night. In classic Laidlaw fashion we’ll have coverage of all the games, which will hopefully tide your thirst for material for the next couple of days.   *   Rangers [...]

I arrived home from the game at the ACC on Saturday night to find the power out. I didn’t think anything of it until I got up the next morning to a freezing house. I’m  in Pickering, which pretty much got the worst of the ice storm in Ontario. So after dragging the wife and [...]

  Welcome to a special holiday edition of the Sunday Ramblings! As a Christmas treat I'll share a fantasy war story with you right off the bat.   Last night I started Ilya Bryzgalov over Kari Lehtonen (I didn't want to start either, but my opponent's goaltender Curtis McElhinny was just good enough against Philadelphia [...]