Hockey Rambling

Cam Fowler has been very impressive this season logging over 24 minutes of ice per game. He was at it again on Friday playing 25:32 and picking up a goal and an assist against the New Jersey Devils. Included in that ice-time is evidence of his versatility as he skated nearly four minutes on the [...]

I dropped some intriguing stats on Ryan Miller in yesterday’s ramblings. He only added to those impressive numbers in yesterday’s win over the Boston Bruins.   Time to get in on Christian Ehrhoff, at least for the short term. He’s scored five points in his last six games and is starting to get things back [...]

Really light schedule last night with just two games but I’ve still managed to round up plenty of content for you.   *   The New Jersey Devils and Ottawa Senators engaged in just about the most contrasting battle there is in the league.   The Devils play an anemic style hell-bent on limiting shots [...]

Patrick Kane just proved me wrong (well, close enough). I thought he could never be a 100-point player, but he has 100 points in his last 83 games (heading into last night's game). We'll give him that extra game, that's good enough for me. * Yesterday, my column in The Hockey News looked at the [...]

Evander Kane made his return to the Jets lineup on Monday and helped them to a 3-2 win over Columbus. Kane had a goal and a helper, while adding six shots. He’s such a versatile player and Winnipeg looks like a different team when he’s out there.   Mark Scheifele scored for the Jets and [...]

Michael Raffl had my attention prior to Sunday given his run of four points in five games. But Sunday's three-point effort makes it official - get on this guy. Not a future star or anything, but certainly capable of the mini hot and cold streaks that teammate Matt Read gave us when he was a [...]

  It was a mammoth day of NHL hockey and news. The suspension of Shawn Thornton for 15 games was the biggest news, obviously, but Steven Stamkos' miraculous return to the ice just a month after breaking his tibia in Boston was pretty significant too. The whole '"monitoring Stamkos' progress in the context of 'can [...]

The NHL handed down a couple of suspensions today as Shawn Thornton received 15 games for that melee last weekend and David Clarkson received two games for a hit on Vladimir Sobotka.   *   There was also a minor trade that saw Edmonton send goaltender Jason LaBarbera to Chicago for future considerations. The Blackhawks [...]

Interesting one in New York to start last night with Rick Nash finally taking on his former team, the Columbus Blue Jackets. It’s safe to say this was not his most impressive performance of the year, going minus-two without taking a getting a single shot on goal.   Nash has actually been pretty cold of [...]

How about the Leafs taking it to the possession monster Los Angeles Kings last night, winning the shot battle 39-23? It’s too bad that Jonathan Bernier didn’t have his best outing of the year against his former team.   Bernier has now had clunkers in five of his last six starts, winning just his 48-save [...]