Hockey Rambling

Aleksander Barkov put on a show for the fans in his native Finland, scoring a goal and adding three assists in the Panthers’ 6-4 win over Dallas on Friday. The Florida captain has piled on six points in just two games since his return from a lower-body injury, so hopefully you’ve been able to get [...]

Happy Halloween! Hope your fantasy team has had more treats than tricks so far. As you search the contents of your Halloween bag (or your kid’s bag!) to separate the quality candy from the undesirable kind, let’s do the same for our fantasy teams. Martin Necas has been bringing the full-size chocolate bars for his [...]

When Connor McDavid left Edmonton’s game on Monday night after jamming his foot into the boards, it was easy to fear the worst. We saw a similar player with Drew Doughty in the preseason, and that resulted in a broken ankle that will keep him out for months. Fortunately for Edmonton fans and fantasy hockey [...]

Hi friends, it’s Brennan filling in for the handsome and talented Alex MacLean today, but fear not, he should be back next week. Let’s get right into Tuesday’s action! The Bruins-Flyers game featured two goaltenders with hideous numbers to start the year. Joonas Korpisalo and his .850 SV% + 4.57 GAA went up against Samuel [...]

Connor McDavid got tripped early in Edmonton’s game in Columbus on Monday night. It was probably a penalty, but it wasn’t called, and things got even worse for the Oilers from there. He was seen gingerly making his way to the bench, and then he left for the dressing room. After several minutes, we got [...]

Celebrating a birthday that equates his age with his jersey number, Leon Draisaitl had a hand in all of Edmonton’s goals en route to a 3-2 overtime victory over the Red Wings. #29 had a slow start to the season, posting just one point in his first three outings, but has since rebounded with nine [...]

Sean Couturier had a game that nobody expected. The Flyers’ captain smashed a 32-game goal drought with a hat trick and two assists and a plus-5, reaching 500 points while leading his team to a 7-5 win over Minnesota in a matinee game. Couturier had hardly made an impact before Saturday, as he entered this [...]

The Rangers have signed Alexis Lafreniere to a seven-year, $52.15 million contract extension, which works out to a $7.45 million cap hit. That’s a significant raise from the $2.325 million cap hit that Lafreniere has on the final year of his contract, so cap league teams will need to budget for that next season. Lafreniere [...]

Brett Pesce and Luke Hughes both returned to the New Jersey lineup on Thursday night. Neither had played yet this season due to a leg and shoulder injury, respectively. It certainly bolsters a blue line that has had trouble staying healthy since the start of last season. * Joseph Woll was back in net for [...]

Maveric Lamoureux has been called up by Utah. The 29th overall pick from 2022 had three points in four games to start his AHL season in Tucson, but is already with the team as they look to rebound from their 4-0 loss at the hands of Ottawa. Utah is at home to Colorado on Thursday. [...]