Hockey Rambling

The New Jersey Devils said yesterday that defenceman Luke Hughes suffered an offseason shoulder injury but does not require surgery. However, he is still expected to miss 6-8 weeks with the injury. That timeline of 6-8 weeks means he’s going to miss the start of the season and may not return until November. In fantasy [...]

Max Pacioretty has agreed to a professional tryout with the Toronto Maple Leafs. Achilles problems have led to Pacioretty playing just 52 games across the last two seasons, and he produced just seven goals in that time. It will be interesting to see how he looks in camp, but he turns 36 years old in [...]

My last few Ramblings have covered one training camp or preseason question looming over each of the 32 NHL teams. We have already covered the Atlantic Division, Metro Division, and Pacific Division. Today, we will finish the league by looking through the Central. Dallas Stars: What is Wyatt Johnston’s Role? Joe Pavelski retired in the [...]

In today’s Ramblings, we’ll discuss each of last year’s top-15 scorers and set expectations for them in the upcoming campaign. Nikita Kucherov – The Russian superstar posted a ludicrous 144 points to lead the league in scoring last year. He also led all skaters in power-play production as 53 of those points came with the [...]

Filling content during the offseason is difficult. Perhaps the easiest way for me to break the writer’s block is to participate in a mock draft. I decided to join a 14-team mock draft at Yahoo, since once of my leagues has 14 teams. Even if Anthony Stolarz’s rank is way too high, mock drafts are [...]

The Offseason Fantasy Grades articles have now been completed for all 32 teams. You can view them all at The Dobotomy page. Remember, these articles won’t predict where each team will finish in the standings, but instead they provide a quick rundown of each team’s offseason changes, prospects that might be ready for a full-time [...]

Some professional tryouts were added to the list on Thursday. Calen Addison and Nikolay Kulemin have both agreed to PTOs with Ottawa, while Michael Hutchinson and Jakub Zboril will be headed to New Jersey’s camp on PTOs. Addison is an interesting one that a few fantasy leaguers will be watching. Just two short seasons ago, [...]

My last couple of Ramblings have gone over a training camp question looming over each team in the NHL. We started with the Atlantic Division and then moved to the Metro. Today, we’ll be making our way all the way to the left coast and looking at the Pacific Division. The reigning Cup Finalists are [...]