Hockey Rambling

I have spent the offseason reviewing the fantasy seasons of non-playoff teams. This covered the San Jose Sharks, the Chicago Blackhawks, the Anaheim Ducks, the Columbus Blue Jackets, the Montreal Canadiens, the Arizona Coyotes (now in Utah), the Ottawa Senators, the Seattle Kraken, the Calgary Flames, the New Jersey Devils, the Buffalo Sabres, the Philadelphia [...]

Ian Gooding should have our team’s Expert Picks out at some point today. My pick is Edmonton in seven. I think there will be a few games where each team takes over, with the Oil’s stars overwhelming Sergei Bobrovsky more often than not in the series. Home ice “advantage” and the Oilers’ historic penalty kill [...]

I have spent the offseason reviewing the fantasy seasons of non-playoff teams. This covered the San Jose Sharks, the Chicago Blackhawks, the Anaheim Ducks, the Columbus Blue Jackets, the Montreal Canadiens, the Arizona Coyotes (now in Utah), the Ottawa Senators, the Seattle Kraken, the Calgary Flames, the New Jersey Devils, the Buffalo Sabres, the Philadelphia [...]

Stuart Skinner and the Oilers’ power play carried the team to a series-clinching 2-1 victory over Dallas on Sunday. Connor McDavid and Evan Bouchard factored in on both of Edmonton’s goals while Zach Hyman and Leon Draisaitl posted a point apiece. I guess you could say Edmonton’s stars outplayed the Dallas Stars - although that [...]

The Florida Panthers will be making a return trip to the Stanley Cup Final, hoping this time they’ll get their hands on the holy grail. Sam Bennett and Vladimir Tarasenko scored for the Panthers in their 2-1 win over the Rangers in Game 6. Bennett finished with four goals in the series, including goals in [...]

The Oilers’ special teams are a major reason that they are now one win away from the Stanley Cup Final. Ryan Nugent-Hopkins scored two power-play goals to lead the Oilers to a 3-1 win over Dallas in Game 5. Nuge has quietly been effective with 20 points in 17 playoff games. He is known more [...]

With a 3-2 win over the Rangers in Game 5, the Florida Panthers are one win away from a return trip to the Stanley Cup Final. The Rangers and Panthers will now head to Florida for Game 6 on Saturday evening, where the Rangers will try to avoid elimination in front of a hostile crowd [...]

Columbus introduced their new general manager on Thursday as Don Waddell had a press conference with his new team. Waddell was recently with the Carolina Hurricanes but has moved on for this new challenge. The Blue Jackets are entering their 24th season as a franchise and have yet to reach a Conference Final, so there [...]

The Florida Panthers took game four after scoring a power play goal just a minute into overtime. Sam Reinhart scored 27 of them in the regular season, so it should be no surprise that he was the focal point of Florida's power play here as well. Blake Wheeler made his monumental comeback from a big [...]

San Jose Sharks reported Sheng Peng indicates that prospect Will Smith may sign with the Sharks this summer. Smith was taken fourth overall in the 2023 Draft and would pair very nicely with the incoming Macklin Celebrini. We'll cover it more when it happens, but Peng is a very good reporter so there shouldn't be [...]