Hockey Rambling

It was a very wild back and forth Game 3 between New York and Florida that needed some overtime to decide it. The Panthers got out an early lead thanks to a Sam Reinhart power play goal but Alexis Lafreniere replied five minutes later to tie the game, and it was a beautiful backhand: https://twitter.com/HockeyDaily365/status/1794815847158194327 [...]

The Dallas Stars picked up a much-needed 3-1 win over Edmonton in Game 2 of the Western Conference Final, tying the series at one win apiece. The Stars and Oilers will now travel to Edmonton for Games 3 and 4 of the series, which will take place on Monday and Wednesday respectively. Mason Marchment’s goal [...]

In Friday’s playoff pucks, Barclay Goodrow scored in 14:01 of overtime to give the Rangers a 2-1 win in Game 2, tying the Eastern Conference Final at one win each. The series heads back to Florida for Game 3 on Sunday. https://twitter.com/Sportsnet/status/1794210698219659623 Vincent Trocheck scored the Rangers’ other goal, which was in the first period. [...]

New Jersey officially introduced former Toronto coach Sheldon Keefe as the Devils' new head coach on Thursday. Yesterday, I wrote about how Keefe ran Toronto's offence in 2023-24, how that contrasts to New Jersey's approach, and why other factors are probably more important than any of that. Go read that for more on this change. [...]

Los Angeles removed the interim tag from head coach Jim Hiller and he’ll be the full-time coach heading into the 2024-25 season. After taking over at the All-Star break, the team went 21-12-1 to secure their playoff spot. They were bounced in the first round by Edmonton, but they were a legitimately great defensive team [...]

A couple of quick thoughts for the leagues where you get to replace eliminated players. In leagues where you cannot double-up on replacement players, then Edmonton is the last team I would like to select players from, because their scoring is so top-heavy right now that even selecting a few depth players would mean that [...]

Frank Seravalli reported that Brock Boeser’s blood clot issue is going to make him miss the rest of the playoffs regardless of the result of Game 7. That is just a brutal circumstance for the winger who had a career season and was such a big part of the team’s success. It appears he’ll he [...]

Hey all, it’s Alex filling in for Brennan. I have to say when I told Brennan two months ago that I would cover this Rambling date, it was not on my radar that it was the long weekend – sneaky bugger, I hope you’re enjoying yourself. * With both the Boston/Florida and Dallas/Colorado series ending [...]

The Oilers dominated a must-win Game 6, forcing a winner-take-all Game 7 with the Canucks on Monday night in Vancouver. Oilers 5, Canucks 1 (series tied 3-3) Evan Bouchard and Ryan Nugent-Hopkins each scored a goal and added two assists in the Oilers’ Game 6 victory. Bouchard in particular had a strong game, finishing with [...]

In Friday’s playoff pucks, two more teams advanced to the conference final, which leaves just one spot remaining. Panthers 2, Bruins 1 (Panthers win series 4-2) Gustav Forsling scored the game-winning goal with just 1:33 remaining in regulation to win both Game 6 and the series for Florida. The Panthers will now face the New [...]