Hockey Rambling

In Vladimir Tarasenko’s debut with Florida, he started on the top line with Aleksander Barkov and Sam Reinhart, skating on the left side. That moved Carter Verhaeghe down to the second line and Nick Cousins to the fourth. We will see how long this lasts but it’s a very good position to be to start [...]

Wednesday almost felt like Trade Deadline day as a number of the big names were moved to the new locales for a playoff (or Lottery) push. There was a significant one-for-one swap between Colorado and Buffalo, the New York Rangers ended up landing Alex Wennberg, Vladimir Tarasenko is off to Florida, and a bunch more. [...]

The season of “trade related” healthy-scratches in upon us. https://twitter.com/AlisonL/status/1764736522597916851 If you have any players that are close to the rumour mill, be ready for them to sit out the next day or two, at least until the Friday deadline is passed. If you’re looking ahead to goalie starts, don’t expect any of Jacob Markstrom, [...]

The NHL Trade Deadline is at the end of the week and for any new readers over the last 12 months, we will have trade breakdowns all day long on Friday, March 8th. For the instant fantasy analysis and impact needed when these trades do happen, be sure to check back here because those articles [...]

The Rangers announced an extension for Jonathan Quick on Sunday, signing the 38-year-old netminder to a cap hit of $1.275 million next season. Quick has been great for New York this year, boasting a 13-5-2 record, 2.45 GAA and .916 SV%. His strong play gave the team some breathing room while star goalie Igor Shesterkin [...]

Vancouver Canucks fans can finally breathe a sigh of relief. The Canucks and Elias Pettersson have agreed to an eight-year extension at $11.6 million per season. The belief is that Pettersson had originally stated he wanted to wait until the offseason to negotiate a new contract, but the Canucks wanted this resolved sooner. The fact [...]

Imagine that you’re the team that ends a struggling team’s 14-game losing streak. In addition, said team with the losing streak was playing the second game of back-to-backs on the road. Ladies and gentlemen, your 2023-24 Ottawa Senators. https://twitter.com/BR_OpenIce/status/1763758235532623884 So yeah, the Senators could look different very soon. Vladimir Tarasenko seems like the perfect rental [...]

Joseph Woll made his long-awaited return to the Leafs lineup on Thursday. Playing in his first game since December 7, Woll stopped 30 of 32 shots while earning a 3-2 win over Arizona. Hopefully you were able to activate him in time for what was a juicy home matchup against the struggling Coyotes, who have [...]

There was some concern that Detroit defenceman Moritz Seider might miss time after blocking a shot on Tuesday night, but Ted Kulfan reports that Seider is just fine after getting X-rays completed that came back negative. Seider has been having another good multi-cat fantasy season with seven goals, 32 points, and 277 hits+blocks through 59 [...]

As the NHL and fantasy hockey trade deadlines approach, two teams that you want to focus on are the Penguins and the Oilers. They have each played only 56 games as of today, and have some top offensive talent to look into as you try to get ahead in your league’s arms race. Whether it’s [...]