A last minute switch has me covering the Ramblings today, so I went to X and BlueSky for your fantasy hockey questions. https://twitter.com/GLaSnoST9/status/2053640766975574475 The Oilers have two more years to win a Cup or they lose McDavid, and frankly I think if they don’t win one next year they’ll lose him – they’ll trade him, [...]
Only one of the two undefeated playoff teams entering Saturday’s games is still undefeated. The still undefeated team is off to the next round, while the no longer undefeated team appears to be facing its first true test of the playoffs. Carolina 3, Philadelphia 2, OT (Hurricanes win series 4-0) The Carolina Hurricanes are still [...]
Continuing from Part 1, these rookies are on teams that advanced to the second round, in large part because of their contributions. Here is a rundown of how they have fared so far and what their playoff performances may mean for their long-term projection. While some may still be seeing limited postseason usage, their presence [...]
This season’s playoffs have seen many close games. Friday’s two contests were not among those close games. Montreal 5, Buffalo 1 (series tied 1-1) Alex Newhook led the Canadiens with two goals in Game 2. Add in the Game 7 winner from the Tampa series and Newhook has three goals over his past three games. [...]
Round 2 starts with even less margin for error than Round 1. Three of the four series are only one or two games old. The fourth — Carolina-Philadelphia — is already 3-0. The trick at this stage of the second round is harder than it sounds: separating what is actually structural from what is a [...]
This is week three of our MVP series. Today we will be covering left wings. As a reminder, here is a quick intro to the work from week one. ‘Most Valuable’ is a tricky term that is going to be completely dependent on the league specific context. For the purposes of this article, we are [...]
The NHL announced the three finalists for the Norris Trophy and they are Rasmus Dahlin, Zach Werenski, and Cale Makar. This is Dahlin’s first time as a finalist, Werenski’s second time after a second-place finish last season, and Makar’s six straight season as a finalist after winning in both 2021-22 and 2024-25. There were a [...]
Here are the top 120 defensemen to own in your points-only dynasty leagues - May edition! As always, defensemen ranked +/-5.0 rating points of each other should be considered equal and at that point become a matter of team needs and/or personal bias Def. RkPlayerTeamRatingMayAprChange1Cale MakarCOL179.11514-12Quinn HughesMIN170.7191903Evan BouchardEDM170.02018-24Lane HutsonMON148.33530-55Zach WerenskiCBJ135.84033-76Rasmus DahlinBUF135.04138-37Josh MorrisseyWPG99.6737418Adam FoxNYR97.9757509Miro HeiskanenDAL97.77664-1210Matthew SchaeferNYI97.57871-711Mikhail [...]
The NHL announced the three finalists for the Selke Trophy as the league’s top defensive forward, and they are Anthony Cirelli, Brock Nelson, and Nick Suzuki. Each had tremendous seasons for their respective teams, though eventually it would be nice to see Noah Cates get recognized. He doesn’t put up the same offensive numbers as [...]
Here are the top 300 skaters to own in your points-only dynasty leagues - May edition! As always, players between +/-5.0 ratings points should be considered equal value and at that point become a matter of team need and/or personal bias. Click any player name to be taken to their customized fantasy hockey player profile. [...]
