The NHL’s return to play has begun. Not only has the league completed the play-in round, but the 16-team (actual?) playoffs are now well underway. So far, so good. Because of the small sample size of games, and the fact that not all players have returned to play, the number of changes for August has [...]
Saturday started with a bombshell with the announcement of Tuukka Rask’s decision to opt out of the NHL’s postseason. This announcement came just hours before the Bruins were set to face Carolina in Game 3. From a human standpoint, I completely understand this decision. Rask has a newborn at home as well as two other [...]
It was a big week in the prospect world. Just two months removed from the initial draft date itself, the league finally put the ping pong balls to action and finalized the order for the 2020 NHL Draft Lottery, or as some refer to it, the Alexis Lafreniere sweepstakes. After a few shocking upsets in [...]
Let’s jump right into the five games that were played on Friday. Colorado 3, Arizona 2 (Colorado leads series 2-0) The Coyotes played a better game in Game 2 than they did in Game 1. In fact, the shots were actually in Arizona’s favor 32-28 after they were outshot 40-14 in Game 1. However, a [...]
We have successfully made it to the end of another week. We have had our first casualties of Bubble Hockey, and thankfully it was all the teams losing kind. We saw eight teams bow out, or rather play themselves out of the playoffs. This week I wanted to take a quick look at how players [...]
Before diving into game action, we’ll start with a few news items. Claude Julien was hospitalized with chest pains on Wednesday night. Kirk Muller is expected to serve as the Canadiens head coach for the remainder of the series against Philly. Let’s hope for a speedy recovery. Nicklas Backstrom is expected to miss Game 2 [...]
Here are the top 50 prospect defensemen to own in your points-only fantasy hockey keeper leagues - August edition! Not a whole lot of changes this month, just some tweaks. As always, players within +/- 5.0 rating points of each other should be considered equal value and at that point are based on personal bias [...]
We’re back with the “first round” of the playoffs in August, and we have the 23rd and 24th overall regular season teams playing games. We saw the fourth-longest game in NHL history on Tuesday night, prompting morning hockey on Wednesday. And, most shockingly, the Edmonton Oilers didn’t win a draft lottery. There’s a lot that [...]
It was clean out day for teams that have been eliminated. There were lots of quotes to come out of the Toronto dressing room – Auston Matthews used “embarrassing”; Zach Hyman used some variation of “sucks” a lot – but I’ll leave those alone for now. They need to back up words with actions. What [...]
Here are the top forwards to own in your points-only keeper leagues - August edition! Not a whole lot of changes this month, just some tweaks. As always, players within +/- 5.0 rating points of each other should be considered equal value and at that point are based on personal bias or team need. o=offensive [...]
