Welcome back to The Journey, where we track the development of prospects as they excel in junior, make the NHL, and push towards stardom. This week we will profile a number of top NHL prospects who are dominating professional men’s leagues in Europe. *** SHL In the SHL, Jonathan Lekkerimaki (VAN) has slowed quite a [...]
It’s two days after USA Thanksgiving, and as a bona-fide descendant of those first Pilgrims, here’s a short list of things to be thankful for: The Old Guys - Of the top 20 scorers (and ties) at the turkey-day milestone, seven have passed their 30th birthday, led by Sidney Crosby at 36 years, and by [...]
It’s early in the year, and this list doesn’t greatly overreact to the small sample size of the early part of the season. If someone like Travis Sanheim or Mason McTavish keep up their prolific scoring paces into the new year, then that’s where we really start to see the rankings move. In the meantime, [...]
I did not shop on Black Friday at all. Not just because I had to write the Ramblings, but because I have nothing to buy for myself and I’m not ready to start Christmas shopping yet. Plus I don’t care for mall crowds. If you don’t like shopping, fortunately there were a LOT of hockey [...]
This week on Frozen Tool Forensics we turn our attention to goalies. We are going to take a slightly larger view - not necessarily a breakdown of specific games, but an overview of how much goalies are playing for their various teams and how impactful those games have been. In order to do this, I [...]
Welcome back! Hope everyone is enjoying their week and for those of us in the States I hope you have a safe and happy Thanksgiving/working as little as you can this week.I wanted to make note that this is the time of year around American Thanksgiving where I think it’s a good snapshot of what [...]
Nico Hischier was once again at practice for New Jersey on Thursday. As mentioned by Amanda Stein, this makes several practices/morning skates now that Hischier has been on the ice. It certainly doesn’t seem as if there’s been any sort of setback as he returns from his ‘upper-body’ injury, though there is still no definitive [...]
In fantasy hockey, the performance of goalies is crucial yet complex to predict. As the NHL season progresses, understanding the intricacies of goalie performance becomes increasingly important for fantasy hockey managers. Goalies, distinct from other players in their impact and evaluation, can significantly influence the outcome of fantasy leagues. This season, the variability in goalie [...]
Welcome back my Salary Cap-friendlies! This being an article centered around all things salary cap, I’ve had it on my docket for some time that eventually I would write something about William Nylander. I’d avoided it for a while given that it seemed like every time, he was up at the podium during preseason he [...]
First off, Happy Thanksgiving to all our friends, family, and readers in America. We hope that everyone enjoying this holiday does so with lots of food, football, family, and friends. Secondly, this will be a brief Ramblings. I lost power where I am and it's been 12 hours and counting. This is being written in [...]
