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Ramblings – Brady Tkachuk to Florida, Bobby McMann Stays in Seattle and Players Trying to Reach The 40 Goal Club – Guenther, Necas, Dorofeyev and Hagel (June 22)

By |2026-06-21T23:42:28-04:00June 22nd, 2026|Hockey Rambling|

If you spent Sunday celebrating Father's Day with your kids or your dad, you may have missed what turned into a surprisingly busy day around the NHL. With the season now over and the hockey world counting down the days until the NHL Draft, things have been “relatively” quiet, but that appears to be changing [...]

Frozen Tools Forensics: Playoff Round-Up Including Boston, Tampa Bay, Ottawa, and Pittsburgh

By |2026-06-12T05:15:17-04:00June 12th, 2026|Frozen Tools Forensics|

This week we are moving on to the Eastern Conference in our playoff round up, so that means the Boston Bruins, Tampa Bay Lightning, Ottawa Senators, and Pittsburgh Penguins. The first-round teams from the Western Conference were covered here. As a reminder, for this article we are going to look at these four teams and [...]

Ramblings: Sabres and Ducks Take 3-1 Series Lead, Kings Sent Packing, Lightning Tie It Up and More…(April 27)

By |2026-04-27T01:45:21-04:00April 27th, 2026|Hockey Rambling|

The Buffalo Sabres blew this one open, rolling to a 6–1 win over the Boston Bruins and taking firm control of the series at 3–1. Buffalo dropped four goals in the first period and never looked back, forcing Boston to chase the game the rest of the way. Peyton Krebs, Zach Benson, Bowen Byram, and [...]

Ramblings: Quick’s Final Start; Carolina Clinches East; Philadelphia Reaches Postseason; Playoff Previews for Ottawa and Boston – April 14

By |2026-04-14T06:04:41-04:00April 14th, 2026|Hockey Rambling|

Jonathan Quick said he’s played his last game in the NHL following his start in Florida on Monday. He will finish his career with 410 regular season wins, 49 more playoff wins, two Stanley Cups, a Conn Smythe trophy, and a one-way ticket to the Hall of Fame. That he is retiring in the same [...]

Goldilocks and the Three Skaters: Tim Stutzle, Rasmus Dahlin and Brandon Hagel

By |2026-03-17T22:11:27-04:00March 18th, 2026|Roos Lets Loose|

Welcome back to Goldipucks and the Three Skaters, a play on words of the Goldilocks and the Three Bears story. Instead of there being three bowls of porridge though, I cover three skaters and declare one too hot (i.e., doing unsustainably better than he should), another too cold (i.e., doing unsustainably worse), and a third [...]

Ramblings: High-Scoring Helenius; Hagel’s Heater; Top-Line Dach; Some Recent Fantasy Trades & More (Jan 21)

By |2026-01-20T22:24:13-05:00January 21st, 2026|Hockey Rambling|

After Brandon Hagel started the season with one point in seven games, there were many poolies unwilling to wait on him, and those who dropped/traded him early are now kicking themselves. With two goals and an assist last night, he has 45 points in 36 games since October 25th, adding exactly three shots per game, [...]

Fantasy Hockey Mailbag – Part 6: Hagel, Fantilli, Werenski, D. Strome, Weegar, Eichel, Faber, Hintz, 2026 UFAs to Target & More

By |2025-09-23T14:46:35-04:00September 24th, 2025|Roos Lets Loose|

Welcome back to another edition of the Roos Lets Loose monthly mailbag, where I answer your fantasy hockey questions by giving advice that should be useful to all poolies even if they don’t own the specific players being discussed. As a reminder, if you want your fantasy hockey question(s) answered in the next mailbag, check [...]

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