I must say, it's a lot less fun writing the Ramblings and checking your fantasy teams when there are no games on. Looking at the fantasy schedule that we have to deal with from the Four Nations break, games restart on the Saturday Feb 22nd, which means most leagues will have that weekend attached to [...]
An upper-body injury caused Connor Ingram to leave Sunday’s clash with the Capitals. It seems he got hurt after taking a heavy shot up high. Karel Vejmelka was excellent in relief, stopping 30 of the 32 shots he faced en route to a shootout victory. Vejmelka has solid numbers on the season but has struggled [...]
The injuries that the Columbus Blue Jackets have endured to their forward group has been extensive: Boone Jenner hasn’t played all season, Yegor Chinakhov hasn’t played since November, Sean Monahan is coming up on four weeks with his wrist problem, and yesterday it was revealed that breakout star Kirill Marchenko suffered a broken jaw after [...]
Tage Thompson racked up three points before a hit to the head made him leave the third period of Sunday’s dance with the Devils. Fortunately, it seems the Sabres dodged a bulled here. The rest of the season would be much harder to navigate without their top forward, who has 14 points in his last [...]
Kirill Kaprizov is now scheduled to miss the next four weeks after undergoing surgery for a lower-body injury. Two of those weeks are covered by the break for the Four-Nations tournament, which is good news, meaning Kaprizov may only miss about two weeks, and less than 10 games. * Your top scorer of the night [...]
There was a very interesting trade on Monday afternoon, if one nowhere near the size of the Mikko Rantanen trade from a few days ago. Injuries on the blue line have forced the New York Islanders to look outside the organization for some help, and they did that by acquiring Scott Perunovich from St. Louis [...]
Minutes away from a crucial point in a tight Eastern Wild Card Race, a cruel twist of fate led to heartbreak in New York. The Rangers failed to convert on a late-game power-play and could only watch as Cale Makar exited the box, intercepted a pass, and set Artturi Lehkonen up for the game winner [...]
While the extent of the injury to New Jersey Devils goaltender Jacob Markstrom hasn’t been made official yet by the team, Kevin Weekes reported that it is not as serious as it looked, but that it is putting Markstrom’s participation in the Four Nations Cup in peril. That would indicate that it will likely be [...]
The shine on Leevi Merilainen looks like it has finally worn off. He allowed two goals before being pulled in the first period. Anton Forsberg came on in relief and gave up three, including one to Matt Rempe of all people. I would expect Merilainen to be the goalie sent down once Linus Ullmark is [...]
The NHL Department Player of Safety rendered their judgments on Edmonton’s Connor McDavid and Vancouver’s Tyler Myers after the incidents over the weekend at the end of the game that saw both players give cross-checks to the head of an opponent: Both players have been suspended for three games. Edmonton starts a six-game homestand on [...]
