The Eastern Conference semi-final is half-finished with the Carolina Hurricanes completing the sweep of the Philadelphia Flyers while the Montreal Canadiens and Buffalo Sabres have Game 6 on tap for tonight. How did the Hurricanes managed to take four straight games off the Flyers, and how did the Canadiens and Sabres get to this point? [...]
This is week three of our MVP series. Today we will be covering defense. As a reminder, here is a quick intro to the work from Week 1: ‘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 will use [...]
We got the list of injuries from the Philadelphia Flyers and as we see with a lot of teams, it was extensive. There was a fractured wrist for Emil Andrae, which will require surgry, a fracture foot for Noah Cates, fractured ribs for Cam York and Travis Konecny, internal bleeding (!) for Owen Tippett, among [...]
The Colorado Avalanche have advanced to the Western Conference Final and they did it in very dramatic fashion. After falling behind 3-0 in Game 5, Parker Kelly scored halfway through the second period, and then Jack Drury and Nathan MacKinnon scored in the final four minutes to tie the game 3-3. Then, the Avalanche finished [...]
Happy Tuesday y’all! It’s crazy to think that one series is already finished, while two others are at Game 5 and the other is at Game 4. Matchups are a big part of every sport, but when you can change on the fly like you can in hockey, lineup decisions can change on a game-to-game [...]
Welcome fantasy managers to another edition of the Eastern Edge. This week we’ll resume our look at the second round of the Eastern Conference Stanley Cup playoffs. Let’s get to it! Carolina Hurricanes / Philadelphia Flyers (CAR wins series 4-0) The Carolina Hurricanes continue to steamroll their way through the 2026 Stanley Cup playoffs with [...]
Parker Kelly scored his first goal of the postseason to break a 2-2 deadlock in Game 4 between the Colorado Avalanche and Minnesota Wild to give the Avalanche a 3-2 lead, and eventually help them to a 5-2 win after empty-net goals from Nathan MacKinnon and Brock Nelson. This puts Colorado up 3-1 in the [...]
To all the mothers out in the fantasy community, happy Mother’s Day! Even if you don’t play, you may be the wife of a fantasy junkie or a mom who drives their kid to practice early in the morning. Thank you for all that you do! The draft lottery was last week and the Vancouver [...]
*Note: Stats courtesy of ESPN Fantasy Hockey The Second round of the 2026 playoffs is in full swing! With the round in progress, we can analyze the best remaining players in the postseason. Which skaters hold the most fantasy value the rest of the way, and who are the best overall players who made it [...]
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, [...]
