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 [...]
There is a number on your goalie board this fall that you should stop believing in: 60 starts. Nobody in the NHL projects to get there. Karel Vejmelka led the entire league last season with 63, a figure that wouldn't have cracked the top ten in 2007-08: the year Evgeni Nabokov and Martin Brodeur both [...]
Coming to the end of another year there was again a lot of turnover at the top, middle, and bottom of the goalie rankings from last October until now. One steady part has been Dustin Wolf at the top – though he will drop this summer as his extension kicks in – and the presence [...]
Some excellent performances thus far by Brandon Bussi and Karel Vejmelka (your league leader in Wins) along with injuries to Thatcher Demko, Anthony Stolarz, Pyotr Kochetkov, and more, has led to some big ranking swings at this point in the year. With goalies that’s what you can expect, both in-season, and across multiple years. Stick [...]
Welcome back in, everyone! We got injury news, start/sit news, schedule news, all kinds of news. Thankfully you’ve come to the right spot if you’re looking to hide from any geopolitical news. Only hockey here, always and forever.The Immediate Fix (Grab this guy and use him for the next several days)Karel Vejmelka, G, Utah Hockey [...]
