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, [...]
The big news from Monday was that Florida Panthers winger Matthew Tkachuk made his season debut after missing the team’s first 47 games due to multiple offseason surgeries. Going into Monday night’s game against San Jose, the Panthers sat four points back of the final Wild Card playoff spot and eight points back of third [...]
With the 2025 entry draft taking place this past Friday and Saturday, I thought we could look back at how Western Teams have fared from 2009 through 2024. I chose 2009 as the cutoff, as there are still quite a few players from that draft year playing significant roles on teams today. We are going [...]
In today’s Ramblings, we’ll discuss players who had disappointing regular seasons, and then we’ll evaluate their bounce-back potential for the upcoming campaign. Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen - Buffalo Sabres - G The 2023-24 campaign was UPL’s first crack at carrying a heavy workload and he excelled, posting a 2.57 GAA and .910 SV% through 54 games. Unfortunately, [...]
