The trade deadline came and went on Friday with lots of activity. For a full list of trades, go to the Trade Deadline Tracker. For the most impactful trades from a fantasy perspective, go to our Fantasy Takes page. I don’t usually reinvent the wheel and break down the key trades in the Ramblings if [...]
The day before the deadline saw plenty of trades as teams stock up for playoff runs or to simply try to get better for the future. I won’t break down or even list every trade that happened today in here because there were quite a few. Instead, I’ll direct you to the Trade Deadline Tracker, [...]
After I mentioned the recent lack of trades yesterday, three separate deals were made on Saturday. The biggest one for fantasy purposes and probably in real life too saw Chicago trade Seth Jones and a fourth-round pick to Florida for Spencer Knight and a first-round pick. For more on the trade, check out the Fantasy [...]
Kirby Dach will miss the rest of the regular season after undergoing right knee surgery. Dach was the third overall pick in 2019 by Chicago, but his development has unfortunately been stalled by multiple injuries, hence the Band-Aid Boy designation. Dach has not played 60 games in a season for the past three seasons, while [...]
With Saturday being the first day of NHL action since the 4 Nations Face-Off, I’ll try to pay special attention to players who participated at the tournament – particularly those who played in the memorable championship game between Canada and the United States. Let’s start with what could be a major blow to fantasy teams. [...]
Kevin Lankinen entered the season as an insurance experienced backup goalie for the Canucks, who didn’t know how long Thatcher Demko would be sidelined. With Lankinen providing steady goaltending and Demko held to 17 games and injured again, Lankinen’s stock has soared to the point where the Canucks have extended Lankinen for a five-year extension [...]
That was a fun week and a half, wasn’t it? As a Canadian, I was 100% prepared to say that even if Canada didn’t win. If you’re an American, hopefully you concur. In the end, the big winner is the game of hockey, which generated the kind of buzz that it hasn't had for quite [...]
Saturday’s Canada/USA matchup at the 4 Nations Face-Off was widely anticipated for a number of reasons. For starters, there hasn’t been a best-on-best hockey tournament in nearly a decade, when many of Canada’s and the US’s top players were youngsters playing for Team North America (remember that?) during that last tournament. In addition, throw in [...]
One of the arguments against midseason international tournaments is the risk of players being injured in a tournament game. That threat came true for fantasy teams rostering Shea Theodore, as he will miss NHL regular-season games in addition to the rest of the tournament with a wrist injury. Add to that the fact that the [...]
Happy Super Bowl Sunday! (as well as Utah/Washington and Tampa Bay/Montreal). Saturday was also the last busy night before the 4 Nations, so hopefully you were able to make it count. - Igor Shesterkin will be out for 1-2 weeks with an upper-body injury. Normally that would be of concern, but he will use the [...]
