Ramblings: Vegas/St. Louis Cancelled; Fast Starts from Verhaeghe, Eriksson Ek, Gurianov (Jan 29)

By |2021-01-29T01:47:59-05:00January 29th, 2021|Hockey Rambling|

Another week, another game cancellation. The St. Louis/Vegas game was postponed on Thursday due to a positive test among one Golden Knights player and a member of its coaching staff. In case you missed it, Vegas GM Kelly McCrimmon took over coaching duties for Tuesday’s game as the team’s coaching staff isolated. Hopefully you found [...]

Capped: Surprising names in our top-50 rankings

By |2021-01-28T13:42:22-05:00January 28th, 2021|Capped|

The Top 200 Cap League Skater rankings are a pet project of mine that I started in 2019, and though the rankings are constantly evolving, some of the results continue to surprise me. The latest iteration (linked at the beginning) was published on Monday. This week I’m going to dive into a few unexpected players [...]

Ramblings: Top line Smith; Carolina power play; divisional scoring; Tatar; Gibson – January 28

By |2021-01-27T23:10:15-05:00January 28th, 2021|Hockey Rambling|

David Pastrnak is expected back with Boston sooner rather than later, but they still have games to play in the interim and that top-line right wing spot is still a coveted spot. At practice on Wednesday, we saw a new face:   Prax lines: Marchand-Bergeron-Smith Ritchie-Krejci-Coyle Frederic-Lindholm-Studnicka Bjork-Kuraly-Wagner McKegg-Pastrnak Lauzon-McAvoy Grzelcyk-Carlo Zboril-Miller Vaakanainen-Clifton Moore Halak [...]

Injury Ward: Pastrnak, Hischier, Chytil, DeBrusk & Grzelcyk

By |2021-01-27T14:36:43-05:00January 27th, 2021|Injury Ward|

Here’s the latest injury news from across the NHL! If you’re looking for information about a specific player and don’t see their name in this article, there probably haven’t been any significant updates about their progress since last week’s Injury Ward. If you ever need injury updates for a specific player, shoot me a message on Twitter @BrennanDeSouza!   [...]

Fantasy Hockey Poll: Derailed By Injuries

By |2021-01-26T17:01:18-05:00January 27th, 2021|Roos Lets Loose|

Many years ago, Dobber coined the term Band-Aid Boy to refer to a player who seems to find a way to get injured most every year, wreaking havoc on countless fantasy teams in the process. The term grew in popularity, such that now there’s a dedicated section of the site that lists the current crop [...]

Ramblings: Klingberg Peaking, Ehlers Cruising, Horvat, K’Andre, & The ’21 Draft Options (Jan 27)

By |2021-01-27T00:31:30-05:00January 27th, 2021|Hockey Rambling|

John Klingberg has been on another level to begin the 2021 season. A tallied an unassisted powerplay marker in regulation and then set up the OT winner with incredible patience to give Dallas the win on Tuesday. https://twitter.com/NHLGIFs/status/1354279707265654784?s=20 The two-point night extends his season-long point streak to three games and six points. And outside of [...]

Eastern Edge: Buy low and sell high

By |2021-01-26T15:47:12-05:00January 26th, 2021|Eastern Edge|

In this week’s Eastern Edge, we’ll highlight players that you might be able to acquire at low cost, and others that you may be able to offload for a nice profit. As they say, buy low and sell high!   Buy Low Rasmus Dahlin The 20-year-old defenseman hasn’t registered a point through his first six [...]

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