Ramblings: Fiala Suspended, More Postponed Vegas Games, Top Line Combinations (Jan 30)

By |2021-01-30T01:34:48-05:00January 30th, 2021|Hockey Rambling|

Fantasy owners will need to make do without Kevin Fiala for the next three games. The Wild forward was suspended for his dangerous hit from behind on Matt Roy during Thursday’s game. The suspension will make Fiala unavailable for Saturday and Sunday’s home series with Colorado, as well as Tuesday’s rematch with the Avalanche. Fiala [...]

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 [...]

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