I’ll dig into why I don’t like the particular matchups for Thursday below, but with news hitting Wednesday that Marc-Andre Fleury was hitting the injured reserve and that Frederik Andersen wasn’t close to returning, the goaltender market opened up a bit. Firstly, no the Wild will not be recalling prospect Jesper Wallstedt — not for […]
Continue readingThese are fantasy rookies. For our purposes, it doesn’t matter how many games the player has under their belt or how old they are. For fantasy rookies, we are looking at players who are relevant to the fantasy game for the first time. This is also a chance to dig a little deeper than the […]
Continue readingWerenski was placed on injured reserve Friday and is set for surgery next week. His injury comes days after forward Boone Jenner was ruled out for the remainder of the season after undergoing an operation to repair a broken finger. “Zach has been playing through the injury for most of the season,” general manager Jarmo […]
Continue readingWhen the NHL halted play in mid-March because of the coronavirus pandemic, injuries to top players had piled up and coach John Tortorella had started to fret that the youngsters he plugged into the lineup wouldn’t have the steam to carry the Blue Jackets to the playoffs. All-Star defenseman Seth Jones and top goal scorer […]
Continue readingToronto Maple Leafs defenseman Morgan Rielly is out for eight weeks or so with a fractured foot, while Carolina Hurricanes blue liner Dougie Hamilton has a broken fibula and is out “indefinitely” (but that’s an injury that should also keep him out until late March, just like Rielly). While Tyson Barrie was almost assuredly on […]
Continue readingRask left just 1 minute, 12 seconds into Tuesday night’s game after getting hit in the head by a passing Blue Jackets player. Emil Bemstrom was cutting across the front of the Bruins’ crease when it appeared his elbow or forearm caught Rask on the side of the head. The hit drew the ire of […]
Continue readingRask left just 1:12 into the game after getting hit in the head by a passing Blue Jackets player. Emil Bemstrom was cutting across the front of the Bruins’ crease when it appeared his elbow or forearm caught Rask on the side on the head, drawing the ire of Cassidy. “It was an elbow to […]
Continue readingAnd the Columbus Blue Jackets went into the brief holiday break making hay with a roster full of injuries. Among forwards hurting who are arguably top-six forwards for the team when healthy are Josh Anderson, Cam Atkinson, Oliver Bjorkstrand, Sonny Milano and Emil Bemstrom. They aren’t all locks for a scoring line, but would be […]
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