NHL News, Analysis, History, Schedule, Rumors
Every Monday, Last Word on Hockey will survey the Fantasy Hockey landscape and select a handful of players to assist in your weekly match. We will attempt to select “Studs” who may be available in your league as opposed to those who we know are already owned by other teams. The “Duds” will most certainly […] READ MORE
Last Word on Hockey’s Puck Drop Previews is back for the 2022-23 season! As the regular season approaches, Last Word will preview each team’s current outlook and stories to watch for the upcoming year. We’ll also do our best to project how things will go for each team over the course of the campaign. Today, […] READ MORE
We’re into the month of September and that means that training camp is coming soon. Teams are getting their lineups into position, but there are still plenty of moves that can be made. There are only a certain amount of roster spots on teams. This means that some trades could be made. Today’s NHL rumours […] READ MORE
The New York Rangers plan to announce Jacob Trouba as captain on Tuesday for the 2022-23 season. Trouba becomes the 28th captain in Rangers history. He is taking over a vacant role last held by Ryan McDonagh in 2018, four seasons ago. BREAKING: Jacob Trouba will be named the next Captain of the New York […] READ MORE
The New York Rangers are one of the few teams without a captain. New York hasn’t had a captain since Ryan McDonagh was traded to the Tampa Bay Lightning in 2018. The Blueshirts have used different players in their leadership group and it’s worked out well. However, the talk of the Buffalo Sabres possibly naming […] READ MORE
Pittsburgh Penguins head coach Mike Sullivan announced Thursday that star centre Sidney Crosby would be evaluated for an upper-body injury. Crosby’s status for game six of the Penguins’ first-round series against the New York Rangers Friday has become uncertain. Coach Sullivan on Crosby’s status: “Sid will be evaluated when he goes back to Pittsburgh with […] READ MORE
Depth has been an issue for a couple of seasons, but this recent New York Rangers trade deadline addressed that. It was the first deadline for General Manager Chris Drury, who clearly decided to buy this deadline. The Rangers are very top-heavy with Chris Kreider. Mika Zibanejad and Artemi Panarin. However, the Blueshirts’ bottom-six forwards […] READ MORE
There’s a lot of disappointment that fans have to wait a year for Adam Fox to make his All-Star Game debut. The reigning Norris Trophy winner got injured late last week against the Columbus Blue Jackets. Fox sustained an upper-body injury after taking an awkward hit by Vladislav Gavrikov. The former Harvard University product was […] READ MORE
Chicago Blackhawks forward Jujhar Khaira needed to be stretchered off in Tuesday’s game against the New York Rangers. Jacob Trouba delivered a hit to Khaira, who had his head down skating out of the zone. He had no way to protect himself and also hit his head on the ice coming down. This is the […] READ MORE
NHL teams build their teams in many different ways. Some construct their clubs via free agency while others do it through trades. However, the main way teams create a roster is through the NHL Draft. Most years have maybe one or two players make the roster, but some years the general manager gets it right […] READ MORE
