Mathew Barzal

It is never easy to foresee the unforeseen. Injuries happen every day in the NHL, and here at Fantrax, our goal is to help you try to stay on top of those maladies with our weekly Injury Report. Counting all the latest bumps, bites, and bruises, there were 78 players held out of lineups. Several of those are long-term injuries from a previous year. Those players are likely not going to return or have retired. Here are some of the more notable maladies out there and their possible prognosis. Injury Updates Centers Mathew…

The last two seasons were two of the best rookie classes in some time. The likes of Connor McDavid, Auston Matthews, Patrik Laine all entered the league. There's also Jack Eichel, Artemi Panarin, Shayne Gostisbehere, Zach Werenski, Mitch Marner, William Nylander, Matthew Tkachuk, and Sebastian Aho, who have all made their marks on the league. I could go on and on. You'd think that, with the past two seasons, this year's class wouldn't be able to top it. That's where you are dead wrong. There are a ton of rookies that are…

Games Played This Week By Team 4 Games: ARI, MTL, PHI, TOR, VGK3 Games: ANA, BOS, CHI, COL, CBJ, DAL, DET, EDM, FLA, LA, MIN, NSH, NJ, NYI, NYR, OTT, PIT, SJ, STL, TB, VAN, WPG2 Games: BUF, CGY, CAR, WSH Streaming Selections There have been a lot of surprises in the first month. All of the players I've discussed are on teams that are surprisingly decent. I'm sure eventually everything will even out once more games are played. Then again, all of these teams could remain this way throughout the season. It's still…