Last Word On Hockey

On Thursday, defenceman Marco Scandella announced his retirement. The 35-year old has not played in the NHL since the 2023-24 season when Scandella was playing for the St. Louis Blues. Scandella Retires A steady presence on and off the ice, who always repped the ‘Note with pride. Congrats on a great career and enjoy retirement Scandy ? pic.twitter.com/gTPwiMo1xJ — St. Louis … [Read more...] about 35-Year Defenceman Retires After 14 NHL Seasons

September brings the start of training camp and fantasy hockey. This article projects Rickard Rakell’s point production this year. Similar to our previous point projection on Sidney Crosby, it will be generated through the use of a predictive model that blends scoring rate, age adjustment, team context, and projected durability. The Pittsburgh Penguins do not project as an … [Read more...] about Pittsburgh Penguin Rickard Rakell’s Point Projection for the 2025-26 Season

The 2025-2026 NHL season is rapidly approaching. Training camps are starting soon, and it is time to start making some predictions for the season ahead. Leading up to the regular season, we will be predicting players’ points and other fantasy hockey-relevant statistics here at Last Word on Sports. Today, we begin with a core piece on the Anaheim Ducks. Leo Carlsson’s Point … [Read more...] about Predicting Anaheim Duck Leo Carlsson’s Stat Line for the 2025-2026 Season

For all the NHL hockey fans out there and especially those managers finetuning their fantasy lineups, we have an exciting player point projection for you today. That player? Well, none other than Connor Bedard of the Chicago Blackhawks, and this is his estimated point projection for the upcoming 2025-26 campaign. Connor Bedard‘s ’25-26 Point Total Projection Connor Bedard has … [Read more...] about The Chicago Blackhawk Connor Bedard’s 2025-26 Point Total Projection

It’s time for some more NHL rumours. We’re in the middle of the Labo(u)r Day weekend, but there’s still plenty to talk about. Training camps are starting soon at that means general managers will be locking in. There are a number of things like signing restricted free agents and inking players to massive extensions. We’ve dealt with chatter on a number of big-time players … [Read more...] about NHL Rumours: Latest on Kirill Karpizov Talks With Minnesota Wild