Fantasy sports writer covering baseball, basketball, hockey and football. FSWA member.
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RotoRob retweeted
I heard Tim Kurkjian, who’s normally realistic and optimistic, speak at an event last week. Tim said he’s deeply disturbed by what he’s hearing in the industry and believes the entire season could be lost.
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🚨🏒 THE SPORTS NERDS 🏒🚨
NHL INJURY REPORT | MONDAY, NOV. 9, 2026
🔥 3-GAME SLATE
⏰ Morning verification: Approximately 7:55 AM ET
📋 NHL team previews + injury-reserve tracking
🏥 INJURED RESERVE — Reported IR designation
🟡 DAY-TO-DAY — Not confirmed OUT
⏳ FINAL GAME-DAY AVAILABILITY PENDING
🏒 RANGERS @ OILERS | 8 PM ET
🏥 NYR: Igor Shesterkin (knee), Joseph Veleno (lower body), Sean Durzi (lower body).
🏥 EDM: Isaac Howard (knee), Mattias Janmark (undisclosed), Matt Savoie (lower body), Frederik Andersen (knee).
🟡 Ryan Nugent-Hopkins (EDM) — Head / Day-to-day
🟡 Colton Dach (EDM) — Illness / Day-to-day
🟡 Alberts Smits (NYR) — Upper body / Day-to-day
⏳ Final lineups and starting goalies pending.
🏒 FLYERS @ CANUCKS | 9:30 PM ET
🏥 PHI: Rasmus Ristolainen (hand), Nikita Grebenkin (back).
🏥 VAN: Filip Chytil (upper body), Thatcher Demko (hip).
🟡 Tom Willander (VAN) — Lower body / Day-to-day
⏳ Final injury availability and starting goalies pending.
🏒 ISLANDERS @ SHARKS | 10 PM ET
🏥 NYI: Mathew Barzal (knee), Matias Maccelli (lower body), Calum Ritchie (lower body), Alexander Romanov (knee).
🏥 SJS: Alex Wennberg (upper body), Igor Chernyshov (upper body).
⏳ Barzal and Maccelli have resumed skating in regular practice jerseys. Their return to the lineup is NOT confirmed.
⏳ Ryan Pulock (NYI) — Still skating in a non-contact jersey; game availability unconfirmed.
⏳ Final starting goalies pending.
📈 NERD WATCHLIST
👀 EDMONTON — Nugent-Hopkins and Dach are day-to-day. Monitor forward combinations.
👀 NEW YORK RANGERS — Shesterkin remains on the injury tracker. Watch the confirmed starting goalie.
👀 VANCOUVER — Chytil on IR; Willander day-to-day.
👀 NEW YORK ISLANDERS — Barzal, Maccelli and Pulock are progressing, but their game-day availability remains unconfirmed.
👀 SAN JOSE — Wennberg and Chernyshov remain listed on injured reserve.
🚨 NERD ALERT
IR ≠ A GUARANTEED RETURN DATE.
DAY-TO-DAY ≠ CONFIRMED OUT.
PRACTICING ≠ CLEARED TO PLAY.
PROJECTED GOALIE ≠ CONFIRMED STARTER.
⚠️ This is a morning injury watch, not a final game-time lineup report. Check team announcements, morning skates and confirmed goalies before puck drop.
💬 WHICH INJURY WILL HAVE THE BIGGEST IMPACT ON TONIGHT’S THREE-GAME SLATE?
THE SPORTS NERDS
We study the numbers. You make the moves.
#TheSportsNerds #NHL #NHLInjuries #FantasyHockey #HockeyTonight #NHLProps
RotoRob retweeted
If Im Kent Hughes, Here are my 2 Player targets (Forward + Defenseman) on all 31 other teams, In Order:
Seattle: Beniers, Montour
Van: Elias Pettersson, Victor Mancini
Edm: Connor McDavid Mattias Ekholm
CGY: Morgan Frost Šimon Nemec
WPG: Cole Perfetti Dylan DeMelo
RotoRob retweeted
Dave Winfield scored 1,669 runs and Johnny Damon 1,668, one run apart in eighth and ninth since 1970, on a list Rickey Henderson leads with 2,295. Damon is pictured in a Royals cap. Albert Pujols is only nine behind Derek Jeter, the closest gap in the top five.
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Willie Mays, Hank Aaron, Stan Musial and Barry Bonds make the S tier of the greatest National Leaguers, which leaves Schmidt, Wagner and Hornsby in A.
Pete Rose finished with 4,256 hits and sits in D next to Johnny Bench of the Reds, a tier below Clayton Kershaw.
RotoRob retweeted
Number 24 belongs to Willie Mays first, with 660 homers, 12 Gold Gloves and two MVPs, and Rickey Henderson is second.
Early Wynn is the only pitcher, Tony Pérez closes it out for the Reds, and Barry Bonds is fifth after two NL MVPs in Pittsburgh.
RotoRob retweeted
Stan Musial hit .351 with a 1.034 OPS and a .422 on base percentage for the Cardinals in 1957, and the NL MVP went to Hank Aaron, who hit 44 home runs with 132 RBI for the Braves.
Milwaukee won the pennant that year. Who gets your vote?
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Cap Anson's 3,435 hits put him third among first basemen, so a player who last took the field in 1897 is still ahead of Albert Pujols at 3,384. Pete Rose leads at 4,256, and Eddie Murray of the Orioles is fifth at 3,255.
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Rick Jeanneret is inducted into the #Sabres Hall of Fame on this day 15 years ago (November 8, 2011). #LetsGoBuffalo
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Quite the celebration for Rasmus Ristolainen after scoring the overtime goal for the #Sabres on this day in 2018 (November 8, 2018) against the #Canadiens. #LetsGoBuffalo
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Mike Schmidt tops this Phillies pyramid with 548 home runs and three MVPs, and the row below him belongs to two pitchers, Steve Carlton and Robin Roberts.
Grover Alexander is down on the fourth row despite 33 wins and a 1.55 ERA in 1916, and he has the best case to move up.
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At 162.8 WAR, Barry Bonds leads the NL All-Time Dream Team from left field, 6.6 ahead of Willie Mays, and both are pictured in Giants caps. Johnny Bench is the catcher at 75.1, the lowest of the starters. Does Alexander at 119.9 beat Koufax, Gibson and Maddux?
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Sandy Alcantara won the 2022 NL Cy Young and sits in the S tier of the greatest Marlins pitchers with Josh Johnson, Dontrelle Willis and Kevin Brown.
Josh Beckett is in A next to A.J. Burnett, and 1997 World Series MVP Livan Hernandez is down in D. Where would you move Beckett?
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Juan Soto sits in the C tier among the greatest players since 2015, two tiers below Jose Ramirez, Francisco Lindor and Freddie Freeman.
Betts, Trout, Judge and Ohtani hold S, and Soto is pictured in a Nationals cap next to Altuve of the Astros.
Where would you move Soto?
RotoRob retweeted
Guardians bring back a familiar face
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Only one RBI separates Ken Griffey Jr. and Rafael Palmeiro since 1950, 1,836 to 1,835 in ninth and tenth. Hank Aaron leads with 2,297, which is 79 more than Albert Pujols and 211 more than Alex Rodriguez. Miguel Cabrera is seventh at 1,881, the only Tiger on it.
RotoRob retweeted
Freddy Peralta is one of my free agent picks for the White Sox to sign this offseason.
#WhiteSox
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NOELVI! #Reds
Noelvi Marte 2do Homerun de la Temporada #GigantesdelCibao #LIDOM #TierraDeGigantes
Distancia: 375 ft
Velocidad de salida: 100.4 mph
Ángulo de salida: 24 grados
Pitcher: Juan Mercedes 2, (Curva 79 mph)
