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Our pal from DobberBaseball – Anatoliy Metter – has a couple of fantasy hockey articles up over at The Hockey writers. Five Draft Day Sleepers – defense, and also forwards.

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Raphael Diaz is reportedly passing on attending Detroit Red Wings training camp in favor of the Calgary Flames. Maybe he thinks he has a better chance at cracking the Flames roster, but I bet he would fit perfectly on the Red Wing blue line and is exactly what they need. He'd be a useful power play option in Motown.

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I've been enjoying a lot of SB Nation's stuff lately. Here is a look at a bargain contract All-Star team.

We decided to not include players still on entry-level contracts (sorry,Nathan MacKinnon) and instead focused on players who were already in a position to sign second, third or even fourth contracts when teams are faced with major decisions on how much (and for how long) to invest in their players. Sometimes teams get it wrong. Very wrong. Other times they hit home runs.

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And here's the flip side with bad contracts.

Some of those players offer minimal value to their team and are nothing more than a drain on their salary cap structure, making it more difficult to build a better team. But others still have something positive to offer and remain useful. They just happen to make a little more money than they probably should.

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Here's a look at some of Jake Allen's work.

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Lastly, some of you may or not know that this is my final post for Dobber Hockey. I wanted to take a moment and say how much I've enjoyed contributing to the site over the years and how thankful I am that you all take the time to read the content. There's a great community with this site and I've always felt privileged to be a part of it.

I also need to thank Dobber himself for giving me an opportunity years ago because I certainly wouldn't be where I am today without it. I'm covering the NFL full-time at theScore so any football enthusiasts can still read my stuff there. And of course I'll be on Twitter undoubtedly sharing my despair about the Toronto Maple Leafs from time to time.

Over and out.

Michael Amato is an Associate Editor for DobberHockey and a News Editor for theScore. You can follow him on Twitter at @amato_mike