When Buffalo lost both Drury and Briere last off-season, most fantasy pundits expected the offensive numbers of the remaining Sabres to drop. Jason Pominville was a prime case, since it seemed like he relied on the star centers to get him the puck in quality scoring areas. Looking back, that was far from the truth.
Glory for some means grief for others, as the trade deadline is known to both giveth and taketh away. Some goaltenders received a huge boost of confidence over the last week and others were totally deflated after the events that transpired on Tuesday. Yet the player movement is an unavoidable part of the game on a yearly basis. Que sera, sera.
Angus here. Keep your head up for my Prime Cuts of the Year article, slated to hit DobberHockey sometime before March 25th. The Prime Cuts will comprise of 12 forwards, six defensemen, and two goaltenders. Looking into bumping up the RAM even further - a tribute to the tremendous growth of the site. Hang in [...]
Some defensemen got moved around on deadline day and I am already seeing changes in the way rearguards around the league are producing.
Ryan Smyth was hammered into a partition into the boards by Jack Johnson and lost consciousness and was carried off on a stretcher. He later regained consciousness and was walking around the dressing room later before being taken to hospital. Best-case scenario is that he is looking at a recovery similar to Brendan Shanahan's from [...]
Maxim Afinogenov. Do you want the good news or bad news? The good news is he was back in the lineup. The bad? He played 11 minutes with Kaleta and Mair. Drew Stafford was also back in the lineup, but played just 10 minutes. Steve Bernier played 18:48, but was held off the scoresheet despite Roy [...]
Ah, June 1987. Margaret Thatcher had just completed the election hat-trick by winning a third straight term as PM of the UK. The Iron Curtain was close to falling, with Ronald Reagan making a historic plea to Soviet premier Mikhail Gorbachev to tear down the Berlin Wall. On the 24th, the author of this column was born. And on June 13th, the hockey world watched as a superstar Canadian center went first overall in an NHL Entry Draft dominated by defensemen.
Some things never change.
