Kind of anti-climatic, but the Panthers traded Jay Bouwmeester to Calgary for Jordan Leopold and a third-round pick. So basically for a third, since Leopold is a UFA. The Flames with JBo and Phaneuf on the back end would be mighty indeed, but I fear for their success. This is closer to Anaheim's formula for [...]
Much like Stu McDonald did last night , Matt Bugg, DobberHockey's Draft Guru, will live Blog Saturday's Entry Draft happenings.
(Out a day early to get it to you, the reader, before the draft begins)
Why should you read this series of articles? Not one of Nicklas Lidstrom, Chris Osgood, Tomas Holmstrom, Henrik Zetterberg, Johan Franzen, Valtteri Filppula, Jonathan Ericsson, Darren Helm or Pavel Datsyuk were selected in the first round. Everyone knows about the top prospects in the upcoming draft. How many know about the top scouting staffs and especially, the directors of amateur scouting - the secondary stars of the draft? I plan to single out the decision makers on each team and see how they've done recently. I'm going to focus on the most recent drafts (2005-2008) only.
Stuart McDonald, who pens Stu's Slant every Saturday, will give you immediate reaction to each player selected Friday.
Tomorrow - Matt Bugg will Blog live the other rounds of the NHL Draft! Be sure to join us! Pronger's arrival in Philly will hurt Coburn and Carle, but is sure helps Whitney and Wisniewski. Also - this is HUGE for Lupul owners. No longer buried, he should flourish back in ANA. Pronger traded to Philly for [...]
TSN says the offer is Kessel for Kaberle and that seventh pick. Horrible offer in my books, as the team could just draft a Phil Kessel with that pick (like Schroeder). Pretty big letdown IMO. Not tonight, but everyone seems so certain it's close to done. Look for the Leafs to move up in the [...]
Every Wednesday this summer, I will bring you a sleeper to watch for the 2009-2010 season (and potentially beyond). Released in no particular order, I will refrain from picking sleepers that have already shown glimpses of breaking out in the past – the obvious candidates. Time to go beneath the surface for some sleepers that you may have not thought about…
For the seventh summer in a row, I am looking at each NHL team from a fantasy standpoint and giving an evaluation. You can find that each Tuesday at The Hockey News. Yesterday I profiled San Jose and St. Louis, you can find the articles here . The Preds have qualified Ryan Jones, Ryan Maki, [...]
The Stanley Cup Final is over, so I guess it’s time to finish off the final part of this series. We’ll do a quick assessment of the Red Wing players with fantasy significance and take a look at what could be in store for them next season following their valiant loss to the Penguins in Game Seven of the Stanley Cup Final.
Kari Ramo has confirmed that he has signed with Avangaard Omsk of the KHL. Congrats to Yzerman, Hull, Leetch and Robitaille for getting into the HHOF. Mogilny also deserves it, but I'm sure he'll get there eventually. Puck Daddy discusses today's meeting between TB owners Len Barrie and Oren Koules and Gary Bettman. The two owners [...]
