The Canadiens acquired centre Scott Gomez, winger Tom Pyatt and defenceman Mike Busto from the New York Rangers in exchange for winger Chris Higgins and defencemen Doug Janik, Ryan McDonagh and Pavel Valentenko.
My monthly keeper league player rankings will be postponed until the dust settles. Likely Friday. They did it. The Flames signed Bouwmeester to a five-year deal worth $33 million. Analysis to come. Phoenix did not qualify Joakim Lindstrom. He will become a UFA. Looks as though the arrival of Dawes, Prucha and Upshall spelt doom [...]
For your listening pleasure - put it on your Ipod or just listen in on your computer on the 25th of every month. Let's talk some fantasy hockey!
Walker talks with Dan Marr, the Director of Scouting for the Atlanta Thrashers, about the outlook for Evander Kane and his other eight other picks from the weekend; Lyle Richardson from SpectorsHockey.net gives us everything we need to know about the July 1st free agent frenzy; Landon Ferraro is a Detroit Red Wing, and he gives a couple of minutes of his time; Draft talk, free agency talk - it's all here! You can download the file in our Dobber Nation page (click HERE) or on ITunes .
Eat your heart out, Garth Snow. Just as you were a big brute between the pipes, so too shall be the goalies you draft. You surprised me by taking a huge Finnish goalie to start the second day of the NHL Entry Draft, but I was not surprised to see the day end with another hulking Finnish goaltender, Petteri Simila, being chosen at #211.
Angus here! Haven't rambled in a while! The Devils have signed Johnny Oduya to a multi-year extension with a cap hit of $3 million. Carolina has re-signed Jussi Jokinen to a two year deal. The cap hit is a very friendly $1.75 million. Mike Gillis flew to Sweden to negotiate with the twins. Expect them to be [...]
With all the attention given to the draft picks lately – and deservedly so – the trades that went down, both minor and major, haven’t been properly analyzed. Let’s take care of that right now.
The Rangers will not qualify Freddie Sjostrom, making him a UFA on Wednesday. I told you he was no good...and some readers had actually argued the point! The Canucks are too polite to do it publicly, but they are probably laughing at the Sedin's demands behind closed doors. Yeah right, sign them until they are [...]
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.
