The Kings signed Brayden Schenn to a one game amateur tryout agreeement, and he is in Vancouver and will make his regular season debut tonight. Interesting situation... I guess they are allowed to do this because of injuries? Happy Thanksgiving to all of DobberHockey's American readers! The Rangers have recalled Bobby Sanguenetti, after [...]
One of the more interesting fantasy situations heading in to this season was out West in Vancouver. Both Kevin Bieksa and Alex Edler were coming off of career seasons, and were the go-to guys on Vancouver’s power play in 2008-09. However, the Canucks traded for the speedy Christian Ehrhoff and signed veteran Mathieu Schneider, and both were expected to produce on the power play for the Canucks this season. How are things looking at the quarter-point of the season? Where do Vancouver's defensemen fit in best? I’ll do a player-by-player analysis and include my predictions for the rest of the season.
Real estate timeshares are questionable things. The concept was born in Europe many decades ago and it seemed to have its heyday in the United States during the 1980s. Then the idea got mired in shady marketing and the unscrupulous desire to make a quick buck, but at its heart, the concept was fairly sound. Can’t afford the whole thing? Just buy part of it.
Maybe this idea could work for you in your fantasy hockey league.
Eric Staal will play tonight for the 'Canes. The beauty of drawing upon the knowledge of and the memory of my readers - only through the power of the fantasy hockey nation can we get all the angles covered. Of course, with my Wandell spiel below, I had forgotten - he was a temporary [...]
This week - the final instalment of the series which will deal with the Western Conference centermen. The fantasy value of pivots can be identified using the same two main stats as we used for the last couple of weeks for wingers and defenseman, which is PP ice-time and SOG. The reasoning behind it is the same. The amount of PP ice-time given usually separates players who are heavily relied upon to carry the team offensively than those who are role players. On a similar note, SOG usually maintains a similar line of thought, but it has more emphasis for a center than it does for a winger. Centers are generally considered to be “pass first” players, which is why you tend to see wingers with much higher SOG totals than centers, which makes owning a center who shoots that much more important to fantasy hockey than those that don’t. Now that we’ve established clear indicators on determining the fantasy value of centers, let’s take a closer look at a few of the them from the Western Conference.
The NHL has suspended Daniel Briere for two games. I'll have the clip in tomorrow morning's ramblings. Whenever a scoring forward is out for a game, Giroux and/or JVR gets their ice time and PP time padded. The Caps have sent Carlson back to the minors. He was pointless in three games. Wait for [...]
Joe Sakic’s wrist shot could have put a hole through my body, but his words of wisdom never failed to fill my mind. I was so fortunate to cover his final season as a pro, so I always paid extremely close attention to all of his post-game quotes. One of these quips took place early last season before the back problems sidelined him for good. It has since resonated in my mind, as it is quickly becoming an important factor in the world of fantasy goaltending.
“Rest is a weapon...” he said. Although he meant that in a sort of joking, nonchalant manner, it was quite accurate.
The Habs have recalled Sergei Kostitsyn. SK has 13 points in 16 games in the AHL. Guillaume Latendresse to the Wild for Benoit Pouliot, according to RDS. Two players of similar age and similar upside - albeit Pouliot has much more offensive potential, whereas Latendresse has much more crash and bang potential. Not sure [...]
It started out so promising. So how did things go south for Peter Mueller so quickly?
After averaging a point-and-a-half per game in the Western League and putting on WJC show overshadowed only by Jonathan Toews. He made the NHL as a 19 year old and potted 54 points, with the bulk of those coming in the second half. Then the bottom dropped out.
Marc Savard is expected to return to the lineup Monday. During his 15-game absence, Bergeron has just nine points and is a minus-2 in that span. Meanwhile, Krejci is showing signs of life with four points in three games prior to Friday when he was held off the scoresheet. My hunch is that Bergeron's production [...]
