After the freefall of Kirill Kabanov, many wonder who will be the best Russian prospect in the upcoming NHL Entry Draft. I, personally, have little doubt. I never had actually. I always thought that Vladimir Tarasenko is a better prospect than Kirill Kabanov. It might be easy to say it now, but let’s discuss the reasons.
The Leafs have signed undrafted goaltender Jussi Rynnas. Minors for next year. Philly.com is reporting that both Jeff Carter and Simon Gagne will miss Game 5. Carter blocked a shot with his shin and only played 33 seconds after that last night. Ville Leino will get back into the lineup. Simon Gagne left [...]
Ladies and gentlemen - I now make to you available for sale (although the guides themselves are not ready yet), in the shop - the 2010 Fantasy Prospects Report, the 2010 Keeper League Fantasy Pack and the "C" version of the 2010 Ultimate Fantasy Pack. That's in the shop, right now I stuck a [...]
Every save in the Stanley Cup Playoffs is magnified to such an extreme degree that each shot could mean the difference between winning and losing a series. And when it comes to a goaltender suppressing that pressure, whether the force comes from an internal or external source, there’s a certain amount of equanimity that must be executed in order to stop pucks effectively in a seven game series.
The Denver Post reports that Kevin Porter will be back in the lineup tomorrow, and Milan Hejduk and Ryan Stoa are day-to-day and are "possible" for tomorrow. Still nothing new on Peter Mueller and David Jones. Semyon Varlamov will get the start for the Caps in Game 3. His home stats are far better [...]
I re-vamped the columnists/articles section. If you want to see how incredibly cool and good looking the DobberHockey team is, you can access this section and all the archived articles via the navigation menu on the left. Kevin Porter is out with an upper body injury and Adrian Dater is reporting that neither Peter [...]
Many successful teams have what is called a “super scout.”
The Detroit Red Wings have Hakan Andersson, their Director of European Scouting and the New York Rangers of yesteryear won the 1940 Stanley Cup largely of the work of Al Ritchie, who found most of their talent in Western Canada.
The third annual Prime Cuts roster is here! Check out the Prime Cuts rosters from 2007-08 and 2008-09. The thinking process that goes in to selecting the team is similar to Pierre McGuire’s “Monsters” for TSN (I promise that is the first and only time I will compare my thinking process to Pierre’s). Since this is a fantasy hockey site, the selection process favours players that have had strong seasons on the score sheet, obviously. However, not just goals and assists are weighted – perhaps a player has started to shoot the puck more, or play better defensively. Intangibles like heart, grit, and determination factor in to the selection process as well. It is far and away my favourite article to write each year, and I hope you will all enjoy reading it as much as I have enjoyed writing it!
Part 2 of the article series will name the second defensive pairing and third line.
Kirill Petrov WILL report to the Islanders prospect camp this June. It remains to be seen if he will be willing to play next year in the AHL, though. Andy Sutton's priceless interview with a reporter after the game is below. Priceless. Who does that reporter think he is, an expert or something? [...]
Putting the finishing touches on Part 2 of my Prime Cuts article series. Should be out this evening! Michael Grabner is drawing in for Matt Pettinger in Game 2 tomorrow night. Ovechkin or Crosby? Another hockey question on your mind? Ask me here! Jarome Iginla recently went on record stating that [...]
