August 31, 2010

Dobber Sports

2010-08-31

 

Sometimes, when I make certain guesses regarding a potential trade or signing, I look at what would be the dumbest, most mind-boggling thing that a player and/or general manager can do for his career/team. Then I make that my guess. Unfortunately, I didn’t do it with a couple of recent UFA signings. In fact, had I scanned the list of UFA’s carefully, I may have said “yeah, the Rangers are one team where Arron Asham fits okay… and Tim Kennedy fits the Penguins like a glove.” Had I looked at things more from the Bizarro World standpoint, I would have seen the Pens signing Asham and the Rags signing Kennedy from a mile away.

 

Seriously though, Kennedy? Underrated offense and deserves to be developed into a top sixer. Can he do that in New York? Sure. Nothing against him, or his fit with that team. It’s just that Mats Zucarrello- Aasen was someone I was looking forward to seeing succeed. Kennedy pushes him off the roster.

 

MZA – he could be Ville Leino 2.0 in terms of seasoning in the minors for year and impressing in stints. Watch for something like that. I’m not comparing style of play – just the situation and development trend.

 

Artem Anisimov has recovered from offseason hand surgery. He suffered an injury at the World Championship.

 

Alexei Kovalev is back skating. When last we saw him, he tore an ACL in his left knee. His big point getting days are behind him, regardless.

 

I have a Russian injury update theme going now, so I’ll keep at it – Andrei Markov is back skating on his own according to Habs Inside/Out’s Kevin Mio (who in turn cites RDS).

 

📢 advertisement:

Still with injuries, but not with Russians – Daymon Langkow has been cleared for light skating, according to the Calgary Herald. He still has a long way to go and that neck injury makes me highly recommend avoiding him in your league.

 

Also back skating – Pierre-Marc Bouchard.

 

Those of you who would like your forum name changed, I am doing a slew of them this afternoon. You can read details on this here.

 

The Fantasy Guide and Draft List have all been updated as of yesterday – buy it here!

 

Leave A Comment

UPCOMING GAMES

Mar 16 - 13:03 DET vs VGK
Mar 16 - 15:03 COL vs DAL
Mar 16 - 18:03 STL vs ANA
Mar 16 - 19:03 NYR vs EDM
Mar 16 - 19:03 NYI vs FLA
Mar 16 - 20:03 VAN vs UTA
Mar 16 - 21:03 SEA vs WPG

Starting Goalies

Top Skater Views

  Players Team
MACKIE SAMOSKEVICH FLA
MIKKO RANTANEN DAL
BRANDON CARLO TOR
ARTYOM LEVSHUNOV CHI
PAVEL DOROFEYEV VGK

Top Goalie Profile Views

  Players Team
PYOTR KOCHETKOV CAR
ADIN HILL VGK
ANTHONY STOLARZ TOR
SAM MONTEMBEAULT MTL
JOSEPH WOLL TOR

LINE COMBOS

  Frequency WSH Players
18.2 TAYLOR RADDYSH ANDREW MANGIAPANE LARS ELLER
17.2 BRANDON DUHAIME NIC DOWD ANTHONY BEAUVILLIER
12.8 ALIAKSEI PROTAS CONNOR MCMICHAEL PIERRE-LUC DUBOIS

DobberHockey Podcasts

Keeping Karlsson Short Shift – Potential Playoff Gems

Jeremy and Shams are here to keep you updated with the recent injury news, including a couple of players who may be out for the remainder of the fantasy season. For the remainder of the show, they cover a group of lesser known players that can help you out in your first week of the fantasy playoffs and possibly more.

Fantasy Hockey Life: X Gamers

In the newest X gamer episode, Victor and Jesse talk about some minor leaguers of interest. Discussed are Kevin He, Luca Cagnoni, Nikita Artamonov, Andrew Cristall, Gabe Perrault, and Kasper Halttunen. Jesse takes a rare stand on a name’s pronunciation. Have a listen! Our show is part of the Dobber Podcast Network and sponsored by […]

FIND US ON FACEBOOK

📢 advertisement: