Will Crosby score 51 goals again in 2010-11?  Don’t count on it.

The Penguins have confirmed that Jordan Staal will miss the start of training camp with his foot injury.

Dobber: The D-man List is a day late, but it is up now.

The new DobberHockey shop was waiting on the creator to give us a plug-in that allows the purchase of a “package” as opposed to just single items. This has delayed us by 10 days so far. It will be at least 48 hours yet. I would estimate 2-5 days for launch and then the process will be quick, easy and no Paypal involved.

According to Dean Millard (who works for The Pipeline Show), the Islanders are planning on keeping Nino Niederreiter around. Strange news considering training camp hasn’t even started yet…

Jason Botchford of The Province breaks down the Luongo contract situation. Pretty thorough analysis.

How I see Phoenix’s top six shaking out: Upshall-Wolski-Doan, Whitney-Turris-Stempniak. That leaves Vrbata and Hanzal to play together on the third line.

I am not a big Wolski fan, and I have been a huge critic of his in the past. However, I think the move to center will be huge for him. He is big and mobile, and he is a better player when he is more involved in the play and has the puck on his stick (two things that will definitely happen more as a center compared to a winger).

Ryan Dixon of The Hockey News chatted with Ryan McDonagh. Once Wade Redden is waived/removed from the Rangers roster, McDonagh will slide in on the bottom pairing. Things are looking good when your best competition for a roster spot is Steve Eminger.

San Jose is taking a huge leap of faith with Jason Demers. After Boyle, he is the only offensive defenseman in the organization ready to play at the NHL level. Vlasic is a two-way blueliner, and Murray/Wallin/Joslin/Huskins are far from offensive defensemen (although Huskins’ game has been described as offensive at times).

If Bobby Ryan gets his business together and signs a contract soon (the two sides are scheduled to meet next week, according to Ryan’s agent Don Meehan), the Ducks could have the highest scoring line in the league. I have all three players pegged for 80 or more points in 2010-11.

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I have been getting my depth charts and personal projections in order over the past week. I’ll post a few of my thoughts from the process:

I seem to be higher on Atlanta than most other people are (including Dobber). I have Bergfors, Antropov, and Peverley all breaking 50 points. I have Ladd scoring 26 goals, and I like Bogosian to be among the league leaders in goals from a defenseman.

Atlanta has two good goalies, a good balance of veterans, rookies, offensive ability, and defensive ability on the back end, and a ton of size, speed, and some skill up front. After Boston, New Jersey, Pittsburgh, Philadelphia, and Washington, the East is WIDE OPEN in my eyes. Those five teams are playoff locks.

Calgary’s forward group is a huge question mark. They have Iginla, and four or five forwards who could just as easily score 15 goals as they could 25-30 (Jokinen, Hagman, Stajan, Bourque, Langkow). Backlund is a decent prospect but I think he is overvalued from a fantasy perspective.

I really like Calgary’s top three offensive defensemen, especially Giordano. He had 11 goals and 19 assists last season, and I wouldn’t be surprised to see him increase both of those totals.

Montreal trading Halak before having Price signed was perhaps the most idiotic hockey move since the Redden signing. How bad does Price look if he holds out? The definition of a lose-lose situation here. Not re-signing Dominic Moore was another questionable move (although Moore may have wanted to test the market).

Fzusher, who is a regular contributor over on the hockey forums, called the Niemi signing over a month ago.

The NHL is playing for keeps with their latest demands. I have no issue with their suggestions, but they way they are doing it (trying to strong-arm the PA) is something I have an issue with. It would be interesting to see what happens with Luongo/Hossa if their contracts were voided. Putting the horse before the cart thinking about it, though.

Help a DobberHockey member out – final keeper in a standard rotisserie league – Knuble, Selanne, Vermette, or Langenbrunner?

Any funny team names you guys/gals have for your pool teams? Malkin Cookies was a funny one I came across a few years ago. I used "The Sturminator" last year, but it is pretty lame (and quite sad that I actually owned Sturm at one point as well).