The Pool Guide will be UPDATED and re-released tomorrow with the Comrie signing and the Kovalchuk signing. Per Darren Dreger, the NHL and NHLPA have struck a deal with regards to long-term contracts. I'll have more when it is released. The Kovalchuk deal WILL be approved. Welcome to New Jersey (officially, again), Ilya! [...]
Of all the cities where Antti Niemi could have played, very few ever imagined that his final destination would be San Jose. Even I figured it was only a matter of time before he cut his losses and played anywhere that guaranteed him enough starts to improve.
You know…like Finland…or Sweden, maybe?
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 [...]
Fantasy Impact: The San Jose Sharks have signed Antti Niemi to a one-year deal worth a reported $2 million.
Fantasy Impact: The New York Rangers have signed free agent forward Tim Kennedy to a one-year, $550,000 contract.
After spending a year in the Kontinental Hockey League, Jiri Hudler is returning to the Detroit Red Wings’ dressing room for the 2010-11 season. In the summer of 2009, Hudler took the Wings to salary arbitration and was awarded $5.75 million over two years, but the (now defunct) Moscow Dynamo organization dangled a $10 million offer over the same period and the 26-year-old Czech took the money and ran. But Hudler is now doubling back to the NHL…so what does this mean to you?
Paul Ranger will not be returning to the Lightning for training camp - details here. Antti Niemi has signed with the Sharks, a one-year deal. I will put up the Tim Kennedy and Niemi analysis shortly. The Ilya Kovalchuk decision will be delayed until Friday at 5pm. The speculation is that the [...]
I have a few general rules when it comes to building a team in a fantasy hockey keeper league. One of the more important ones is to not plan beyond a two or three year window. You are not building a real NHL club, and too often fantasy hockey poolies place an emphasis on youth and prospects over proven veterans with gas still left in the tank. So using my general rule, take a look at your team(s). Can you realistically say you will have a shot at winning the league at some point within the next two or three seasons? If not, time to scrap the rebuild and start adding proven NHL talent.
