2011 April

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P.K. Subban vs. John Carlson

By steve laidlaw|2015-07-24T10:19:11-04:00April 20th, 2011|Roos Lets Loose|

Subban

I think it’s high time we saw the NHL create a new award. Let’s tentatively call it the Nalder, awarded to the NHL’s best rookie defenseman. In 66 years of giving the Calder to the league’s top rookie, only ten defensemen have won the award, most recently to Buffalo’s Tyler Myers. A defenseman basically only wins the trophy when there are no better options at forward or in goal. I mean, you’d either have to throw up like 50 points and end up top ten in defensemen scoring in the league or have very little competition from your forward and goaltending compatriots. In other words, to win the award as a defenseman you have to be special or downright fortunate.

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April 20, 2011

By Dobber Sports|2011-04-20T13:45:37-04:00April 20th, 2011|Hockey Rambling|

Lesson learned. Yesterday, Mike Knuble missed practice, which happens every third practice because he's the oldest on the team. But he missed again today and they called it "maintenance". So I let it be. Well, he's not in the lineup tonight. So yeah, a playoff curveball that got me. I should have noted it. [...]

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Enlightened You Shall Be (2010): Recap

By Ryan Ma|2015-07-24T10:19:13-04:00April 20th, 2011|The Wild West|

Doughty

For the next couple of weeks I thought I’d go back and revisit a few of my pre-season columns to see where I stood, while comparing them to now.

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April 19, 2011

By Dobber Sports|2011-04-19T11:40:02-04:00April 19th, 2011|Hockey Rambling|

Let's face it - you didn't know if the NHL would announce zero games for Kunitz and zero for Downie. You didn't know if the NHL would announce 10 games for Kunitz, 10 games for Downie. You didn't know if the NHL would say 10 games for one guy, zero for the other. You [...]

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Deconstructing Demeanor

By Justin Goldman|2015-07-24T10:19:16-04:00April 18th, 2011|z-Archives (other articles)|

Even though the regular season is over, whatever you do, don’t shut off your fantasy radar. The chance to uncover some quality goalie intel is deceptively high. In fact, you can a better feel for a goaltender’s true fabric and long-term value during the playoffs than at any other point during the regular season.

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April 18, 2011

By Dobber Sports|2011-04-18T04:29:46-04:00April 18th, 2011|Hockey Rambling|

Buy the Draft List here. Raffi Torres will not be suspended by the NHL, per TSN. That just seems...weird. Even if the play was innocent, and my opinion on that is Switzerland, the fact remains that the NHL was supposed to be clamping down on these. The Wheel of Justice continues to spin... [...]

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A Born Leader

By Tim Lucarelli|2015-07-24T10:19:18-04:00April 17th, 2011|Eastern Edge|

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As the NHL season came to a close, fans were captivated yet again by Joe Pavelski. “Little Joe” or “The Big Pavelski” as he is sometimes referred to, has displayed an elite skillset to complement his clutch performances. It took him some time to get going, but once he did, Pavelski strung together a career-high 66 points, which was two more than superstar teammate Dany Heatley. And Pavelski did it in six fewer games.

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April 17, 2011

By Dobber Sports|2011-04-17T13:10:33-04:00April 17th, 2011|Hockey Rambling|

Buy the Playoff Draft List here. Silly me - I saw Andrei Kostitsyn take a wicked shot off the foot in Game 1 and hobble off the ice. And then after Game 2 I report (below) that he was a healthy scratch. Duh. Obviously he's hurt. I did think they put the hook [...]

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April 16, 2011

By Jeff Angus|2015-07-24T10:19:22-04:00April 16th, 2011|Hockey Rambling|

What Carey Price has done this season is sensational. I am one of his biggest critics (well, used to be), but he stepped into an absolutely horrid situation (Halak being traded away) and has played elite level hockey all season long. Can't imagine the pressure he was under, especially last fall. Stuck to his [...]

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2010-11 Prime Cuts: The Goalies & Bottom Six

By Jeff Angus|2015-07-24T10:19:24-04:00April 15th, 2011|z-Archives (other articles)|

Prime Cuts

The thinking process that goes in to selecting the Prime Cuts roster is similar to Pierre McGuire’s “Monsters” team on 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 favors 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 favorite article to write each year, and I hope you will all enjoy reading it as much as I have enjoyed writing it.

The second part of this series will name the bottom six forwards and two goaltenders.

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