The IR: Updates on Garon, Steen, Enstrom and more
The IR: Updates on Malkin, Garon, Steen, Enstrom and more
Does Size Really Matter?
Investigating the success rate of big players versus small, and whether "small, skilled" is trending
We’ve heard the old adage “you can’t teach size” to explain why teams from all pro sports are always eager to draft, trade for, or sign big/tall players. And one need only look back to the last lockout-shortened season of 1994-95 to remember all the hype surrounding Philly’s Legion of Doom line of Eric Lindros, John LeClair, and Mikael Renberg, who all finished in the top 10 in scoring and averaged 6-3’ and about 235 pounds. On the heels of that, every NHL team wanted their own giant forwards, and except for outliers like 5-6’ Theo Fleury the points scoring leaders also reflected this emphasis on size in the years that followed.
March 13, 2013
The DobberBaseball Fantasy Guide is out now and fully updated - tell your baseball fan friends, I promise they'll love this guide and how thorough it is. * Hey, look what's back - Brent Burns playing forward! I didn't see the game, but judging by the screwed up line combos for San Jose over at [...]
Hurricanes Rock…and Other Random Thoughts
Miller discusses the Hurricanes, the Tavares line, Subban and more...
Last season, the Carolina Hurricanes finished last in arguably the weakest division in the NHL. They were aggressive during the summer and went out and got Jordan Staal, sending promising Center Brandon Sutter to Pittsburgh, plus they also signed unrestricted free agent Alexander Semin. The Hurricanes took a large financial risk signing the enigmatic and oft-injured Russian to a one year, $7-million contract, but it is paying off handsomely for both parties involved.
March 12, 2013
The DobberBaseball Fantasy Guide is out now and fully updated - tell your baseball fan friends, I promise they'll love this guide and how thorough it is. * I was going to write a big thing about Beau Bennett for the ramblings, but it started getting lengthy as I did brief write-ups on the prior [...]
Jimmy The Great
Michael Amato looks at Jimmy Howard's strong play in 2013.
When Nicklas Lidstrom retired this past off-season it certainly would have given fans and many in the Detroit Red Wings organization a fearful outlook on the future. Perhaps what worried everyone more than the loss of their franchise defenseman, was the fear of the unknown. Lidstrom had been a fixture on the Red Wing blueline for 20 years. Some young fans in Detroit probably couldn't imagine a scenario without the seven-time Norris Trophy winner being a part of the squad.
Between the Lines – Crosby, Carolina, Ryder, and more
Chris Wassel takes a look at the most productive line combos around the NHL.
The regular season is roaring along at breakneck speed. Scoring was definitely up in Week 7 as 11 different line combinations had ten points or more together. That is quite a jump from the previous weeks where one would see maybe five or six, sometimes less. Now let’s go “Between The Lines” one more time.
March 11, 2013
* The LA Kings have recalled top prospect Tyler Toffoli. He has a ton of offensive upside and the Kings are going to give him every opportunity to put some points up. A natural scorer.Mike Richards was injured last game, so I would assume that Toffoli will take his spot in the top six. [...]
Marek Zidlicky: Geek of the Week
An in-depth look at Marek Zidlicky of the New Jersey Devils
If you had the opportunity to pick up Dan Boyle in your fantasy hockey league for next to nothing, I know that all of you would jump at the opportunity. What if I told you that there is another player who currently has equal-to or better-than output in all of the most commonly measured categories and that the player was only 52% owned? That player is Marek Zidlicky.
March 10, 2013
Tuukka Rask picked up his second shutout of the season Saturday afternoon. That 3-0 win over the Flyers pushed his record to 12-2-3, while also improving his peripherals to 1.97/ .927 on the season after a pair of four-goal speed bumps early in March. The 6-3 Finn has excelled in the outright No. [...]