* With Patrick Kane's overtime hat-trick, which powered the the Blackhawks past the defending champs and into the Stanley Cup Final on Saturday night, the ultimate matchup of the lockout shortened 2013 NHL season is set. Though neither the Pittsburgh-Boston or Chicago-LA series ended up being closely contested, like at all, there was some [...]
Some young Lightning players to keep an eye on...
The Tampa Bay Lightning had a stellar outing from the club’s crop of rookies this season. Even when counting out the contributions of deadline-dealt Cory Conacher, Lightning rookies scored a combined 46 points, putting them in the top 10 in rookie scoring upon the completion of the truncated season.
Sergei Gonchar signs with Dallas
Fantasy Hockey Impact: The Dallas Stars have inked veteran defenseman Sergei Gonchar to a two-year, $10 million contract.
* My salary arbitration against Brian Burke (it was a mock case for the National Arbitrator's Convention) went well. I'll have more details on it next week for those interested. * Gonchar contract thoughts up soon. * Quick thoughts on Boston - Chara great. Krejci great. Bergeron great. Marchand [...]
Ottawa rookie Jakub Silfverberg's 2011 profile
The 2013 Fantasy Prospects Report will be the seventh annual production from DobberHockey. And it's out now! What better way to celebrate than to take a trip down memory lane at past prospects and profiles? For the next few weeks, we will unveil a different biography each day. Enjoy!
Five more young defensemen who bear watching next season...
Here are five young defensemen who are ready to make an impact at the NHL level – either offensively or with other aspects of their game.
* Fantasy mailbag is open for the weekend - ask your questions here. * I really want to work a $ sign into Bryan Bickell’s name, but it doesn’t fit anywhere. Either way, he is going to get PAID this summer. Another goal (and an assist) last night. I’d say about [...]
The new Atlantic Division - how do the teams stack up from a cap perspective?
Three weeks ago we looked at a breakdown of the salary cap situation for all 30 NHL teams. The message is clear: there will be fewer dollars available for free agents this summer than there are normally due to the salary cap ceiling dropping to $64.3 million. The impact on fantasy hockey, mainly cap leagues, is significant as there will be many players who will be forced to sign for less than what we may think they are worth.
Lightning winger Alex Killorn was on our radar way back in 2008.
The 2013 Fantasy Prospects Report will be the seventh annual production from DobberHockey. And it's out now! What better way to celebrate than to take a trip down memory lane at past prospects and profiles? For the next few weeks, we will unveil a different biography each day. Enjoy!
* The AHL Final is set - Grand Rapids vs. Syracuse. Detroit vs. Tampa Bay. Danny DeKeyser is healthy and will be playing in this one for the Griffins. * My thoughts on regulation from last night: Pittsbugh's best effort of the series (duh). Neal was great. Malkin was on another planet [...]
