*** More Q.O. news: Winnipeg did not qualify Matt Halischuk. Calgary did not give Q.O.'s to Paul Byron, Olivier Roy nor T.J. Galiardi. Add those names to the UFA list. Although he signed with a KHL team already, Cory Emmerton is an NHL UFA as the Wings did not give him a Q.O. Tyler Cuma [...]
Fantasy Impact: The Edmonton Oilers have traded Sam Gagner to Tampa for Teddy Purcell, but then TB quickly moved him to Arizona. Per Bob McKenzie
On bad behavior, chemistry issues, and managing risk with wild cards.
It was an interesting NHL draft this weekend, albeit one marked with a bit less player movement than expected. The price of trading into the first round proved particularly exorbitant on Friday. To wit: Buffalo Sabres general manager Tim Murray was unable to move three second round picks for a first, Bryan Murray couldn't [...]
The fantasy impact of the Leafs trading Carl Gunnarsson to the Blues for Roman Polak
Day 2 Draft Discussion has opened up! Talk some trades, trade rumors, picks and speculation - right here! The discussion from Day 1 can be found here - it had over 320+ posts and 5000+ reads, all from people as obsessed with fantasy hockey as you are (including, ahem, myself) - Dobber **** [...]
Fantasy Impact: James Neal has been traded to Nashville for Patrice Hornqvist and Nick Spaling.
Fantasy Impact: The Vancouver Canucks have traded defenseman Jason Garrison and prospect Jeff Costello to Tampa Bay for the 50th overall draft pick in this weekend's NHL Entry Draft.
Fantasy Impact: Per several sources (Elliotte Friedman, Pierre Lebrun), the Canucks have traded Ryan Kesler to Anaheim for Nick Bonino, Luca Sbisa and the 24th overall pick plus a third-round pick in this weekend's draft.
Welcome to the 2014 Dobber Sports NHL Mock Draft. Finished on the eve of the draft, this mock draft was completed by the DobberProspects scout team, DobberProspects managing editor Brendan Ross, Dobber, Steve Laidlaw, Chris Pudsey and myself. We all took prospects from the point of view of bring an NHL GM making the best pick available, then provided a paragraph of fantasy-focused advice. There are over 8000 words waiting for you, get reading!
Austin Wallace-Associate Editor, DobberProspects
