Ramblings – June 17 2015

Dobber

2015-06-17

My Stan Bowman Nostradamus prediction from 2009, bodog props, TB injuries, general hockey notes; and more…

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Duncan Keith won the Conn Smythe Trophy and it wasn’t even close. A group of Hawks fans (or temporary fans, given it was Toronto area) were watching and midway through the game the one guy loudly blurted MVP about Corey Crawford, and then ranted about how Chicago would be nowhere without him. Are we watching the same games? If I was in net, I could have backstopped this team to the Cup, come on. I’m not suddenly being hard on Crawford either. I said this when he was still a prospect – his situation with Chicago was looking like the perfect storm and that he could be the next Chris Osgood. Crawford will keep winning games on this great team and he continues to add Cup rings to his trophy case. But we all know that Scott Darling would have won the Cup too. So let’s not take anything away from Keith here when he carried this team on his shoulders.

Washington Capitals 18/1

New York Islanders 22/1

Winnipeg Jets 25/1

Columbus Blue Jackets 33/1

Detroit Red Wings 33/1

Edmonton Oilers 33/1

Calgary Flames 40/1

San Jose Sharks 40/1

Vancouver Canucks 40/1

Ottawa Senators 50/1

Colorado Avalanche 66/1

Dallas Stars 66/1

New Jersey Devils 66/1

Philadelphia Flyers 66/1

Toronto Maple Leafs 66/1

Florida Panthers 75/1

Arizona Coyotes 100/1

Buffalo Sabres 100/1

Carolina Hurricanes 100/1

Some initial thoughts on those odds – I wouldn’t go Chicago or the Rangers there. Not that either team will be horrible, in fact I think they could get back into the final four. But I think their window for getting to the Final has closed. Chicago has to break up the roster. And the Rangers will lose ground to other teams (I’m thinking TB and NYI).

In terms of best value, I like the Capitals and the Islanders at the medium odds given. And the Panthers, Oilers and Flyers at the longer shots.

Nashville signed their top goalie prospect Juuse Saros to an ELC. You can read up on him via our fantasy hockey prospect profile, found here.

UPCOMING GAMES

Dec 23 - 13:12	N.J	vs	NYR
Dec 23 - 14:12	TOR	vs	WPG
Dec 23 - 19:12	DET	vs	STL
Dec 23 - 19:12	CBJ	vs	MTL
Dec 23 - 19:12	BOS	vs	WSH
Dec 23 - 19:12	FLA	vs	T.B
Dec 23 - 19:12	PIT	vs	PHI
Dec 23 - 19:12	NYI	vs	BUF
Dec 23 - 20:12	NSH	vs	CAR
Dec 23 - 20:12	MIN	vs	CHI
Dec 23 - 21:12	UTA	vs	DAL
Dec 23 - 21:12	VAN	vs	S.J
Dec 23 - 22:12	VGK	vs	ANA