The Top 10 reliable plus-minus players in the league today The plus/minus. Has any statistic in any sport ever been so controversial? So many people seem to hate it for its simplicity, but that simplicity is what makes it useful in fantasy hockey. Despite a movement to get away from the stat, there are [...]
Ramblings: Thoughts on Cam Ward, Shea Theodore, Nick Schmaltz, Ian McCoshen, Strombo and more… *** If you didn’t already pick up the Keeper League Fantasy Pack, you can do so here. The Fantasy Prospects Report is already out, and the Fantasy Guide will be out in about six weeks. It works out to about 400 [...]
Pavel Datsyuk's departure creates many possibilities, both for the Wings and for other teams. […]
Effects of Datsyuk departure on other Wings, Vatanen re-signs, plus more… […]
The Journey examines Dobber’s top 50 prospect defensemen list and assesses the fast risers in the June rankings. […]
A closer look at three Aves and Rasmus Ristolainen … […]
The Calgary Flames have hired Glen Gulutzan to be the team's next head coach. **** With Guy Boucher going to Ottawa, and Randy Carlyle to Anaheim, the head coaching positions were starting to thin out in the NHL. Today, Calgary named for Dallas Stars head coach Glen Gulutzan as the next bench boss for the [...]
This week's Frozen Pool Forensics discusses the future for Pittsburgh's rookies. **** Despite what you may have heard from those interviewed on the Jimmy Kimmel Show, the Pittsburgh Penguins are your 2015-2016 Stanley Cup Champions. A great deal of their victory can be attributed to the laundry list of what went right, a notion spreads [...]
Baertschi and Ward Re-Sign, Vrana and Marner Next Year, Rielly, and more **** It’s probably worth noting that Sven Baertschi re-upped with the Canucks for two more years, carrying a cap hit under $2-million a season. Not a bad bet. Baertschi did reasonably well for the Canucks last year, posting 28 points in 69 games. [...]
The Dallas Stars have traded the rights to Alex Goligoski to the Arizona Coyotes. **** Earlier today, there was another casualty of the cap crunch being faced by teams pushing the upper limit. Teuvo Teravainen was packaged in a deal with Bryan Bickell yesterday, and this afternoon, Alex Goligoski was traded from the Dallas Stars [...]
