On Sunday, all 30 NHL teams currently with rosters submitted their protected lists for the Expansion Draft. A few notes on this before delving into some important names: Vegas has reiterated a few times that just because a player is unprotected does not mean they will select said player. Teams could have a deal in [...]
Every Sunday this off-season, we'll share 20 Fantasy Thoughts from our writers at Dobber Hockey. These thoughts are curated from the past week's "Daily Ramblings". […]
Vegas Freeze, More Habs/Bolts Trade Talk, plus more… […]
The Achilles’ Heel of Calgary’s 2016-17 season was undoubtedly their goaltending. Chad Johnson did what he could early in the season, but his play trailed off, and Brian Elliott was infrequently able to capture the level of play he enjoyed in St. Louis. It seemed inevitable the Flames would try to remedy this. Their attempt [...]
Among the names rumoured to be on the block heading into the trade freeze before the expansion draft was Montreal Canadiens defenceman Nathan Beaulieu. He was indeed traded by the Habs to the Buffalo Sabres in exchange for a third-round pick in this year’s Entry Draft. Beaulieu is a restricted free agent this offseason. Fantasy [...]
The Journey examines Dobber’s Top 200 Forward Prospects List, and assesses the fast risers in the June rankings. Clayton Keller takes over the top spot in this month’s rankings and there is a ton of movement throughout the top 200. Alex Tuch – Minnesota Wild – 43rd Overall, Up from 70th Overall Tuch [...]
What was expected to be a busy day trade-wise in the NHL ended up being a slow one, but we did get one deal. It was a relatively minor deal, but a trade nonetheless, as the Arizona Coyotes and Philadelphia Flyers made an exchange: ARI sends 5th round pick and Brendan Warren (Univ of Michigan) [...]
Despite the apparent likelihood of Jonathan Drouin being traded this offseason, it’s still jarring when seeing a player that young, with that much upside, being shipped out of town. We know the reasons why, but it’s still a big gamble for the team to take, even with Mikhail Sergachev coming back in return. I wrote, [...]
Boy that went quickly; another season completed and another Stanley Cup victory for the Pittsburgh Penguins. Not too shabby considering they were without their top defenseman in Kris Letang. Kudos to the Pens, but now it’s time to shift gears back into the fantasy mindset and start mining for value and identifying some breakout [...]
First, if you missed Mike's coverage of the Jonathan Doruin-Mikhail Sergachev deal or Phil Housley being announced as the head coach of the Buffalo Sabres, check those out: […]
