The Los Angeles Kings have signed "retired" free agent forward Ilya Kovalchuk to a three-year deal worth $6.25 million per season. The 35-year-old winger played the last five seasons in the KHL. The Kings get: A proven NHL player and five-time 40-goal scorer, two-time 50-goal scorer. And Kovalchuk's 141 points (63 goals) over the [...]
Looking at the June rankings of Dobber’s Top 50 Fantasy Prospect Defensemen you’ll find a few big movers and shakers Note: Sami Niku and Louie Belpedio were the biggest risers this month, however, I covered them recently here Sebastien Aho – NYI, up to 30 from 40 “The other Sebastian Aho” as [...]
The culmination of a year’s worth of scouting has come to fruition. As a prospect-junkie and self-proclaimed assessor of talent, this has been a particularly satisfying experience. The 40-degree temperature coupled with an afro and a suit hasn’t been as fun, but you take the good with the bad. ** [...]
We kept hearing chatter all day about a bunch of trades that were supposed to be in the works and nothing came to fruition. Just as the Entry Draft was about to start, we got our first trade of the day: the Colorado Avalanche traded a second-round pick this year (47th overall) to the [...]
This edition serves as a formal end of year recap, with market corrections to some of the more spectacular Roto performances from the playoffs. There are two big moves to note this month. The first is Dustin Byfuglien manhandling his way back into the top 10. Byfuglien is no stranger to being named among [...]
After the fire sale in Manhattan at the trade deadline, the New York Rangers have officially closed the window on what was more or less a decade’s contention for the Stanley Cup. Though the ultimate prize was once in sight and unfortunately lost to the Los Angeles Kings, the time has come for the [...]
Happy Draft day! For a lot of people, this is the culmination of months and sometimes years of work. They don’t just start following a player in his draft year, it starts years prior. It takes hundreds of hours of scouting, reading, reviewing game notes, creating spreadsheets and databases, and more. Congratulations to all those, [...]
Following his departure from the Washington Capitals, one of the immediate straight lines drawn was for Barry Trotz to be heading to the New York Islanders. They had a vacancy and presumably the desire to bring in a coach with a winning pedigree to not only give the fans some hope but to convince a [...]
First off, for those who missed it, Gary Bettman made mention on Wednesday that the salary cap for the upcoming 2018-2019 season should be between $79.5M and $80M. Adjust accordingly. **** Now that’s out of the way, let me take a step back and say it’s good to be back in the middle of [...]
The NHL Awards took place on Wednesday night and as with most NHL awards shows, there were quite a few bad bits of comedy along with some feel-good stories mixed in. They started the show with a magic act and then a ventriloquist. I wish I was kidding. Anyway, the winners are… Ted Lindsay Award [...]
