Whether you’re American and celebrated Thanksgiving this past Thursday or Canadian and celebrated Thanksgiving in October: All of us have plenty to be thankful for. Now that all of the turkey and booze has had some time to digest, we can now focus our minds on hockey. Yesterday was an amazing day for NHL [...]
Don’t look now, but the kid is just starting to heat up. Big bounce-back Saturday last week, with my picks going a perfect 6-0. However, this week is shaping up to be a another tough one to predict. With every team except the L.A. Kings having played Friday, a lot of clubs are [...]
This week we’re checking in on some of the fastest rising prospect defensemen on Dobber’s list. Two out of the three of these players are already logging significant minutes in an NHL role, but there might still be time for you to consider squeaking them into your roster, depending on your league settings. A [...]
The Arizona Coyotes activated, and started, goaltender Antti Raanta on Friday. He had missed three weeks with a lower-body injury. Not a moment too soon, either, as the Coyotes had gone just 2-4-2 with Raanta out of the lineup, allowing 27 goals in those eight contests. Raanta has a .930 save percentage in 55 [...]
Effects From Coaching Changes, US Thanksgiving Playoff Team Predictions […]
This week's Capped covers some similarities between the first quarter of last year’s season, and this year’s. **** Happy American Thanksgiving to those South of the border. To my Canadian brethren, and every other non-American, happy Thursday. Did you know that in the salary cap era, if your NHL team is in the playoffs [...]
Ramblings: Dobber’s thoughts on Drouin, Chytil, Zacha, Seabrook, Howard, Hinostroza, Comtois, Kovalchuk and so many more… (Nov 22) *** To all my American friends out there – Happy Thanksgiving. I enjoyed my favorite meal of the year a month ago, as I’m Canadian. But now I’m jealous that you get to enjoy it now. [...]
For the latest line combinations and injury updates, follow me on Twitter @BrennanDeSouza! Here are this week’s updates from around the league… Hampus Lindholm – Missed Sunday’s game against the Avalanche with a lower-body injury. I haven’t been able to find anything else in terms of timetable and the severity of the injury. [...]
Part of the beauty of this column is two very different players can be rightfully compared. Take this week’s battle, pitting Evander Kane against Yanni Gourde. Although Kane is a veteran of almost 500 more NHL games than Gourde, the two are almost identical in age and have points outputs since last season which [...]
