We had a very spirited start to Game 7 of the Eastern Conference Final. It really, really was a great series, honestly. Both goaltenders were excellent, the action was back and forth, and, of course, it gave us a Game 7. Not that it should shock anyone, but Alex Ovechkin got the scoring in this [...]
Game 7! Also Thoughts on Vegas, Tavares, Kane, Niemi […]
Completely outside the topic of the Eastern Conference but how about what is going on in Vegas right now? I mean in all actuality if you try to wrap your head around making The Cup Final in year one it’s almost impossible. There will be a movie made about this one – that’s for sure. [...]
Game 6 between Washington and Tampa Bay was everything a playoff game, and specifically an elimination game, fans want it to be. It was end-to-end action despite the lack of goals, lots of physicality, great goaltending, and fingernails bitten down to nubs. It was undoubtedly one of the best games of the playoffs. Both Andrei [...]
A couple of Russians that could be returning to the NHL are helping to make this year’s UFA class look mighty appealing. This seems to be a trend, with more top-flight KHL players choosing to play in North America rather than stay in Russia. This year, there are two such Russians, but one will bog [...]
This is the fourth of a multi-part series looking at the most valuable players at each position this year from the Western Conference (part one looked at right wings here, part two was left wings here, and part three was centermen, here). Just as a refresher, we are using the Fantasy Hockey Geek ranking tool [...]
Ramblings: Canada has run out of 2018 NHL playoff teams, NHL player babies and more (May 21) *** Congratulations Marc-Andre Fleury for winning this year’s Conn Smythe Trophy. I don’t care if Vegas is swept next round, Fleury gets the CST simple as that. I picked Vegas to win the first round. And again the [...]
Every Sunday until the start of the 2018-19 regular season, we'll share 20 Fantasy Thoughts from our writers at DobberHockey. These thoughts are curated from the past week's "Daily Ramblings". […]
