Ramblings: My landing spots for this summer’s big crop of UFA goalies; thoughts on the Hurricanes; Winnington, and more (May 18)
One team was eliminated since my last Ramblings. Here are my thoughts on the team, the players, and what the future holds… Carolina Hurricanes As you know by now, given all the hype it’s gotten, the Hurricanes have one of the best win-loss records in the NHL since the flip of the calendar. [...]
Frozen Tools Forensics – Looking to Free Agency (Part IV)
For the fourth and final part of our look at UFAs for next season, we will check-in on the players available who would be considered the elite of the UFA class. These are the established top-line players who can be considered tier one. Any references to WAR (wins above replacement) are from www.evolving-hockey.com calculations [...]
Ramblings: Boston Completes The Sweep, Werenski’s Keeper Value, & Hertl’s Breakout Season (May 17)
Get your brooms out Bruins’ fans, because the sweep has been completed. By now, most of you have heard the whispers of a magical sweep curse that has been transmitted via the handshake at the end of several series. The Penguins gave it to the Islanders, who passed it on to the Hurricanes. [...]
Capped: Assessing the Goaltending Market
A little over a year ago I put together some contract predictions for the bigger names up for new contracts. Here we are going to look at a similar set. It appears that there are six main goalies heading for new contracts this summer, and by my count, six spots in which they would [...]
Ramblings: St. Louis-San Jose Game 3; Signings; Krueger; A Pair of Coyotes – May 16
The San Jose Sharks are incapable of having a slow-paced series, or even a slow-paced game. They had leads of 2-0 and 3-1 in Game 3 against St. Louis but the Blues scored three goals in about 14 minutes to take a 4-3 lead. Who else but Couture would tie the game late to [...]
Fantasy Impact: Buffalo Hires Ralph Krueger
Fantasy Impact: The Buffalo Sabres have found their head coach. After an extended search with all the big name players rumoured, the Sabres went a different direction, hiring international sensation, Ralph Krueger. Krueger, who was Switzerland’s national coach from 1998 to 2010, has just 48 games of experience as a head coach in the NHL. [...]
Forum Buzz: Stone vs Malkin, Ranking Cs in a MultiCat, Ghost, Pettersson, & Dahlin
Welcome to another edition of “Forum Buzz,” a column where I dissect posts from the DobberHockey Forums. Pretty much anything within the forums might be covered, other than trades (those usually will get their own separate write-ups on the site and are also covered in the next day’s Ramblings) and signings (those tend to [...]
Ramblings: B’s Take Commanding Lead, Kakko Gunning for Top Spot, Nylander, Couture, & Rask (May 15)
Ladies and gentlemen, Tuukka Rask. The Bs netminder has been spectacular this spring and especially against the Hurricanes. He kept that going in game three of the Eastern Conference final on Tuesday evening. Those Bunch of Jerks came home knowing that a series doesn’t truly get going until one squad loses on home ice. [...]