A good read from Greg Wyshynski and Emily Kaplan over at ESPN about the NHL bubble. They got nine players to talk about the experience inside the bubble from both Toronto and Edmonton. This means talking about the food, entertainment, amenities, security, safety protocols, and everything else. It’s… eye-opening. The NHL got its security protocols [...]
In this week’s Eastern Edge, I revisited a few goaltending storylines from this past season. If there’s anything you’d like to see in future articles, please let me know in the comments below, or shoot me a message on Twitter @BrennanDeSouza! Pittsburgh’s Goaltending Controversy Matt Murray played very well in October, winning seven of [...]
The NHL announced the rest of its award winners on Monday, including top defenceman, goalie, rookie, and including the MVP to his team. Months ago, I wrote about who I thought should receive the various awards: Vezina can be found here and the others here. This was before the finalists were even announced, so they [...]
Playoff Western Leaders Goals – 10 – Bo Horvat – Vancouver Assists – 18 – Miro Heiskanen - Dallas Points – 25 – Nathan MacKinnon - Colorado PPP – 10 – Elias Pettersson - Vancouver Shots on Goal – 80 – Shea Theodore - Vegas PIM – 46 – Antoine Roussel - Vancouver Best plus/minus [...]
In the Keeping Karlsson Fantasy Hockey Podcast's 31 Beats series, Elan and Brian are on a league-wide odyssey to explore the fantasy present and future landscapes of each of the NHL's 31 teams, gathering info by interviewing the people who know them best: beat writers! In this episode Elan is joined by Chip Alexander from the Raleigh News [...]
Regular season hockey pools aren’t usually impacted by poor postseason performances, but smart fantasy general managers can use the playoffs to bolster their roster for next season. As mentioned last week, selling high after a good postseason run can help your fantasy squad. However, a poor postseason shouldn’t impact the fantasy value too much. We’re [...]
A couple of teams were eliminated last week and now we are down to two. As I’ve been doing throughout the playoffs, here is a post-mortem on those teams. New York Islanders The player who jumped out at me the most is obviously Brock Nelson. He’s a big forward who hit his breakthrough at just [...]
Every Sunday, we’ll share 21 Fantasy Rambles from our writers at DobberHockey. These thoughts are curated from the past week’s 'Daily Ramblings'. Writers/Editors: Ian Gooding, Michael Clifford, Cam Robinson, and Dobber […]
It’s time to take the Dallas Stars seriously as a team that could legitimately win the Stanley Cup, led by their red-hot backup goalie. Dallas 4, Tampa Bay 1 (Dallas leads series 1-0) Anton Khudobin was the big story again. The Stars goalie stopped 35 of 36 shots he faced, including all 22 shots the [...]
Thanks for joining me for another installment of The Journey. As usual, I'd like to start the week off by delivering some exciting news on the prospect front. Since the pandemic began, we have had a multitude of sporting events canceled, especially those on the international stage. Although many IIHF events continue to remain postponed, [...]
