With five players now in COVID protocol, the NHL has cancelled the Bruins’ next two games. These include today’s (Saturday’s) game against Buffalo and Tuesday’s game against the NY Islanders. David Pastrnak, Jake DeBrusk, David Krejci, and Craig Smith have joined Sean Kuraly on the COVID protocol list. Unless you’re talking about top-tier options like [...]
All fantasy owners need help in the short term AND the long term. The Looking Ahead feature identifies one player to plug into lineups in the short term, a second to invest in for the long term, a third to bench for the coming week, and a fourth who will struggle to meet expectations for [...]
Last week we took some time to review draft steals. We looked at players in various ownership tiers and when they were drafted (if they were). We found a number of players who were either drafted late, or not drafted at all but are highly owned now. This week the plan is to flip the [...]
There was some concern that the Boston/Buffalo game would be postponed after both teams cancelled their morning skates due to COVID protocol, but they ended up playing anyway. Even with vaccinations increasing by the day and many arenas welcoming fans back in limited capacities, this near-miss serves as a reminder we are still very much [...]
Jordan Binnington is sticking around St. Louis for a while after signing a six-year, six-million-dollar contract. It carries a full no movement clause during the first three years of the deal and a modified no trade clause in the last three. For those salary cap leagues that use real salary versus average the deal pyramids [...]
Buffalo fired coach Ralph Krueger early on Wednesday morning, which is what normally happens when a team that had hopes of a playoff spot this year ends up where they are. (For the record, they started the year 4-3-2 and are now 6-18-4. It is hard to come back from a 2-15-2 record for any [...]
The 2021 Dobber Hockey Midseason Guide is now available! It has all the information you need to make a run for your league’s title, including first-half analysis, second-half projections, and prospect coverage to prepare you for the future. It’s hard to keep up with everything going on across the league with this year’s condensed schedule, but the [...]
Welcome back to Forum Buzz, where I peruse the DobberHockey Forums and weigh in on active, heavily debated, or otherwise relevant recent threads, reminding folks just how great a resource the Forums are. Nearly anything might be covered here, other than trades and signings, which usually get their own separate write-ups on the main site and are also normally [...]
Ralph Kruger was hired less than two years ago by the Buffalo Sabres after a poor 2018-19 season. He was brought in to bring a winning culture and a strong work ethic to the Sabres. Instead, it seems that he quickly lost the room, the culture hasn’t really changed, and the team had a 36-49-12 [...]
Some heartbreaking news from the hockey community yesterday: https://twitter.com/hcSKA_News/status/1371761219443568640 https://twitter.com/penguins/status/1371957535545131008 Rest in peace Timur. Sincerest condolences to your family. * Sticking with Evgeni Malkin, the superstar centre left the game in the first period with an apparent injury. It could be a knee issue based on his hard contact with Jared Tinordi, or maybe a hip issue [...]
