The last of the big-name RFAs has officially signed on the dotted line. Brady Tkachuk has agreed to a seven-year contract worth $57.5 million, which means Senators fans and fantasy managers won’t be subjected to a lengthy holdout. The signing should also dispel rumors that he only wanted a bridge deal because he doesn’t want [...]
The season is upon us. With it comes part four of the ‘buy’ and ‘sell’ series. You can find the first three parts here: Part I, Part II, Part III. This week we’ll cover the New York Islanders to the Seattle Kraken with perhaps another surprise selection or two. Again, I intentionally exclude superstars on [...]
Hendrix Lapierre was one of the big stories of the preseason. While the injury to Nicklas Backstrom likely helped matters, Lapierre went into camp basically as an extra and played his way onto the team. Not a lot of rookies do that in the NHL, maybe a handful every year. He even had to beat [...]
Here’s the latest injury news from across the NHL! If you’re looking for information about a specific player and don’t see their name in this article, there probably haven’t been any significant updates about their progress since our offseason article. If you ever need injury updates for a specific player, shoot me a message on Twitter @BrennanDeSouza. Alex Galchenyuk – [...]
In this week’s Eastern Edge, we’ll look at early storylines to follow for teams in the Eastern Conference. Boston Bruins – Hall on PP1 While the goalie battle between Jeremy Swayman and Linus Ullmark will be important to follow, it’ll take some time before we can properly evaluate that situation. Instead, I think we [...]
I have the pleasure of kicking off the recaps on the first Ramblings covering games from the 2021-22 season. Last night we saw four teams in action, including the debut of the 32nd team, the Seattle Kraken. They’re the most interesting team on the list, as we had very little knowledge of what to expect [...]
Well, it is here. The NHL drops the puck tonight for the opening of the 2021-2022 season and while there are only two games — including the Seattle Kraken opening up against the NHL’s 31st team, the Vegas Golden Knights. There are players across the league, though, that have favourable deployment that we should be [...]
A new season is upon us and that means new Twitter Hashtags for the NHL. Why, you ask? Well, because ... I don't know. I mean, why get fancy? Why not stick to an easy-to-remember hashtag that fans can sink their teeth into, and never forget. They would be more widely-used, which in turn would [...]
At the risk of jinxing things, we finally have a full 82 game schedule on tap again for 2021-22. Will that impact teams and players; and if so, to what extent? It remains to be seen, although what we do know is prognosticators will make predictions for 2021-22, and that includes my annual 15 Fearless [...]
Every year, the Dobber team puts together its preseason predictions in a Panel format. We go over, individual trophies, conference champions, the Cup winner, and more. We do this not only to get our thoughts out into the universe one last time before the season starts, but to help the reader. Aggregate opinions are almost [...]
