It seemed possible that the Columbus Blue Jackets would tinker with their blue line in the offseason considering the injuries and underperformance last season. They started that process by trading for Ivan Provorov earlier this week, and they continued that process on Friday morning by trading for a pending free agent from New Jersey, and [...]
Welcome to our third installment of the Most Valuable series. We have completed reviews for centers and right wingers already, and today we will move to the left wing. As a reminder here is a brief description from the first article on the process: ‘Most Valuable’ is a tricky term that is going to be [...]
We are just a couple of weeks from the draft, the weekend is here, and that means it’s a great time to purchase your copy of the 2023 Dobber Hockey Prospects Report! Get updates and forecasts on several prospects from every NHL franchise, as well as an in-depth look-ahead to this year’s draft class. Support [...]
It is Thursday once again, so let’s find some winning NHL props. We have game three of the Stanley Cup final tonight and the Florida Panthers are on home ice for the first time this series. Tonight is close to a must-win game for the Panthers as they dropped the first two games to the [...]
I’m going to start off today having total agreement with Steve Dotzel’s Saturday article – that for these single-game fantasy picks, you first need to imagine a final score and then run with that scenario. But the issue for that plan tonight is that I envision a 4–3 overtime game that’s a coin flip as [...]
Be sure to pick up your copy of the 2023 Dobber Hockey Prospect Report! It has updates and outlooks for a dozen (or more) prospects from each franchise, as well as a dive into this year’s draft class. Get a head start on dynasty/keeper leagues and support what we (and the Dobber Prospects team) do [...]
Welcome back to Goldipucks and the Three Skaters, a play on words of the Goldilocks and the Three Bears story. Instead of there being three bowls of porridge though, I cover three skaters and declare one too hot (i.e., doing unsustainably better than he should), another too cold (i.e., doing unsustainably worse), and a third [...]
We love some big NHL trades to liven up the off-days between Stanley Cup Final games. In addition to Cliffy’s write-up on yesterday’s three-way deal between LA, Philly, and Columbus, I wanted to add a few thoughts of my own. Overlooked in the deal, I felt Sean Walker was someone that may be able to [...]
We got something we don’t usually get during the Stanley Cup playoffs, and that was a sizable trade. One of the storylines out West this offseason was what the Los Angeles Kings would do because they had Gabriel Vilardi as a pending RFA (among others), Vladislav Gavrikov and Joonas Korpisalo as free agents, and not [...]
In this week’s Eastern Edge, we’ll see how certain players performed in their first season with a new team. This will be the first of three parts, so if there’s a big name you don’t see here, we’ll probably cover them in the upcoming weeks. Vitek Vanecek Vanecek’s third year in the league and first [...]
