With the Ottawa Senators firing head coach DJ Smith in December and moving Jacques Martin into that role, the search for a new head coach effectively started before Christmas. With so much turnover in that role across the league, there was no shortage of applicants, and Ottawa finally made their decision by hiring Travis Green: [...]
Winnipeg Jets head coach Rick Bowness announced his retirement on Monday. Bowness was Winnipeg’s coach for these last two seasons, leading them to the playoffs twice. He had a Cup Final run with Dallas in the 2020 Bubble Playoffs but was never able to lift the Stanley Cup. Regardless, he seems to be held in [...]
In the fantasy hockey world, it’s never too early to look ahead at draft season to start pondering and plotting moves to get a leg up on other GMs who might be slacking. Digging into numbers, doing advanced research, and having a constant eye on how the rest of the playoffs unfold are all excellent [...]
This week, we will look at the salary cap space for each team in the West and look at the UFAs leaving and the RFAs who need to be re-signed. From the surface, it feels like there is far more cap space available for teams to sign free agents this off season than has been [...]
We had two games on Sunday, with one being Game 1 of the second round between Carolina and the NY Rangers, and the other being Game 7 between Vegas and Dallas. NY Rangers vs Carolina The Rangers won 4-3 in a tight game, where Carolina went 0-for-5 on the power play and the Rangers went [...]
You could trust the panel with your first-round picks this season, as they collectively went 7-for-8 in picking a winner. The only series the majority of Dobber writers got wrong was Boston over Toronto, which could have possibly gone either way because it went to overtime in Game 7. This was not the year that [...]
Every Sunday, we 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, Alexander MacLean, Brennan Des and Dobber — 1. The real story in Vancouver’s Game 6 series clincher was the goalies. Arturs Silovs was flawless in net, stopping all [...]
First off, I know you’re dying to read about that Game 7 unless you’re a Leafs fan. However, I have to start with an update from the man himself. From Dobber’s X account: Long overdue update I was recovering well from my March 13 transplant. March 29 - all good, progressing well. But then things [...]
Welcome back to The Journey, where we track the development of prospects as they excel in junior, make the NHL, and push towards stardom. Having recently scanned the U23 players excelling in the first round of the NHL playoffs, let’s turn our attention this week to the playoff action in Canada’s top three junior leagues. [...]
There were two games of playoff pucks on Friday. Vancouver advances to the second round, while Nashville’s season comes to an end. Meanwhile, Vegas forces a winner-take-all Game 7 with Dallas on Sunday. Canucks 1, Predators 0 (Canucks win series 4-2) It wasn’t an overtime goal, but it almost seemed that way. Pius Suter scored [...]
