Welcome back to The Journey, where we track the development of prospects as they excel in junior, make the NHL, and push towards stardom. **** In all sports but more specifically in our world (hockey), two questions often define a prospect's value: what is the upside, and how long will he take to reach it? While there [...]
Two days after their elimination at the hands of the Panthers, the Hurricanes held their year-end press conferences. Some takeaways from the interviews: Seth Jarvis said he had re-injured his shoulder early in the season after rehabilitation in the offseason. He plans to rehab his shoulder again without surgery. Jarvis could be playing for Canada [...]
The first round of the playoffs is officially wrapped and it is time to turn our attentions, at long last, to those series. We are going to dive into this extra set of games and see if there is anything to learn about a player’s performance. We will go round by round and look at [...]
The Edmonton Oilers are returning to the Stanley Cup Final. This time, they hope to finish the job against the Florida Panthers. Could be quite the series. Edmonton 6, Dallas 3 (Oilers win series 4-1) The Oilers scored three goals in the first eight minutes of Game 5. From there, they let the Stars get [...]
The Florida Panthers are heading to their third straight Stanley Cup Final appearance thanks to a 5-3 win over Carolina in Game 5 on Wednesday night. The Hurricanes had their chances to extend the series, taking a 2-0 lead in the first period and having a 3-3 game with eight minutes left in the contest, [...]
Welcome everyone, we’re now entering the Dustin Wolf era, as the flip to the 2025-26 numbers in the system serve his outlook well, and he’s providing ridiculous value even compared to the names just below him on the list like Pyotr Kochetkov and Anthony Stolarz. That’s because there’s no other workhorse goalie out there right [...]
Good morning, good afternoon, good evening everyone. Welcome to the Injury Ward. My name is Logan Clarkson and every Wednesday I will be chauffeuring you through injury news and updates from around the NHL. I’ll do my best to offer useful analysis and opinion as it relates to fantasy throughout. As always, I'd like to [...]
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 [...]
Ryan Nugent-Hopkins is throwing his hat into the ring for the Conn Smythe Trophy, with his two primary assists in game four to bring him to nine points in the four-game series against the Stars. Corey Perry also hit the scoresheet twice with a goal and an assist. Skinner stopped 28 of 29 shots in [...]
This installment of the Eastern Edge offseason series tackles its final four Eastern Conference teams: the Toronto Maple Leafs and Washington Capitals, both recently ousted in the second round, alongside the Carolina Hurricanes and Florida Panthers, two powerhouses still vying for Stanley Cup contention in the Eastern Conference Final. Carolina Hurricanes – New GM, New [...]
