Although it’s not even been seven months, it feels like a lot longer since the puck dropped on 2023-24. With the regular season having come to an end, it’s time for housekeeping in the form of revisiting my 15 Fearless Forecasts for 2023-24 to see how I did, plus – and arguably more importantly – [...]
One of my friends asked me if I thought Steven Stamkos was going to retire. To me it seems like a ridiculous notion, but I can see where that discourse has come from. For a player in his mid-30s, who has won two cups, played a lot of hard hockey over the last few years, [...]
Depending on the timing of when you’re taking in this article, the second round of the Eastern Conference playoff picture could already be crystal clear. For what is supposed to be the most intense and hard-fought action of the entire NHL season, the first week-and-change of games have been somewhat underwhelming in terms of competitive [...]
The finalists for the Vezina Trophy were announced on Monday. In no particular order, Vancouver’s Thatcher Demko, Winnipeg’s Connor Hellebuyck, and Florida’s Sergei Bobrovsky were all voted as the top-3 goalies this season. The winner will be announced at the NHL Awards at the end of June. This is Demko’s first time finishing in the [...]
The pursuit of the Stanley Cup over the course of a six-to-eight-week onslaught of intense hockey action tends to reveal the best - and worst - of NHL players. Springtime puck can take an NHLer’s career to the next level or it can send it reeling into the abyss of postseason performances we want to [...]
Not every NHL team gets good value for the salary that they give out. With a salary cap of $83.5 million for every team, some teams get their roster playing to a value of $90-100 million while others have their roster play to a value of $60 million. Injuries are going to adversely affect this [...]
Avalanche 5, Jets 1 (Colorado leads 3-1) A dominant performance on Sunday gave Colorado a commanding 3-1 lead in their first-round series against Winnipeg. The Avalanche were led by a hat trick from Valeri Nichushkin, who moves into a tie with Zach Hyman as the leading goal-scorer of these playoffs. Both players have six goals through four [...]
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. After looking a bit shaky in Game 2, Casey DeSmith was up to the task in Game 3. The Vancouver [...]
Playoff pucks again… Saturday featured four more games as the first round continues. Islanders 3, Hurricanes 2, 2 OT (Hurricanes lead series 3-1) The Islanders staved off elimination on Saturday, avoiding a sweep with a double-overtime goal from Mathew Barzal. The point shot from Robert Bortuzzo appeared to be deflected in by Barzal at 1:24 [...]
Welcome back to The Journey, where we track the development of prospects as they excel in junior, make the NHL, and push towards stardom. *** Zooming in on players aged 25 and younger, here is the breakdown of Top 100 playoff scorers so far by year drafted: 2022: None 2021: None 2020: Quinton Byfield, Alexis [...]
