Goldie Says: Now that LA has been eliminated, I can publish a scouting report on Jon Quick that I provided to the Sharks prior to Game 1. Pay attention to Quick's play in the second period. It is his Achilles heel. Regardless, JQ is going to be an elite goalie sooner rather than later - he can still get better. [...]
Brent Seabrook played 23 minutes in his return to the lineup. Chris Pronger played just 4:33 - all on the power play - in his return. Kris Versteeg, as a depth player, is still managing to show playoff clutch. He has four points and is plus-5 in six games. The first four games [...]
Happy Easter! My daughter, now two years, four months, gets to enjoy the chocolates/egg hunt for the first time. Lookin forward to it. Jason Pominville will miss Game 6 with a leg injury. The story of the night was Jonathan Quick stopping 51 of 52 shots – the Kings were outshot 19-6 [...]
The Flyers look as though they have screwed up badly. Again. Their goaltending is called into question by fans and experts alike and given their current playoff status (down three games to two), things have reached a head. But everything that has happened between the pipes for the Flyers is just a crazy collection of coincidences brought on by necessity. Michael Leighton is a quality starting goaltender. He got the proverbial bum's rush.
Not his fault. Not even the fault of the Flyers.
For your listening pleasure - put it on your Ipod or just listen in on your computer! Dobber Nation appears on the 25th of every month, except December (Christmas). Let's talk some fantasy hockey! We have posted the April edition a few days early so you can enjoy it over the long weekend.
Episode 24: April 25, 2011 - click to listen!
Lesson learned. Yesterday, Mike Knuble missed practice, which happens every third practice because he's the oldest on the team. But he missed again today and they called it "maintenance". So I let it be. Well, he's not in the lineup tonight. So yeah, a playoff curveball that got me. I should have noted it. [...]
Let's face it - you didn't know if the NHL would announce zero games for Kunitz and zero for Downie. You didn't know if the NHL would announce 10 games for Kunitz, 10 games for Downie. You didn't know if the NHL would say 10 games for one guy, zero for the other. You [...]
Buy the Draft List here. Raffi Torres will not be suspended by the NHL, per TSN. That just seems...weird. Even if the play was innocent, and my opinion on that is Switzerland, the fact remains that the NHL was supposed to be clamping down on these. The Wheel of Justice continues to spin... [...]
Buy the Playoff Draft List here. Silly me - I saw Andrei Kostitsyn take a wicked shot off the foot in Game 1 and hobble off the ice. And then after Game 2 I report (below) that he was a healthy scratch. Duh. Obviously he's hurt. I did think they put the hook [...]
How do we build a winning team? Everyone knows the old adage of buy low, sell high but how exactly does that look over the course of a season? To answer the question well, we need to look at how poolies' perceptions vary over the year.
It turns out that perceptions follow a very predictable pattern. Once we identify that pattern, it’s much easier to position our teams to derive value from it. Taking advantage of this “perception cycle” is a very good way to accelerate a rebuild or just to make your keeper team stronger as the years go on.
