Alex Burrows is playing tonight. No word on Daniel Sedin yet. For those of you with center ice, you won't want to miss tonight's game between Colorado and Calgary. The Flames trail the Avalanche by only two points for the final spot in the West. Someone gives you $100 bucks to bet [...]
For all of you who forgot what day it is today, Happy April Fools! I hate this day. You just can't trust anything you read or hear about and you are screwed if you wake up and don't recall right away what day it is.
While we are on the subject of deception, how about those Ottawa Senators? Talk about a split personality, they have got to be the streakiest team in the league. It all started very early in January, when they lost five games in a row and then followed that by winning 11 in a row and 14 of 16 games heading into the Olympic break. Ottawa stumbled after returning from the time off, going 1-7-1 and now they have won five straight games. Bizarre.
After giving it a lot of careful thought, I have decided to no longer make the rankings a part of DobberHockey. There were a multitude of factors that went into this decision.
From Fluto Shinzawa: "The Bruins have signed Joe Colborne and Jordan Caron, their most recent first-round picks, to three-year, entry-level contracts. Also in the mix are Michael Hutchinson and Steve Kampfer. Colborne, Kampfer, and Max Sauve (already under contract) will join Providence on amateur tryout contracts." Colborne is the key here and his presense [...]
Even after all these years, I still love Wayne Gretzky. While I certainly have no complaints about today’s stars, Gretz occupies a special spot in my hockey heart. One of my favourite descriptions of Gretzky’s hockey prowess was uttered by, of all people, a Russian. “He appears out of no where. He passes to no one. And a goal is scored.” We can thank urbane Soviet coach, Igor Dmitriev for that haunting, and accurate piece of hockey poetry.
Daniel Carcillo has been suspended for two games. That opens up even more ice time for Ville Leino to prove himself. It's a small window to determine a career, but that's what we're talkin about here. The Pens have signed Kris Letang to a four-year deal worth $14 million. I think Letang will be [...]
Mike Ribeiro will be a healthy scratch for the Stars tonight. He is being benched for "disciplinary reasons" as he missed a team meeting on Sunday. The Leafs have now made their splash into NCAA free agency - you knew it was coming. They signed 6-5 power forward Brady Irwin. The 23-year-old led the [...]
The Buffalo Sabres have been solid when it comes to defense this season, but as the season winds down they seem to have found the other element of the game of hockey – offense. With Ryan Miller’s MVP-type season obviously the main – check that, “only” – reason that the Sabres rule their division, there have been some concerns over their firepower. Another eight games of this new offense and all fears should be washed away.
Notorious for his strong second halves, Derek Roy's four points last night give him 20 in his last 17. Jason Pominville has 14 in his last 10. Tim Connolly finally missed his first game of the season with a lower body injury (foot). Consider him day-to-day ...and our world has untilted itself again. [...]
A tough decision can be made easier with these charts showing you the best five and worst five schedules for upcoming seven-day periods. Some of you used them last year but for the benefit of new readers here is a refresher. The number next to the team indicates the 'multiplier' to use on a player's point-per-game pace to give you an idea how many points to expect for that week.
