TSN's reporting of the draft combine, found here, indicates that both Brayden Schenn and John Tavares may be suffering from upper body/shoulder injuries . They skipped out on all of the upper body tests. Ryan Ellis was excused from the combine, for unknown reasons. The Panthers have signed undrafted free agent goalie Alexander Salak to an ELC. [...]
TSN has great coverage of the draft combine, which can be found here . Marek Zagrapan, who was ranked 61 on my prospects list, has signed to play in the KHL next year. Yep, he drops down the list... Red Wings injuries: Nick Lidstrom will play in Game 1; Kris Draper will not play in the first [...]
The Panel went 2-0 in the third round and 11-3 overall, with Russ Miller and yours truly as the only "experts" to call both series to be over in five games or less. Here's what we have to say about the final!
Pittsburgh really schooled Carolina in playoff hockey this round. Okay, it helps when you have two of the top players in the game today and they are both lighting it up. Carolina simply ran out of gas. When Crosby and Malkin rack up seven and nine points respectively in the four games against your team, you just aren’t going to win.
Pittsburgh and Detroit - the series will start Saturday. Look for the panel's take on it tomorrow. Detroit rearguard Jonathan Ericsson was diagnosed with acute appendicitis and had to undergo surgery. It is expected that he will be back for Game 1. Don't ask me how that works, that's just what I've read. Martin Havlat finally missed [...]
There have been some reports that some members of the Montreal Canadiens' brass have been drunk a lot lately. In related news, there are also reports that Kovalev has been offered a contract in the $7 million range, as well as the captaincy. I think both reports need to be true, or neither are. Kovalev? Seriously? [...]
Info on the Prospects Report can be found HERE. Peter Zezel has passed away. Details and story can be found here . He was a valuable member of the Maple Leafs and had a lot of fans, myself included. Sad news The Rangers have come to terms with prospect rearguard Michael Del Zotto. He is profiled [...]
For your listening pleasure - put it on your Ipod or just listen in on your computer on the 25th of every month. Let's talk some fantasy hockey!
Walker talks with Chris Mason about some of the players on Team Canada at the Worlds, as well as some Blues' kids (Backes, Oshie, Perron, Berglund) and Alexander Radulov; The voice of the Kelowna Rockets - Memorial Cup Finalists - Regin Bartel discusses Jamie Benn, Mikael Backlund, Tyler Meyers and others; Jay Zawatski from 670 the Score, host of the Blackhawks postgame show in Chicago talks of his biggest surprise 'Hawk - Kris Versteeg, Niemi vs. Crawford, as well as other young Hawks like Dave Bolland; and Dobber jumps on to give more insight on his latest Pens' article, as well as three of his favorite prospect dark horses. You can download the file in our Dobber Nation page (click HERE) or on ITunes .
Il y a quatre ans (avec The Hockey News, car DobberHockey est né en novembre 2005), j’ai fortement incité mes lecteurs dans des pools à vie de commencer à acquérir des jeunes Penguins. J’affirmais qu’en obtenir en 2008 serait quasi impossible.
Dobber Nation Podcast will be up shortly - I'll be on this one, as well St. Louis goalie Chris Mason, among others... Given that Quenneville went to Corey Crawford in the second period, but went back to Huet for the third, I would guess that Khabibulin is likely unavailable for Game 5. Crawford stopped six [...]
