From my ramblings on October 15th: "I predict that Filatov will play 10 minutes in his NHL debut and score one goal". He played 9:10 and did, indeed, score that goal. (goal footage below) Pascal Leclaire will miss next game with a thumb injury. He left last night with five minutes left. The injury seems minor, [...]
This seems to happen to one player every year and it results in that players absense for at least two months. This year's lucky winner is Chris Mason. He underwent emergency an appendectomy last night. Look for Ben Bishop to get recalled. I felt that the Blues should have went with Bishop in the first [...]
Is it too early to assess how the the Blueshirts are doing now that the Lone Ranger has ridden off into the sunset (Jaromir Jagr - Kontinental Hockey League) along with his trusty Czech mate Tonto (Martin Straka – Czech Extraliga)?
It's a rare night when three players score their first career NHL goals in the same game. Last night Brunnstrom, Hornqvist and Jones did it. The last time three players did this was in October of 2005. If you can tell me, in the NHL Rumors/ Discussion section of the forum, who the three players [...]
What did I tell ya? What have I been saying for over a week now? If you didn't have faith in Dobber before, you do now - the Jackets have placed Boll on IR and have recalled Nikita Filatov. I predict that Filatov will play 10 minutes in his NHL debut and score one goal. Tampa [...]
The Isles sent Blake Comeau to the minors The Isles also announced that they will be without three defensemen for a few weeks - Radek Martinek is the latest casualty (upper body injury). Chris Campoli (shoulder) and Andy Sutton (hand) remain sidelined. This is an opportunity for Hillen and Gervais to really step up. Viktor Kozlov left [...]
Les combinaisons de trios sont intéressantes. Pour moi, si je vois un joueur doté d’un potentiel offensif promu sur le premier trio, il justifie ma réflexion et je vois une lueur d’espoir.
Ceci affecte rarement mon intuition par rapport à la performance d’un joueur au cours d’une saison.
Dans l’univers volatile des poolers, plusieurs participants changent leur opinion aussi souvent qu’un entraîneur change ses trios. Avec certains entraîneurs, ceci pourrait dire essayer d’obtenir désespérément un joueur et l’échanger aussi vite avec le même désespoir – avant la fin de la première période!
One of the top NHL prospects in the world right now, Alexei Cherepanov, has died. During a KHL game he collapsed while sitting on the bench and died a short time later. It is a shock to hear of such a strong athlete die so suddenly, and at such a young age. My condolences go [...]
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Line combinations are interesting. To me, if I see a player who I think has some offensive potential moved up to play on the top line, it justifies my thinking and I see a glimmer of hope.
Rarely does it shape how I feel a player will perform over the course of this season.
In the fickle universe of fantasy hockey, many poolies change their opinions on players as often as coaches change their line combinations. With some coaches, that could mean desperately trying to acquire a player and then desperately trying to unload him – before the end of the first period!
