Let's start in Boston, where the Colorado Avalanche and netminder J.S. Giguere shutout the Boston Bruins to improve to 4-0-0. The Avalanche are easily the biggest surprise of the 2013-14 regular season so far, racking up points against pretty good teams (the Ducks, Bruins, Maple Leafs in particular). Colorado's early season success [...]
Gates here - "Holding Court" made its series debut at Fantrax today. The revised title features DobberHockey senior writers Rick Roos and Eric Daoust as they present opposing arguments on whether to keep, trade or drop the two players in question. With everything on the table, I give a final verdict on each case. Give [...]
Eastern Edge looks at some gems available on the waiver wire early in the season.
Damien Brunner picked up another goal and an assist for the New Jersey Devils in their shootout loss to the Edmonton Oilers on Monday night. He looks much more confident in his second NHL campaign. Brunner and Adam Henrique seem to be building a bit of a connection on the power play and they [...]
Welp, it's too late. I mused below that the Flyers would fire Peter Laviolette by Game 6 if they don't get rolling, and suggested you acquire some of the slumping players in a game or two. But the team acted faster than I thought and so that strategy goes by the wayside. Ah well... * [...]
The Contrarian is out to prove that Brandon Dubinsky is not a sleeper.
Last week, fellow Dobber writer, Terry Campkin highlighted Brandon Dubinsky as his Geek of the Week stating that he is a good sleeper candidate.
I will look at his arguments and explain why Dubinsky is not a sleeper to most people.
I was at the ACC on Saturday night to cover a highly entertaining contest between the Maple Leafs and the Senators. Yeah, yeah, I know, nobody cares. Moving on... * Question: What do Devan Dubnyk, James Reimer and Tim Thomas have in common? I mean beyond the fact that all [...]
Saturday Picks makes its return and looks at some intriguing matchups in the opening week.
The Fantasy Guide can be picked up online (pdf) for $9.99 – it comes with an updated spreadsheet. Updates are all free, download as often as you’d like. Last update was Oct. 1 – Draft list, too. * Nikolai Kulemin has been lost for at least two weeks with a chipped bone in his ankle, [...]
How will the Devils' awkward 1a/1b pan out this year?
