The ageless wonder Teemu Selanne had another great game last night. He is on pace for over 40 goals. He has lost a step, but maybe this shouldn’t be that big of a surprise. In 2007-08, he had 12 goals in 26 games, and last season he had 27 in 65 games. If he can [...]
Just heard that Ales Hemsky may be done for the season with serious shoulder surgery. I'll keep my eyes on this one here... Phoenix has recalled Mikkel Boedker. Washington has recalled Alexandre Giroux with Tyler Sloan out. Giroux skated with Ovechkin and Backstrom at practice. Obviously his value (even for a game or [...]
The Kings signed Brayden Schenn to a one game amateur tryout agreeement, and he is in Vancouver and will make his regular season debut tonight. Interesting situation... I guess they are allowed to do this because of injuries? Happy Thanksgiving to all of DobberHockey's American readers! The Rangers have recalled Bobby Sanguenetti, after [...]
One of the more interesting fantasy situations heading in to this season was out West in Vancouver. Both Kevin Bieksa and Alex Edler were coming off of career seasons, and were the go-to guys on Vancouver’s power play in 2008-09. However, the Canucks traded for the speedy Christian Ehrhoff and signed veteran Mathieu Schneider, and both were expected to produce on the power play for the Canucks this season. How are things looking at the quarter-point of the season? Where do Vancouver's defensemen fit in best? I’ll do a player-by-player analysis and include my predictions for the rest of the season.
Thanks to newper on the message boards for bringing this to my attention - Hossa is not playing tomorrow, but is aiming to return on Wednesday. I had read a report a few days ago that said he was playing tomorrow, but that isn't the case. Vancouver lines for tomorrow: Burrows with the twins, [...]
According to Tarik El Bashir... Neuvirth is starting tonight! Duncan Keith contract details: 13 years, $72 million. Not 100% confirmed yet. This just in: NHL plans to investigate it! (Not really, but it wouldn't surprise me.) Great work NHL, lets hook Duncan up to a lie detector machine and ask if he plans on [...]
Dobber Nation - up now! Great insights from all three guests! Dobber's Puck Daddy article is up today. Check it out here. Absolutely hilarious article about Anton Stralman. He had to have an impromptu wedding in order to get his family in to the States. I can't really describe how funny it is [...]
The Olympics are approximately three months away. Team Canada’s roster will be announced on December 31st. That gives Olympic hopefuls only six or seven more weeks to show what they can bring to help Canada recapture their 2002 form after a horrendous showing at the 2006 games in Turin, Italy. This is the final version that I will put together, and the theme for this roster is “duos.” Instead of the prototypical scoring line/checking line/energy line format, I have put together four duos and then included four players that can rotate between the pairings depending on things like chemistry, health, and strategy.
Ovechkin playing today is a “possibility.” Maybe Phil Kessel doesn’t need Marc Savard? He now has four goals since returning to the Leafs lineup – Brian Burke’s mandate should be to go and get this guy a center, ASAP. Kessel fired seven shots on goal and can create a lot of offense with his [...]
Puck Daddy chats with one of my favourites - James Neal. Check it out here. Any gamblers out there? Was given a good tip from Ben Wright, who covers the Thrashers. In the last three ATL/LA games, the two teams have combined to score 35 goals. The lowest combined total in one game was [...]
