Rambling about Jake Allen, Ilya Kovalchuk, Brad Marchand, Bobby Ryan and the Second Round is now set (Apr. 24) *** Jake Allen is a talented goalie. The talent and upside were always there, but the consistency wasn’t. And I blame the timely (or untimely, rather) injuries. He would steal the top job from Brian Elliott, [...]
The Top 100 goaltenders to own in your keeper league, April edition... Below are the 25 best keeper league goalies. You can get the full 100 list for free over at GoaliePost.com. These adjustments were made based on next season's (rather murky, in many cases) outlook. Also factored - depth chart, recent history, proneness to [...]
The Top 50 prospect defensemen to own in your keeper league - April edition. Factors include position in the depth chart, upside, likelihood of making the NHL, wait time (how long he'll be hogging a spot on your reserve roster before finally helping your team), and team investment (draft spot, or assets given up in [...]
Ramblings: Shattenkirk making things worse (so far); Jack Johnson is a playoff stud; Draisaitl Suspension? More (Apr. 19) *** Hypothesis: The Capitals would be in no danger of losing this series had they not acquired Kevin Shattenkirk. The Reasoning: The Caps were a regulation goal away from winning the two games they lost. Shattenkirk missed [...]
Here are the Top 200 forward prospects to own in your fantasy hockey keeper league. Factors include position in the depth chart, upside, likelihood of making the NHL, wait time (how long he'll be hogging a spot on your reserve roster before finally helping your team), and team investment (draft spot, or assets given [...]
Ramblings: Rookies who may go back to the AHL next year; Sid and the Kids – and much more (Apr. 17) *** Occasionally an NHL organization will deem one of its 18- or 19-year-old prospects too good for junior hockey but not eligible to play in the AHL because of their agreement with the CHL. [...]
Itching for the playoffs to begin? Why not kill some time by challenging your peers in hockey knowledge? With some luck, you might actually win! First of all, you can join my DobberHockey NHL Bracket Challenge. You all know about it - what it is and how it works. So join with your DobberHockey [...]
The latest injury info (what little can be scraped up during this time of year) on Thornton, Couture, Raanta, Krug and others... The Big Guns (>75% owned in Yahoo Leagues) Cam Fowler – The Ducks’ defenseman will be out for the next two to six weeks with a knee injury. Although this does slightly [...]
Ramblings: The Underrated Slavin, Awards voting, injury updates and more (Apr. 12) *** My 11th annual Interactive Playoff Draft List is fully updated through Tuesday and available for immediate download. Get it here * I set up two free playoff DobberHockey contests. One is the NHL Bracket Challenge. The other is the second annual Dobbernomics [...]
Fantasy Impact: The Los Angeles Kings fired Head Coach Darryl Sutter and General Manager Dean Lombardi Monday. They named former All-Stars Luc Robitaille and Rob Blake as President and General Manager, respectively. Blake was also named Vice President. Must be all that business acumen they picked up on the ice am I right? In [...]
