Ramblings: Dobber’s 10 thoughts on the NHL Draft (June 24) *** What a weekend! Besides the big news that I revamped the Top 100 Keeper League Goalies List (if you don’t see it yet, it’s out later on Monday), there were other things that happened of lesser importance. Such as Jack Hughes and PK Subban [...]
Fantasy Impact: Per several sources, including TSN's Bob McKenzie, the San Jose Sharks have signed superstar defenseman Erik Karlsson to an eight-year contract extension worth something int he neighborhood of $92 million or $11.5 million AAV. The Sharks get: Their man. Last season was an anomoly in that Karlsson's numbers were merely mortal [...]
Ramblings: Thoughts on some of the latest moves around the NHL (June 17) *** There have been lots of moves over the past few days worthy of discussion. Let’s get to it. Carl Hagelin re-signed with the Caps for four years at $2.75 million AAV. Kudos to his agent. I think this was a [...]
Ramblings: Sergachev’s breakout; Mantha vs. W. Karlsson; Hughes, Kakko and then? (June 12) *** The last hockey day of the 2018-19 season! Tonight marks a night that we’ve all experienced dozens (or if you’re me – hundreds) of times in our driveways growing up. Game 7 of the Stanley Cup Final. And if it [...]
Here are the top prospect defensemen to own in your points-only keeper league - June edition! This is the big month! The annual audit. A thorough reckoning of all the prospects, player by player, with tremendous feedback from the writer/scouts over at DobberProspects. All in preparation for the recently released 13th annual Fantasy [...]
Here are the top prospect forwards to own in your points-only keeper league - June edition! This is the big month! The annual audit. A thorough reckoning of all the prospects, player by player, with tremendous feedback from the writer/scouts over at DobberProspects. All in preparation for the recently released 13th annual Fantasy [...]
Ramblings: Perry Rumors, fickle sports fans, GM advice, Game 7 on the way – and more (June 10) *** Some interesting numbers I got from the NHL: The last time a team won a Stanley Cup after being down in the series 3-2 was in 2011 – the Boston Bruins. By no means a [...]
Here are the Top 100 defensemen to own in your points-only keeper league – June edition! This month, for the Fantasy Prospects Report (pick it up here), I added a lot of prospects into this, my main, template. I also changed all the pending UFAs off their current team, and tweaked a couple [...]
This year’s UFA class could be a bit of a strange one. As I mentioned in the comments of my top 10 column last week, there is such a bevy of great RFAs, that many of the UFAs will be overlooked. I believe teams will be looking to take care of their RFAs first, [...]
Ramblings: Leafs’ PR Machine, notes on the Isles, some prospect sleepers and more (June 03) *** The Leafs’ PR machine is working in hyper-drive right now and fans and media are falling right into line. It’s no secret that the Leafs are in a really tight jam with the salary cap this summer. So [...]
