The Leafs weren’t content to just rest with Ilya Samsonov and Joseph Woll this year, bringing in a veteran name to add some depth to the organization. The question becomes, will Jones be the defacto number-two guy, or will he cede it to the up-and-coming Woll, slotting Jones in as the starter for the Marlies? [...]
Not a lot of news outside of the Anaheim Ducks (Alex Stalock) and Florida Panthers (Anthony Stolarz) signing some organizational goalie depth. Unless you believe that this means Spencer Knight won’t be ready for the beginning of the season or that a John Gibson trade is imminent (I don’t), then there’s no fantasy relevance here [...]
Happy Friday (and happy long weekend to the Canadian crowd)! I don’t get to say that often here, but this week I’m covering for Ian today while he slacks off gets some well-deserved down time with the family. * It sounds as though a retirement announcement from David Krejci is imminent. Not that it is [...]
Now that I have a chance to catch up and ramble on things, I’m going to run through some of my thoughts that I didn’t get to discuss from all the moves from the Draft through to today. Maybe the biggest move in the DeBrincat trade, and how it affects two teams in very similar [...]
Welcome back to me, and thanks to the Dobber writers that stepped up in my absence, really nice to have the support. Now, after a much-needed three-week vacation, I’m back to my normal Ramblings coverage. There’s a lot of thoughts I have to get caught up on between post-draft, free agency, trades, and more. I’ll [...]
Vegas’ usual brutal offseason begins with the trade of Reilly Smith, one of the original “misfits”. It’s good that Smith got to be a part of the winning team in Vegas this year, but the perils of the job mean that his contract was deemed expendable by the team. Meanwhile, the Penguins are trying to [...]
The Tampa Bay Lightning were likely to lose a few players again, and they began their annual summer purge today with Ross Colton being shipped out to the Avalanche. Colton comes into a spot recently vacated by the trade of Alex Newhook, and with a few other players departing via free agency, the Avalanche have [...]
The NHL Draft is one of my favourite nights on the hockey calendar. It represents hope across the whole league, it’s a special night for 32 new draftees, and there are always rumours and trades to go with the festivities. We’re in the lull now where deals aren’t usually announced at this point until we [...]
Not fantasy related, but the Hockey Hall of Fame inductees for the year will be released today. As long as Alexander Mogilny and Caroline Ouellette, make it in, then I’m happy. * Before we get to the fun part of the article, I just wanted to go over some Bruins goalies. They signed their number-three [...]
The storylines always seem to write themselves once the Stanley Cup is won. The misfits from Vegas are taking home their first cup with a 9-3 win over the Panthers. Jack Eichel still with zero post-season series losses, Mark Stone returning from his multiple back surgeries, the goalie carousel culminating with Adin Hill padding his [...]
