A few years ago, Dobber was closely tracking Andreas Athanasiou in his quest for the most abysmal season ever, at least in terms of plus-minus. Through his first 12 games, Athanasiou was minus-16, and if it weren’t for a mid-season injury, he may have given the minus-100 mark a good run. As it was, he [...]
The NHL continues to completely ruin the response to the Brad Aldrich situation. It’s extremely disheartening to see that they really just don’t care about the players, and won’t make any move to care for anything but the bottom-line of the business. At least we have players like Carey Price that are starting to take [...]
After Gary Bettman absolutely belly flopped in the NHL’s press conference regarding the Chicago Blackhawks abuse scandal, there is another lawsuit being filed against current and former members of the Penguins. https://twitter.com/KatieJStrang/status/1455539564949479424 It is horrific that these things have taken so long to be brought to light and taken seriously, but I hope that this [...]
It’s tough to talk about fantasy hockey in the wake of all of the news dropping from the result of the investigation into the abuse and cover up in the Chicago Blackhawks organization back in 2010. I won’t get into the details of the incident(s), the cover up, or the fallout here, but I do [...]
Lots to talk about after a busy Tuesday night in the NHL, but before we get to that, if you’re a Pavel Buchnevich owner then you’re going to have him stapled to your bench for the next few days as he received a two-game suspension for head-butting. This isn’t his first offence either, and he [...]
I have the pleasure of kicking off the recaps on the first Ramblings covering games from the 2021-22 season. Last night we saw four teams in action, including the debut of the 32nd team, the Seattle Kraken. They’re the most interesting team on the list, as we had very little knowledge of what to expect [...]
Often I find that we’re focusing on trying to find the later round gems, dealing with the middle-round decisions, and creating the best overall draft strategies that we completely overlook another key important decision. This decision sets the tone for the entire draft, and becomes a key component of your team all season long. That’s [...]
Mackenzie Blackwood is the lone New Jersey Devil that is not yet vaccinated, meaning he won’t be able to play games in Canada this year. He joins Josh Archibald, Tyler Bertuzzi, Bode Wilde, and Zac Rinaldo as the known NHL players and relevant affiliated players to not be vaccinated. Bertuzzi can be knocked a bit [...]
Here are the top 62 goalies to own in your salary cap league – September 26th, 2021 edition. The September version is out just in time for your fantasy drafts this year, so who might it be worth focusing on. Well, this is the last year of bargain contracts for Jack Campbell, Vitek Vanecek, and [...]
In this month’s cap league skater rankings, the 2020 draft class continues to dominate the top-10 with their remaining term at a bargain price. New contracts to Anthony DeAngelo (although still a risky option), Eeli Tolvanen, Nolan Patrick, and Kailer Yamamoto, sees them as the biggest risers. Also re-signed to a fair contract was Rasmus [...]
