Happy New Year! Wishing you all the best for the new year, and that the things you want to change, change for the better. On this end of things though, not much is changing. You can still get all of your fantasy need-to-know right here. Dobber’s mid-season guide is almost here! Arrives January 11th. [...]
Wishing everyone happy holidays. It really is the greatest time of the year, though mainly because of the World Juniors tournament! Closing in on the midway point of the year, here are some holiday shopping needs for every NHL team. Anaheim Ducks A reasonable extension for Pontus Aberg would be a great [...]
After we touched on some of the buy-low candidates last week, this week we’re going to look through a few sell-high options. First though, I wanted to touch on the Robert Bortuzzo signing. The most comparable contracts (as shown below) are Jordie Benn, Kevin Connauton, and Mark Fistric. Of the set, I would certainly [...]
After the hockey world has focused on the Leafs for the last little while with the William Nylander signing, let’s let them have another 30 seconds before looking elsewhere. Jake Gardiner is almost assuredly going to be starting next season elsewhere, as left-shot defenceman Calle Rosen just signed a two-year extension on a one-way [...]
This week's Capped looks into the many angles of the fallout resulting from the signing of William Nylander. **** I managed to only mention William Nylander twice last week. Now that he has signed, we have to deal with the wide-reaching impact of his new contract. This impacts the Maple Leafs, and future RFA [...]
**** With the William Nylander saga ending one way or another in two days, alongside recent signings of Jacob Chychrun, Nick Ritchie, and Alex Tuch, it seems like a good time to review the Restricted Free Agents for the coming season. **** First off, I wanted to touch on Ron Hextall’s dismissal [...]
This week's Capped covers some similarities between the first quarter of last year’s season, and this year’s. **** Happy American Thanksgiving to those South of the border. To my Canadian brethren, and every other non-American, happy Thursday. Did you know that in the salary cap era, if your NHL team is in the playoffs [...]
Happy Thursday everyone! With Le’Veon Bell sitting out the full season for the Pittsburgh Steelers in the NFL, it is starting to look a little more realistic that William Nylander does the same with the Maple Leafs. That being said, now is not the time to trade him in any kind of keeper or [...]
Welcome back to another edition of Capped. This week we’re going to cover a few early-season contract extensions that will have some ramifications for your fantasy squads. Pekka Rinne (G) – Nashville Predators Current Cap Hit: $7,000,000 Extension Cap Hit: $5,000,000 – Expires in July 2021 The Predators’ starter since the 2008-2009 season [...]
Hopefully everyone had a fun Halloween. It was a little disappointing only having one NHL game on the slate though, so let’s make up for it with a record long Capped article. Over 3500 words coming right at you! A month into the season, we have enough of a sample size to start [...]
