Auston Matthews missed Saturday’s game after being reinjured during Friday’s game. According to Craig Berube, Matthews took a cross-check late in the third period on the power play and re-aggravated the upper-body injury that forced him to miss time earlier this season. Matthews should be considered very questionable for Monday’s game against Winnipeg, but it [...]
After being called up from the AHL recently, Matt Murray made his season debut on Friday, stopping 24 of 27 shots in the Leafs’ 6-3 win in Buffalo. Murray last played in an NHL game in April 2023, missing time due to bilateral hip surgery and then starting this season in the AHL. Regardless of [...]
The holiday trade freeze has now begun and will be lifted on December 28. That means there won’t be any new trades to discuss for about a week. No worries. There’s enough to discuss from a busy Thursday night, including the fallout of a couple of recent deals. - With two assists on Thursday, Nikita [...]
Some more updates for the Roto Rankings for December, including a few new players resulting from various injuries. The stat categories for the Roto Rankings are as follows: Goals, Assists, Special Teams Points, Shots on Goal, Hits, and Blocked Shots. These rankings are different from keeper rankings in that they don’t extend beyond the [...]
I forgot to add Igor Shesterkin to my starting lineup today. I discovered that he wasn’t there about five minutes after the game started, which happened to be an early game (10 am where I live). That turned out to be a blessing in disguise, as Shesterkin was hit with a really bad start of [...]
The St. Louis Blues have acquired defenseman Cam Fowler and a fourth-round pick in 2027 from the Anaheim Ducks in exchange for defenseman Jeremie Biakabutuka and a second-round pick in 2027. The Blues receive: Fowler, who finishes nine games shy of 1000, all with the Ducks. He gives the Blues another blueliner capable of logging [...]
The Midseason Guide will be available in just over a month’s time, on January 16! The plan is no different from previous seasons, where you’ll receive second-half projections, insider tips, goaltending, peripheral stats, trade block, fantasy prospects, and plenty of analytics. It’s all there for you again. https://twitter.com/DobberHockey/status/1867647298786013260 The Dobber team will be working [...]
Michael Kesselring was a player that you probably didn’t know much about before the season, but he seems to be doing all right for himself. On Saturday, Kesselring registered the first-ever Gordie Howe hat trick in Utah Hockey Club history. He is now up to 14 points in 26 games, trailing only Mikhail Sergachev in [...]
As has been rumored since the summer, Jacob Trouba was finally moved out of New York. Trouba was traded to Anaheim for Urho Vaakanainen and a conditional 2025 fourth-round pick. Read the Fantasy Take here. That wasn’t it for Rangers transactions on Friday, as they signed Igor Shesterkin to an eight-year extension worth $11.5 million [...]
The New York Rangers have traded defenseman Jacob Trouba to the Anaheim Ducks for defenseman Urho Vaakanainen and a conditional fourth-round draft pick in 2025. The Ducks receive: Trouba, who the Rangers have been trying to unload since the summer. The Rangers’ recent 1-6-0 record expedited the trade, and they were even reportedly considering waivers [...]
