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 [...]
The Chicago Blackhawks fired head coach Luke Richardson on Thursday, replacing him with Anders Sorensen as interim coach for the remainder of the season. Expected to improve at least slightly this season, the Blackhawks currently hold both the league’s lowest point total (18) and the league’s lowest winning percentage (.346) with an 8-16-2 record. The [...]
In the second game of back-to-backs, the Rangers ended their five-game losing streak. Kaapo Kakko scored a power-play goal with only 24 seconds remaining to secure a 4-3 win over Montreal on Saturday. Artemi Panarin and Mika Zibanejad each scored a goal and added an assist, both breaking mini-slumps in the process. Zibanejad finished [...]
