Of course, the morning (to me) after I applaud Jordan Binnington for his bounce-back season, he is tagged with a really bad start after allowing four goals in the first period against Detroit. Remember the old SI cover jinx? It lives in a way at Dobber Hockey. The goals might not be all his fault, [...]
The minor trade on Thursday involving Emil Bemstrom and Alex Nylander should barely generate a ripple in most fantasy leagues. Yet since I was discussing it with at least a couple people in private conversations, I’ll share my thoughts here. With the injury (and possible trade) of Jake Guentzel, Bemstrom is in a similar boat [...]
Skating out of the penalty box, Brandt Clarke scored the overtime winner (his first NHL goal) for the Kings over Boston. Clarke now has points in back-to-back games as well as seven shots over that span. Clarke and Jordan Spence have basically been alternating out of the lineup, but it seems like Clarke has earned [...]
This happened during one of the later games on Thursday, so I didn’t get a chance to write about it yesterday. Filip Zadina scored two goals and added two assists and a plus-3 in the Sharks’ 6-3 win against Calgary. Even though Zadina was once a high first-round pick (chosen one pick before Quinn Hughes!) [...]
Jake Guentzel is expected to miss up to the next four weeks with an upper-body injury that forced him to leave Wednesday’s game. On the final year of his contract, Guentzel has been the subject of trade rumors, particularly if the Penguins cannot find a way to advance above the Eastern Conference playoff bar soon. [...]
We’re over halfway into the season, and many players’ rankings are beginning to firm up. As such, there aren’t as many changes to the rankings as there have been in previous months. The stat categories for the Roto Rankings are as follows: Goals, Assists, Special Teams Points, Shots on Goal, Penalty Minutes, Hits, and Blocked [...]
From the games that I caught at least a part of on Saturday, tempers seemed to be more heated than normal. Of all of the nastiness, the story of the night was sparked by a slapshot on an empty net. No big deal, right? A suspension is coming for Morgan Rielly. I know Ridly Greig’s [...]
After Jonathan Quick started three consecutive games for the Rangers, Igor Shesterkin was back between the pipes on Friday. Shesterkin hadn’t been his usual self recently, as he had been tagged with five really bad starts during January and a 3.25 GAA and .863 SV% in 2024 entering Friday’s game. Fortunately, the Blackhawks represented a [...]
Jack Hughes returned to the Devils lineup on Thursday after missing the past month with an upper-body injury. He didn’t make the kind of splash that was hoped, as he was held without a point and was a minus-3 in the Devils’ 5-3 home loss to Calgary. Hughes did take four shots in 20 minutes [...]
Team Matthews was the winner of the four-team All-Star Game, with Auston Matthews being named the game’s Most Valuable Player with two goals and an assist in the final game. Matthews was joined by Leafs teammates Mitch Marner, Morgan Rielly, and William Nylander on his All-Star team on the home ice of Scotiabank Arena. I [...]
