Auston Matthews is expected to be out for at least the next three weeks with a knee sprain. Matthews reportedly injured his knee during Wednesday’s game against the Rangers. With the injury to Matthews, Michael Bunting moved to the first-unit power play for Friday’s game against Ottawa. As well, Bunting was on the Leafs’ new [...]
The Vancouver Canucks have dismissed popular head coach Bruce Boudreau and assistant coach Trent Cull. Rick Tocchet has been named the new head coach, Adam Foote a new assistant coach, and Sergei Gonchar the new defensive development coach. In what has been the league’s worst-kept secret and worst-handled situation with a head coach in quite [...]
The Montreal Canadiens have been swamped with injuries this season, but their most recent one is their most significant so far. The team announced that Cole Caufield will miss the rest of the regular season, as he will undergo surgery on his right shoulder. Caufield finishes the season with 26 goals in just 46 games, [...]
The news on Max Pacioretty wasn’t expected to be positive, but it was confirmed on Friday. Pacioretty re-tore his Achilles late in the third period of Thursday night’s game. I’d be surprised if he plays any more games this regular season, given how long normal recoveries from this type of injury take. A rough turn [...]
Matt Dumba was made a healthy scratch on Thursday, possibly because the Wild are currently working on a trade involving him. At one time, Dumba was a universally rostered player, but he has fallen out of that category (19% Yahoo/40% Fantrax). Could a trade revitalize his fantasy value? Dumba is a right-shot defenseman, so teams [...]
Believe it or not, the list of key injured players is shorter than it was last month. So it’s simply a numbers game as far as players getting dropped out of the top 100 or certain hot players that didn’t quite make it. Want to find out how your players stack up against others overall [...]
The Midseason Guide is ready! Purchase and download yours at the Dobber Sports shop if you haven’t already. This year, I was more heavily involved in the Midseason Guide than I have been in past years. The most time-consuming job for me was the Projections, which come with an added time constraint because the hockey [...]
Nicklas Backstrom and Tom Wilson are both expected to make their season debuts today (Sunday). Backstrom had undergone significant hip resurfacing surgery, so I had wondered if he would be returning at all. I’m not sure how he’ll be used, but I wonder how his return affects Dylan Strome, who has been centering Alex Ovechkin [...]
Nikolaj Ehlers, Blake Wheeler, Cole Perfetti, and Nate Schmidt all returned to the Jets' lineup on Friday. Ehlers’ return is particularly notable, as he had only played two games prior to his sports hernia surgery. The one gripe Ehlers owners have had with the Jets throughout his career is his continued usage on the second-unit [...]
Max Pacioretty made his long-awaited Carolina Hurricanes debut, as if the Metropolitan Division leaders need to bolster their lineup any further. Pacioretty was held without a point although he registered six shots and two hits if you decided to throw him into your lineup. I’m sometimes hesitant to immediately place a player into my lineup [...]
