The Montreal Canadiens have acquired Christian Dvorak from the Arizona Coyotes for a first-round pick in 2022 and a second-round pick in 2024. This trade was announced mere moments after the Habs announced that they would not match Carolina’s offer sheet for Jesperi Kotkaniemi (Fantasy Take), suggesting that Marc Bergevin had been planning this for [...]
The Montreal Canadiens have decided not to match the one-year, $6.1 million offer sheet on Jesperi Kotkaniemi, officially making him a member of the Carolina Hurricanes. The Canadiens received Carolina’s first- and third-round picks in 2022 as compensation. Kotkaniemi, the third overall pick in 2018, finished the 2020-21 season with 20 points in 56 games. [...]
The NHL and NHLPA have agreed to allow NHL players to participate in the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing. Since the schedule already has a three-week break during February, this announcement should come as no surprise. The agreement also allows the NHL to back out if the COVID situation worsens either in the world or [...]
The Sabres have signed Casey Mittelstadt to a three-year contract with an AAV of $2.5 million. Mittelstadt finished fourth on the Sabres in scoring with 22 points in 41 games. That may not seem noteworthy, but he finished the season with nine goals and 17 points of the final 22 games of the season. Mittelstadt’s [...]
For the last 18 years (12 with The Hockey News) Dobber has reviewed each team from a fantasy-hockey standpoint and graded them. The 19th annual review will appear here on DobberHockey throughout the summer. This is not a review of the likely performance on the ice or in the standings, but in the realm of [...]
For the last 18 years (12 with The Hockey News) Dobber has reviewed each team from a fantasy-hockey standpoint and graded them. The 19th annual review will appear here on DobberHockey throughout the summer. This is not a review of the likely performance on the ice or in the standings, but in the realm of [...]
Call it payback with enough entertainment value to send a jolt through a typically uneventful Saturday during the NHL offseason. In signing Jesperi Kotkaniemi to an offer sheet, Carolina GM Don Waddell is flat out taking revenge on the Canadiens for their offer sheet to Sebastian Aho two years ago. Who said all NHL organizations [...]
Although this isn’t the Jack Eichel news that you’ve been waiting for, it could expedite the process of announcing the Jack Eichel news that you've been waiting for. https://twitter.com/FriedgeHNIC/status/1431283701464408065 It’s funny how less than a month ago, the now-former agent tweeted out a statement saying that “the process is not working.” Obviously, Eichel agreed, then [...]
For the last 18 years (12 with The Hockey News) Dobber has reviewed each team from a fantasy-hockey standpoint and graded them. The 19th annual review will appear here on DobberHockey throughout the summer. This is not a review of the likely performance on the ice or in the standings, but in the realm of [...]
For the last 18 years (12 with The Hockey News) Dobber has reviewed each team from a fantasy-hockey standpoint and graded them. The 19th annual review will appear here on DobberHockey throughout the summer…er, winter. This is not a review of the likely performance on the ice or in the standings, but in the realm [...]
