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Extensions for Krug, Smith and Eakin, a couple rookie defensemen pushing for roster spots and more...   *   Exciting night of fantasy hockey for me last night. We held the annual DobberHockey Experts League draft, which proved to be very challenging. The league is shallower than in the past with just 11 of the [...]

Giving up on Markstrom, more injury news, forward tandems and more…   *   The Canucks have placed Jacob Markstrom on waivers. Yikes! What a precipitous fall. Once upon a time this guy was viewed as the best goalie prospect around. Now, he’s just about worthless in fantasy leagues.   It was pretty clear how [...]

Ellis’ new deal, Horton’s injury woes, Parise on advanced stats and more…   *   After plenty of talk that the Predators and Ryan Ellis weren’t close to a deal they came to an agreement on a new contract for the defenseman last night.   Details weren’t officially released but the scuttlebutt has it down [...]

Betting Patrick Kane for the Art Ross, the impact of Stepan’s injury and more…   *   That was a depressing 48 hours of injuries to start this week as a number of really talented players went down with fairly significant injuries.  It’s starting to make me question the whole point of pre-season hockey.   [...]

On not getting overexcited about the preseason, tempering your John Gibson expectations, going all-in on Neal/Ribeiro and more…   *   Preseason games have started, which is exciting news but one of the best things you could do right now is just ignore these games. Beyond the injuries, there just isn’t much to glean from [...]

Injuries to Giroux, Palmieri, McGinn, camp updates and more...   *   I’m beginning to realize that very little training camp news, is good news. Most of my updates today are injury related, which sucks. Granted some of those are about players who are now healthy but still, it is injury news.   Let’s start [...]