Barrie’s new contract, the remaining RFAs and MacKinnon getting even more explosive… Tyson Barrie owners can breathe a sigh of relief as he signed a bridge deal yesterday. His deal is for two years at $2.6 million a year. Actually it breaks down as $2 million for the first year and $3.2 million for [...]
Krejci's new contract, regression for Pavelski and Johansen, and more. Man, oh man. What a crazy busy summer. Not necessarily from a hockey perspective but definitely from a forest fire fighting perspective. I feel like I haven’t written a ramblings in at least a month. I apologize for my absence. Hopefully I’m here to [...]
More on Doan, Ribeiro, the Islanders and outdoor hockey… * The Fantasy Guide has been updated with information on the Timonen/Del Zotto situation as well as the inclusion of the annual PDO article. * I’ve heard some whispers that Shane Doan might be a real good buy-low/rebound candidate. The theory goes [...]
More on Green, Heatley, Gonchar and the Devils' draft struggles... * Japer’s Rink takes a deep dive on the Capitals’ options with Mike Green. There was no question of Green's expendability two months ago. (That is, he was a core piece.) The Caps had just four clear-cut, reliable NHL defensemen: Green, Dmitry [...]
The Contrarian debates the merit of the Ducks signing of Dany Heatley.
Hey gang! Steve here filling in for Thomas this Saturday night. Don’t worry, he’ll be taking one of my nights next week so you’ll have your Drance fix. * I’ve started hammering away on my contribution to this year’s Pre-Season Guide. As per usual, I’ll be taking a look at players headed for [...]
A wee bit of action on the free agent market today. Vladimir Sobotka took a look at the whole arbitration process and said, “See ya later!” Sobotka signed with a KHL team, presumably for a fat sack of cash, though we don’t have details on that just yet. It’s hard to really blame him [...]
A few big contract extensions to talk about from yesterday… The biggest were the matching eight year $84 million deals signed by Jonathan Toews and Patrick Kane. I'm a bit torn on these deals. On one hand I want to scream overpay here simply because they will have the two highest cap hits in [...]
Happy Independence Day to our friends to the South! * Former DobberHockey writer Justin Goldman is coming for a visit to Toronto! To celebrate Dobber is hosting an event on Tuesday, July 29. More details can be found here. * As expected, things have really quieted down on the transaction front. [...]
