We’ve survived four nights without hockey this week, and hopefully there’s popcorn and your beverage of choice ready for the 8:00 ET start of the Stanley Cup Final. The story is unique - the top seed in the West, who very few thought would make it through, against the eighth seed in the East, who [...]
Do we get the Stanley Cup Final matchup set tonight? Here’s my take - the Cup isn’t easy. Vegas will have to work harder, and Dallas won’t go easily. Then the Florida Panthers will have to survive a series-opening loss, too. They don’t just GIVE you the hardest trophy in sports, you have to earn [...]
I think we were all getting settled in for another overtime marathon last night, popcorn and beer refills all around, when BOOM! And yet another of the Cup favorites found themselves on the wrong end of the handshake line, with another season of what could’ve been. I look at the Hurricanes today a bit like [...]
I’m writing this introduction Friday morning, since my Thursday - Saturday schedule means it’s the same series, and wow! Yes, I was awake through 2 am (Eastern) this morning, so the first coffee had limited effect. My first thoughts are that both goalkeepers should be credited with a playoff shutout for their resumes, that being [...]
We’re down to four teams, and the Conference Finals begin tonight. Please raise your hands if you had these four squads predicted when the playoffs began, because none of the DobberHockey writers did - and you likely missed out, but now it’s truly time to take hold and ride the excitement. Is there a clear [...]
Since I inadvertently put out a DFS article yesterday, I felt I owed the site a true props piece for all mothers to bet today. It’s possible that the outline for tonight’s 10PM ET contest was set last evening, also. To review, I picked Seattle to extend the series, the score to be 6-4 (it [...]
Oh, I will eventually let the NHL draft lottery go…but not quite yet. Thursday, I discussed how to make it more interesting than conducting a lottery in a closed room, in advance, and with mathematical formulas that no one picking the ping pong balls would likely understand. The league needs to redefine excitement. Today, I’m [...]
There’s no way I could write a hockey article this week and ignore the NHL draft lottery: I’m not a fan. Let’s bring back the “live” option, 1000 labeled ping pong balls, a barrel, and a blindfolded celebrity. This “We’ll do the actual drawing in a closed room - just 14 balls and complex mathematical [...]
The NHL Awards season is upon us. Last night’s announcement of the Jack Adams Award finalists again reminds me that this is the ultimate in “what have you done for us lately.” The 2022 winner was Darryl Sutter, in case you forgot. And from the past ten seasons, no Jack Adams winner has lasted in [...]
How do you stop a freight train? Or, in different words, what do the Toronto Maple Leafs need to change now - tonight - to knock off those prowling Florida Panthers? I’ve often said that a Stanley Cup playoff series doesn’t favor the team that’s “just happy to be here,” but that might apply to [...]
