Montreal Canadiens Sign Alex Semin
The Montreal Canadiens have signed winger Alex Semin to a one-year contract.
July 24, 2015
I don’t suppose there is another place to start than with the monster news of Thursday that the New Jersey Devils would lose long-time president/general manager/coach Lou Lamoriello to the Toronto Maple Leafs. Lamoriello signed on with the Leafs to be their new general manager, a position that had been vacant since the firing of [...]
Leafs Hire Lou Lamoriello as General Manager
The Toronto Maple Leafs have hired Lou Lamoriello to be their new general manager.
July 23, 2015
Looking at how goal scoring has changed in the NHL recently, and what that means for fantasy. **** I was going to talk about the need for a youth movement in the NHL, on the heels of an excellent article from Travis Yost of TSN. I was beaten to the punch in yesterday’s Ramblings by [...]
July 17, 2015
Looking as some numbers that will help or hurt the fantasy stock of guys like Chris Kunitz and T.J. Oshie. **** Anyone that has followed my writing for any length of time, even if it’s just the few months I have been with Dobber, knows that a lot of my methodology is using numbers. There [...]
July 16, 2015
Thoughts on Kesler, Oduya, Bournival, and why James Neal can rebound in fantasy next year. **** There isn’t anywhere else to start today’s Ramblings than the contract that the Anaheim Ducks just gave Ryan Kesler. For those that may have missed, Kesler was signed to a six-year extension totalling $41.25-million, or an average annual value [...]
Patrick Sharp Traded to the Dallas Stars
Patrick Sharp has been traded to the Dallas Stars for Ryan Garbutt and Trevor Daley.
July 10, 2015
Matt Calvert re-signs, Zack Kassian and Patrick Maroon are fantasy valuable, and thoughts on Stamkos. **** I’m going to lead off with a signing that might have seemed minor, but most certainly has fantasy implications. That would be the re-signing left winger Matt Calvert by the Columbus Blue Jackets. It is a three-year deal where [...]
July 9, 2015
Thoughts on Tarasenko, Saad, Yahoo's new DFS platform, and whether Mikael Granlund can put it all together. **** The biggest news of the last few days is obviously the re-signing of Vladimir Tarasenko by the St. Louis Blues. Tarasenko was a restricted free agent, but signed an eight-year contract with an average annual value of [...]
July 3, 2015
Martin St. Louis retires, the Penguins still need cap space, and taking a chance on Alex Semin. **** There was more movement in the NHL yesterday, and I recommend that the readers head over to the Fantasy Take section to read about everything that’s happened over the last week or so. More specifically yesterday, the [...]