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In Tuesday’s Ramblings, I offered some guesses at players that I think will be undervalued when it comes draft time in September. They were more high-end options like Buffalo’s JJ Peterka, Columbus’s Kirill Marchenko, and Calgary’s Mackenzie Weegar. Today we’re going to dig deeper and look for values further down the list. As always, data [...]
Quinton Byfield has signed a five-year extension with Los Angeles, totalling $31.25M over those seasons. The $6.25M cap hit makes it very palatable for cap league purposes as he’s just starting to scratch the surface of what he can produce in the fantasy game. It would not be the least bit shocking to see a [...]
We have now reached the slow portion of the NHL offseason and while there are still a few interesting players waiting to be signed – Alex Nylander and Oliver Kylington come to mind – and almost certainly a significant trade or two to come – looking at you, Martin Necas – the rosters that we [...]
Just want to give a shout out to the CapFriendly team for all their work over the last decade. The site went dark yesterday after being bought by the Washington Capitals. It was such an invaluable resource for all of us here at Dobber Hockey that it’s one of those things you don’t notice how [...]
There wasn’t a lot for significant signings made over the last few days but there were a handful that are worth noting for those in deeper types of fantasy leagues. Let’s go through some of those signings to see what we can glean from them. We will still be using CapFriendly for their cap information [...]
Almost all of the big free agents have signed, but there are still a handful of key restricted free agents left on the board. One of them was Florida’s Anton Lundell, and the key word there being ‘was’ because he signed a six-year contract carrying an average annual value of $5-million: https://twitter.com/pbpsports/status/1808529893765898748 Lundell, fresh off [...]
Free agency proved to be quite the busy day as CapFriendly let us know that it was the first time in NHL history that over one billion dollars – yes, with a ‘B’ – was handed out in contracts in a single day. The cap jumping to $88M and then likely rising above $90M next [...]
There have been rumblings all offseason, and even back to the Trade Deadline, that the Pittsburgh Penguins were looking to move on from Reilly Smith. Things just didn’t work out with his new team as evidenced by his 13 goals (lowest for him since 2014-15) and 40 points (lowest in a full season since 2016-17). [...]
In one of the truly shocking signings of the day – which is saying a lot – Chandler Stephenson’s time with Vegas came to an end as he signed a monster contract with another Western Conference team. Not long after signing Brandon Montour to a seven-year deal, the Seattle Kraken did the exact same thing [...]
