Marc Bergevin said that the Habs would be very cash-strapped at the deadline, but as Bergevin has shown before, he’s not always truthful with his proclamations in the media. Montreal traded for Eric Staal late Friday afternoon, sending a third- and fifth-round pick in this year’s draft to the Sabres in exchange. The Sabres retained [...]
Going into Thursday night, the St. Louis Blues had been on a bit of a skid, losing six of their previous eight games. Their top defenceman, Colton Parayko, has been out of the lineup and the team really doesn’t look the same without him. They got a positive update on Parayko yesterday though: https://twitter.com/jprutherford/status/1375129476485505030 That [...]
The big news from Wednesday was that referee Tim Peel will not be officiating any more NHL games. This comes on the heels of Peel being mic’d up in a game and explaining he’s not actually calling penalties, but more managing the game, as it were. That led to this: https://twitter.com/PR_NHL/status/1374716621978238977 That Peel admitted [...]
Tyler Toffoli slated to miss Montreal’s game on Monday night, which would have marked his second consecutive game out of the lineup. The guy with 18 goals in 30 games is going to be sorely missed if this persists. One of Montreal’s strengths is being able to roll out three lines that can score. If [...]
Buffalo fired coach Ralph Krueger early on Wednesday morning, which is what normally happens when a team that had hopes of a playoff spot this year ends up where they are. (For the record, they started the year 4-3-2 and are now 6-18-4. It is hard to come back from a 2-15-2 record for any [...]
The 2021 Dobber Hockey Midseason Guide is now available in the Dobber Shop! It has everything fantasy owners need to get them through the stretch run of the season and into playoffs. For those that may be out of the running in their leagues, there is a lot on prospects and European players that are [...]
The Dobber Midseason Guide drops today! Head on over to the Dobber Shop and grab your copy. ETA for it being made available to you is approximately 5pm EST, so have patience, I promise it’s worth the wait. If you haven’t considered grabbing yours yet, it has projections, prospects, and everything else you need to [...]
Drake Batherson jumped to the top line in Ottawa with Josh Norris and Brady Tkachuk for Wednesday night’s game. Batherson has been a great rookie this year (I think he still qualifies?) with nine goals and 18 points in 28 games, showing some of the offensive promise he was drafted for. This could be a [...]
There were some changes to the Columbus lineup in practice yesterday. The one that caught my eye was Bjorkstrand joining the duo of Roslovic/Laine. Up until the Laine acquisition, Oliver Bjorkstrand was playing 17:52 a night and had eight points and 23 shots in 10 games. Not super elite, but a fine start to the [...]
Over the last few days I have done some work for the Dobber Midseason Guide – which is available for pre-order now in the Dobber Shop – and one thing I thought a lot about was the trade deadline and how that will work for Canadian teams. We saw a direct example of this with [...]
