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One of the more intriguing stories this summer is the situation in Tampa Bay with Vincent Lecavalier. The Lightning’s financial problems have been no secret for a while now and Lecavalier’s monstrosity of a contract (he signed an 11-year, $85 million contract last summer) makes him an ideal player to trade to help alleviate some of these issues. As good a player as he is, his contract will make it tough for the Lightning to find full value in a trade.

For your listening pleasure - put it on your Ipod or just listen in on your computer on the 25th of every month. Let's talk some fantasy hockey!

Walker talks with Chris Mason about some of the players on Team Canada at the Worlds, as well as some Blues' kids (Backes, Oshie, Perron, Berglund) and Alexander Radulov; The voice of the Kelowna Rockets - Memorial Cup Finalists - Regin Bartel discusses Jamie Benn, Mikael Backlund, Tyler Meyers and others; Jay Zawatski from 670 the Score, host of the Blackhawks postgame show in Chicago talks of his biggest surprise 'Hawk - Kris Versteeg, Niemi vs. Crawford, as well as other young Hawks like Dave Bolland; and Dobber jumps on to give more insight on his latest Pens' article, as well as three of his favorite prospect dark horses. You can download the file in our Dobber Nation page (click HERE) or on ITunes .

Il y a quatre ans (avec The Hockey News, car DobberHockey est né en novembre 2005), j’ai fortement incité mes lecteurs dans des pools à vie de commencer à acquérir des jeunes Penguins. J’affirmais qu’en obtenir en 2008 serait quasi impossible.

Two of the OHL's top four offensive defenceman, including the first one to reach 90 points in almost a decade. A 16 year-old phenom destined for a top spot in next year's Draft. Six 20-goal scorers and three 30-goal scorers. The Windsor Spitfires were a dominant force during the regular season, and continued that run through the OHL playoffs. But things almost turned sour on the national stage.

A little late, but hopefully you share the mindset of “better late than never.” As always, there were quite a few surprise players who bear watching for your fantasy hockey league.