The Contrarian – Breaking Bad Behavior

On bad behavior, chemistry issues, and managing risk with wild cards.

On bad behavior, chemistry issues, and managing risk with wild cards.

The fantasy impact of the Leafs trading Carl Gunnarsson to the Blues for Roman Polak

Fantasy Impact: James Neal has been traded to Nashville for Patrice Hornqvist and Nick Spaling.

Fantasy Impact: The Vancouver Canucks have traded defenseman Jason Garrison and prospect Jeff Costello to Tampa Bay for the 50th overall draft pick in this weekend's NHL Entry Draft.

Fantasy Impact: Per several sources (Elliotte Friedman, Pierre Lebrun), the Canucks have traded Ryan Kesler to Anaheim for Nick Bonino, Luca Sbisa and the 24th overall pick plus a third-round pick in this weekend's draft.

Welcome to the 2014 Dobber Sports NHL Mock Draft. Finished on the eve of the draft, this mock draft was completed by the DobberProspects scout team, DobberProspects managing editor Brendan Ross, Dobber, Steve Laidlaw, Chris Pudsey and myself. We all took prospects from the point of view of bring an NHL GM making the best pick available, then provided a paragraph of fantasy-focused advice. There are over 8000 words waiting for you, get reading!
Austin Wallace-Associate Editor, DobberProspects

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Fantasy Impact: The Pittsburgh Penguins have hired former Portland Winterhawks coach/GM Mike Johnston to be their next head coach.

Fantasy Impact: The Edmonton Oilers have agreed to a contract with Nikita Nikitin, thus finalizing a trade with Columbus for a fifth-round draft pick.

Why Blake Wheeler is better to own in fantasy hockey than Jordan Eberle