Digging deep on defensemen Alec Martinez and Erik Johnson. Who's the better own? Facing off this week are defensemen Alec Martinez and Erik Johnson. Both are 28, and seemingly at career crossroads. Can Martinez continue his late blooming to further improve? Will Johnson be able to climb back to previous production levels, which saw [...]
The Calgary Flames fired head coach Bob Hartley Tuesday. […]
This week's edition of the Eastern Edge looks at the 2016 offseason outlooks for the Maple Leafs and Blue Jackets … […]
Fantasy Impact: Toronto Maple Leafs have signed KHL star defenseman Nikita Zaitsev to a one-year contract. The Leafs get: a 24-year-old offensive defenseman who is a late bloomer. Never drafted, Zaitsev blossomed in the KHL in 2014-15 when he finished ninth among defensemen in scoring with 32 points in 57 games. He finished 15th [...]
The offseason fantasy hockey outlooks for the Edmonton Oilers and Vancouver Canucks... It is time to start looking forward to next season. Over the next seven weeks each of the 14 Western Conference teams will be featured two at a time in reverse order of their finish this past season. This week will feature [...]
Collins takes a look at the Top 10 Band-Aid boys you can't resist There are always players we know we should shy away from. They're injury-prone and are pretty much guaranteed to miss games. But we can't help ourselves. These guys are just too good to pass on, whether we draft or trade for them. Sure [...]
A look at the fantasy seasons from rookies Oscar Lindberg, William Karlsson, Darnell Nurse, Ben Hutton and Jake McCabe … […]
Anaheim Ducks announce they have fired coach Bruce Boudreau **** It was announced earlier today that the Anaheim Ducks, as many have expected, had fired coach Bruce Boudreau. This was following Anaheim’s fourth game seven loss in four seasons. The latest at the hands of the Nashville Predators. There was an interesting quote that came [...]
This week's Frozen Pool Forensics dives into the line mates and production of John Tavares. **** Make no mistake, the New York Islanders have been John Tavares’s team since the moment they won the draft lottery in April 2009. However, this year’s first round victory over the Florida Panthers was the moment he transcended into [...]
The Dobber writers weigh in on the second round of the playoffs. **** The scheduling from the NHL meant that the second round began before the first round, something I can never remember happening. We had to wait a day to post these just to find out which teams were actually in the second round, [...]
