Hockey Rambling

Happy Canada & Free Agent Frenzy Day! Keep an eye on our homepage as we’ll be breaking down the fantasy perspectives of key signings all day! With the free-agent market set to open at 12pm EST, we saw a bevvy of transactions as teams got their ducks in a row. Here are few notable moves: [...]

Day 2 of the draft took place on Saturday, which featured Rounds 2-7. For a full look at all the picks, go to NHL.com. - The rumored Jeff Skinner buyout was finally announced on Saturday, as the Sabres will be buying out the remaining three years of his contract. Skinner’s output from last season (46 [...]

Draft day at the Sphere in Las Vegas was something that the NHL had never seen before. For the last in-person draft, the NHL sure went out with a bang. Other professional leagues should consider this setting if the NHL won’t return there. https://twitter.com/BR_OpenIce/status/1806822212466266145 https://twitter.com/JoePompliano/status/1806833674173714712 https://twitter.com/pharling/status/1806843163405177162 As expected, the Sharks took Macklin Celebrini of Boston [...]

Late Wednesday night, Vancouver traded forward Ilya Mikheyev to the Chicago Blackhawks. I broke down Mikheyev’s game and the details of that trade here. * Today is the big day for a lot of people under the Dobber umbrellas as we have Day 1 of the 2024 Entry Draft. For a much more detailed look [...]

Vancouver re-signed forward Teddy Blueger to a two-year contract worth a little under $2M per season. He had a very good year in the bottom-6 of the Canucks with 28 points and 98 hits in 68 games. While he is not overly fantasy relevant, he is a key part of the team’s typically-good penalty kill, [...]

With the Stanley Cup awarded on Monday night (congrats again to the Panthers), we have a very busy week coming here, so there’s no time for a break. The new Hockey Hall of Fame class was just announced yesterday, and here is the new class: https://twitter.com/HockeyHallFame/status/1805692919367844305 As great as it is to recognize the greats, [...]

One thing that the Detroit Red Wings assuredly had on their agenda for the offseason was to clear some cap space. If there is something that the San Jose Sharks assuredly wanted to do in the offseason, it was to add capable NHLers to the lineup as they ostensibly get set to welcome both Macklin [...]

Sam Reinhart’s 10th goal of the postseason proved to be the difference as the Florida Panthers captured the first Stanley Cup in franchise history thanks to a 2-1 win in Game 7. Reinhart ripped a shot under goaltender Stuart Skinner’s glove, and the game-winner was a fitting end to a season where the winger finished [...]

Michkov Flying to Philly Matvei Michkov had the talent to go second overall in the 2023 draft. However, due to his KHL contract commitments, there were concerns he’d be stuck in Russia for a few years. Those concerns caused him to fall on draft day, until the Flyers swooped in and snagged him seventh overall. [...]

The Kings have signed Alex Turcotte to a three-year, $2.325 million contract. The fifth overall pick in 2019, Turcotte has played fewer NHL games (32) than all the players drafted from 1 to 18 that year. He played 20 of those games in 2023-24, scoring four points in 20 games. His AHL scoring rate was [...]