Hockey Rambling

Dominant victory by the Devils last night taking two points in a key Metro matchup and pulling even with the Jackets who they ousted. The Devils won 5-2 and outshot the Jackets 34-19.   Cory Schneider didn’t have to do much in this one, a welcome surprise considering the lack of offensive support he’s grown [...]

  Reminder - Just today and tomorrow you can get the sixth annual Fantasy Baseball Guide for just $5.99 before the price jacks up to $9.99 on Saturday. Pick it up here!   *** I’m baaaaaack!   You’ll have to excuse my over-exuberance. It feels like forever since I last rambled but in reality that [...]

Breaking Pekka Rinne has been assigned to the AHL on a conditioning stint. his return to the NHL is getting closer... * Morning updates - Carey Price re-injured himself during the Olympics and will miss the next two games. Beau Bennett apparently suffered a setback (per Josh Yohe on Twitter) and will need another four [...]

If you're a Drew Doughty owner you are probably hoping Los Angeles Kings head coach Darryl Sutter was watching the Olympics. Doughty's 59-point season in 2009-10 seems to be a distant memory as the Kings continue to employ him in a shutdown role more regularly. In Sochi, however, Doughty proved he can still provide significant [...]

A couple of New Jersey notes from beatwriter Tom Gulitti - Eric Gelinas has been recalled. And Damien Brunner is on a line with Patrik Elias and Adam Henrique *** On Friday I hosted an event in Toronto for DobberHockey readers and Dobber Sports writers. Among those in attendance, besides myself, were fellow ramblers Steve [...]

It's a gold medal edition of the Dobber Ramblings, which is pretty damn exciting.   I hope you're having an early beer and enjoying what should be a pretty good game. I previewed the game exhaustively if you're looking for some late night/breakfast pregame reading.   *   Essentailly Canada is the favorite thanks to their [...]

Canada is off to the gold medal game after defeating the United States 1-0. The game really wasn’t as close as it looked and even though the Americans did have 31 shots, they didn’t have very many quality scoring chances. Especially after the first period. As much as Canada has been criticized for lack of [...]

Here it is folks! For the first time in two years, Dobber Sports is having an event in Toronto. It's going down…TODAY! Tonight at 6pm, actually. At the Sports Centre Café (Yonge/St.Clair). Details here. But come sit down with me, let's talk some fantasy hockey. Also meet Steve Laidlaw, Michael Amato, Gates Imbeau, possibly Thom [...]

Update: John Tavares is done for the year with a torn MCL. I discuss the impact below but I'll reiterate that this is good for basically no one on Long Island and really this sucks for everyone in hockey. I swear it seems no one in this sport is bulletproof.   *   Yeesh… that was [...]

Laidlaw checking in. I swapped days with the Dobber Man so he can cover me while I make my way down for the Dobber Hockey event this Friday so you’ll have to wait for your next fix from the big man. You can find more details on the event here.   *   I hope [...]