Hockey Rambling

* Couple of late signings/moves - analysis coming soon-ish: Ballard to the Wild - two years, $1.5 million per year. Horcoff to Dallas - Jim Nill is showing us how it is done. Rebuilding his center depth in one day!  Edmonton's center depth is... interesting. * Confirmed: Briere to MTL for two years at $4 [...]

Brendan Ross of Dobber Prospects is currently going through how each team performed at the 2013 NHL Entry Draft and you can find his first set of grades in his ramblings here. Check back throughout the week for more.  *  Zzzzz... still up at nearly 2am watching this Glendale/ Phoenix thing. (midnight Phoenix time). The [...]

There were intermittent problems with links on the home page. That problem has been fixed. * In the least shocking news of the day, Rick DiPietro will be bought out by the Islanders. The guy gets a hefty $1.5 million per year until 2029 and he can do whatever he wants, so feel sorry for [...]

*   Just because of how hyped up the event has been over the past month, Sunday's NHL Draft was somewhat underwhelming in terms of "player transaction" volume. By days end the majority of the players who moved were third liners like Tyler Kennedy, Dave Bolland and Cal Clutterbuck; and there was only one real [...]

*   The big news out of New York so far this morning involves the Justin Falk for Benn Ferriero trade… Just kidding, it’s definitely the Kris Letang extension. Earlier in the week it looked like the two sides were inexorably headed towards a divorce, but instead they’ve reportedly agreed on a eight year deal [...]

Happy Draft Day! Dobber here, Drance will have his ramblings up at 12:30 pm ET. I'll be posting any trade analysis here today, so be on the lookout for that. And follow @DobberProspects on Twitter for draft-related tweets from myself, Rich and Brendan.     Nathan Horton's time in Boston looks to be done. He [...]

* The 2013 Canadian WJC summer camp invites have been announced. I don't foresee Drouin or MacKinnon playing, though.... * Since I won't be around too much this weekend, I have decided to hold a special (actually, it's just a normal one, but work with me here) pre-draft fantasy mailbag. Ask your questions here! * [...]

  * Fantasy impact of the Jones/Tanguay swap will be up tonight. * Great news for Chris Kunitz owners - a three year extension for the gritty winger to remain in Pittsburgh. He will make $3.85 million per season when the new deal kicks in. * Ottawa is going to be a team to watch [...]

Laidlaw checking in here…   As Dobber announced on Monday I have been named Associate Editor along with Michael Amato. You will be hearing more and more from us as the summer goes on. I want to personally thank Dobber for this incredible opportunity. As well, I’d like to thank Gates Imbeau for his encouragement, [...]

  So what do you think of the new look? I know that if you're looking at this from your phone... you love it. But not too shabby on the desktop as well, eh?   Great feedback below in the comments, thank you. Our view is limited to what we see on our screens/platforms so [...]