Hockey Rambling

  Fantasy Guide is now updated. Including: the Experts League Draft analysis. Buy it here!   My fantasy mailbag over at THN is back today. Find it here.   Injury news: Ales Hemsky and Ryan Whitney are not 100% yet. It still sounds like both will be ready for the season opener, but both will [...]

  Fantasy Guide will be updated today … and then the frequency of updates increases dramatically. As in every two days. The news, roster cuts, etc etc will be coming fast and furious and good ol’ Dobber will be on them like a fat kid on a Smartie.   Concussion symptoms have prevented Colorado prospect [...]

  Shawn Matthias caved and signed a two-way deal with the Panthers. Next year, the second of this two-year pact, is a one-way arrangement. I now pretty much see him being cut now, barring something tremendous in camp.   Anton Stralman made a great move today - agreed to attend the Devil's camp on a [...]

  My Draft Buddy iPhone app…iTunes is taking their sweet time processing the update. I don’t know what to say, my fate is in their hands. The update is done with tons of comments and a few projection adjustments but…   I fixed a small issue in the Draft List where there were a couple [...]

  My Draft Buddy iPhone app…updated Thursday (and iTunes will process (i hope) the update today) – loaded with notes now.   There will be a big announcement on Monday as DobberHockey shakes the fantasy hockey world once again. The beneficiary? YOU. Stay tuned...   I never put this together, but browsing through the hockey [...]

  My Draft Buddy iPhone app…updated yesterday – iTunes just needs to process the update. Should be later today. But I stocked it with notes and updated everything. The last update was 10 days ago and of course the only comment in the iTunes shop was how outdated it was. Meanwhile, it will never be [...]

  The Fantasy Guide is updated as of Tuesday, as is the Draft List. My Draft Buddy iPhone app…next on the docket for updating. *I just updated the Draft List again. I didn't change the file name. But I added a ton of notes, you may want to re-download. The app update is complete, now [...]

  Tragic Breaking News: A plane has crashed in Russia carrying the KHL team Lokomotiv - of the 37 passengers, there are three survivors. Further details are not yet known, but among the former NHLers and prospects on that team: Pavol Demitra, Karel Rachunek, Karlis Skrastins, Ruslan Salei, Josef Vasicek, Alexander Vasyunov. Chesnokov updates that [...]

  Here is an update on Kyle Turris contract talks - he's looking for a three or four-year deal in the neighborhood of $3.5 million per. Wowzers. If I'm him, I look for two years at $2 million per...and then count myself lucky if I get it. If you paid that much for potential and [...]

  Check in throughout the day below, as I announce the winners of Sunday’s draw to enter the Three-Tiered Rotisserie Invitational. Odds of getting in are one in five. FINAL list posted - the reserves are in order - and they do get called upon if the originals can't make their draft time.   According [...]