Hockey Rambling

  Justin Goldman has gone big time on us! He has another gem of a piece over at NHL.com   Sidney Crosby suffered a bit of a setback last week. I think he'll be fine with a full summer to recover, but no one knows for sure right now.   Jack Adams finalists - Bylsma, [...]

  Dobber: My picks on Puck Daddy can be found here.   Quick breakdown of my series predictions:   WSH in 4 - Tampa Bay has a great goaltender, but their defense is too slow to contain Washington's deep attack. The Bolts barely survived against a decimated Penguins squad.   BOS in 7 - I [...]

  This week - hopefully today, perhaps as late as Friday -  I will put the Fantasy Prospects Report, the Keeper League Pack and the Ultimate Pack C up for sale in the shop and rev up the hype machine for that work of art. Stay tuned for that. Not yet - I will post [...]

  Goldie Says: Now that LA has been eliminated, I can publish a scouting report on Jon Quick that I provided to the Sharks prior to Game 1. Pay attention to Quick's play in the second period. It is his Achilles heel. Regardless, JQ is going to be an elite goalie sooner rather than later - he can still get better.   [...]

  Brent Seabrook played 23 minutes in his return to the lineup. Chris Pronger played just 4:33 - all on the power play - in his return.   Kris Versteeg, as a depth player, is still managing to show playoff clutch. He has four points and is plus-5 in six games. The first four games [...]

  Happy Easter! My daughter, now two years, four months, gets to enjoy the chocolates/egg hunt for the first time. Lookin forward to it.   Jason Pominville will miss Game 6 with a leg injury.   The story of the night was Jonathan Quick stopping 51 of 52 shots – the Kings were outshot 19-6 [...]

  The goal scoring over the past week has been incredible - so much for tight-checking, low scoring playoff games.   Teemu Selanne had a great game last night - he seems to be skating better than ever. Incredibly impressive this late in the season for a 40 year old - his emphasis on fitness [...]

  I have polled nine of my friends who are Wings fans, and the responses have been: six consider him a center, three consider him a LW. Fantasy-wise, I am going to move him from my LW to my C list. I don't watch Detroit play all 82 games so I wasn't sure. When I'm [...]

  Dobber here - Angus had some ramblings up, but was having some trouble with posting. I'm just testing to see how it goes on my end - seems to be working well here. Apologies. We'll get the ramblings up at some point. Dobber Nation will be up early as well, so you'll hopefully see [...]

I have been impressed with Kyle Turris this series – he has been one of the better Coyote forwards. Phoenix rushed him, but that doesn’t mean that he’s a bust. Still lots of time to develop.   Interesting parallel? San Jose defeated Detroit in five games last year in the second round. The only game [...]