Hockey Rambling

Evgeni Malkin will not play tonight due to his sore foot. The Pens feel no pressure to rush him, their spot is fairly solid.   Mikael Samuelsson will be lost 2-3 weeks with a shoulder injury. The Canucks have recalled Michal Grabner. He really proved himself NHL ready last time, prior to getting hurt, whereas [...]

Jordan Eberle has been assigned to Springfield of the AHL. It would be nice to see Eberle get a game or two in the NHL so we can see what he can do. But for now, the second best prospect to own in a keeper league will be in the 'A'.   Jiri Hudler - [...]

Ovechkin gets two games. The NHL had a no-win announcement - anything from 0 to infinity games would lead to an outcry somewhere. I for one feel comfortable with the two games. And I do admit that if Ovechkin's name was I.P. Freely, he would have gotten 10. And I am not totally against a [...]

Backstrom joins Peter Stastny and Wayne Gretzky as the only players to have 55 assists in each of their first three seasons in the NHL. Impressive stuff. His OT winner was a thing of beauty as well.   I still have FOUR tickets left to this amazing DobberHockey event. Details are outlined neatly (including some [...]

  Keith Yandle is on pace for close to 40 points this season for the Coyotes. He has upside to be a consistent 55-60 point defenseman every season (yep, you read that right). Yandle is a huge reason why Phoenix is currently holding down a playoff spot comfortably. In Yandle's last (or only, whichever you [...]

Elliotte Friedman noted this a few days ago - if things go as expected during the first round of the OHL playoffs, Tyler Seguin and Taylor Hall will face off in round two. You can bet the Oilers and Bruins will be watching that series very, very closely.   As many as six NHL teams [...]

Dobber here. Just an update on the Fantasy Prospects List. I've been working around the clock on the update and I'm up to Phoenix (alphabetically). It may not get up until tomorrow, though. With 700 prospects to track, I usually make notes throughout the month and then scan through it over a few hours on [...]

Canes Now is reporting that Oscar Osala has been recalled and he will play on a line with Rod Brind'Amour and Sergei Samsonov. It will be called the "Dobber was stuck with all of these guys last year" line.   Prospects list will not be updated today. Hopefully by tomorrow.   Patrick O'Sullivan took a [...]

THANK YOU DobberHockey readers (and contributors)! I have achieved my goal of sending 50 kids to an AHL game here in Toronto on March 27. You guys really stepped up. I'll be finalizing the arrangements with the Children's Aid Society and with the Marlies today and will fill you in on details as they come [...]

El-Bashir reports that the Caps will be scratching Fleischmann and Walker tonight, giving them rest. Boudreau has a lot of depth and his players are healthy - since the Caps have a big lead they'll be resting their guys a lot down the stretch. I get the feeling that if you own a player on [...]