Hockey Rambling

The ageless wonder Teemu Selanne had another great game last night. He is on pace for over 40 goals. He has lost a step, but maybe this shouldn’t be that big of a surprise. In 2007-08, he had 12 goals in 26 games, and last season he had 27 in 65 games. If he can [...]

Just heard that Ales Hemsky may be done for the season with serious shoulder surgery. I'll keep my eyes on this one here...   Phoenix has recalled Mikkel Boedker.   Washington has recalled Alexandre Giroux with Tyler Sloan out. Giroux skated with Ovechkin and Backstrom at practice. Obviously his value (even for a game or [...]

The Kings signed Brayden Schenn to a one game amateur tryout agreeement, and he is in Vancouver and will make his regular season debut tonight. Interesting situation... I guess they are allowed to do this because of injuries?   Happy Thanksgiving to all of DobberHockey's American readers!   The Rangers have recalled Bobby Sanguenetti, after [...]

Eric Staal will play tonight for the 'Canes.   The beauty of drawing upon the knowledge of and the memory of my readers - only through the power of the fantasy hockey nation can we get all the angles covered. Of course, with my Wandell spiel below, I had forgotten - he was a temporary [...]

The NHL has suspended Daniel Briere for two games. I'll have the clip in tomorrow morning's ramblings. Whenever a scoring forward is out for a game, Giroux and/or JVR gets their ice time and PP time padded.   The Caps have sent Carlson back to the minors. He was pointless in three games. Wait for [...]

The Habs have recalled Sergei Kostitsyn. SK has 13 points in 16 games in the AHL.   Guillaume Latendresse to the Wild for Benoit Pouliot, according to RDS. Two players of similar age and similar upside - albeit Pouliot has much more offensive potential, whereas Latendresse has much more crash and bang potential. Not sure [...]

Marc Savard is expected to return to the lineup Monday. During his 15-game absence, Bergeron has just nine points and is a minus-2 in that span. Meanwhile, Krejci is showing signs of life with four points in three games prior to Friday when he was held off the scoresheet. My hunch is that Bergeron's production [...]

Thanks to newper on the message boards for bringing this to my attention - Hossa is not playing tomorrow, but is aiming to return on Wednesday. I had read a report a few days ago that said he was playing tomorrow, but that isn't the case.   Vancouver lines for tomorrow: Burrows with the twins, [...]

According to Tarik El Bashir... Neuvirth is starting tonight!   Duncan Keith contract details: 13 years, $72 million. Not 100% confirmed yet. This just in: NHL plans to investigate it! (Not really, but it wouldn't surprise me.) Great work NHL, lets hook Duncan up to a lie detector machine and ask if he plans on [...]

Dobber Nation - up now! Great insights from all three guests!   Dobber's Puck Daddy article is up today. Check it out here.   Absolutely hilarious article about Anton Stralman. He had to have an impromptu wedding in order to get his family in to the States. I can't really describe how funny it is [...]