Hockey Rambling

 Jussi Jokinen has been placed on waivers by the Lightning. A team would be crazy not to pick him up - he's young, is strong at both ends, and has 65-70 point upside.  Not confirmed, but strongly hinted: Derick Brassard suffered a shoulder injury and will be on the shelf for 3-4 weeks. I traded [...]

 Dustin Brown has seven points in his last four games - each of which he has played at least 20 minutes. Upon further study, I (it's Dobber again) discovered that he has 17 points in 18 games that he played at least 20 minutes, but just seven points in 13 games where he did not [...]

 Ryan Whitney is targetting December 23 for a return, according to the Tribune. He is doubtful for the 18th, but any game after that is now quite possible. Alex Goligoski has played too well for this to hurt him, in fact it may help him. Kris Letang, on the other hand, may slow even further [...]

 Trivia answer - Leopold, Corvo, Niedermayer, F. Kaberle, Timonen For FIVE Karma - answer in the NHL Discussion section of the forum - one answer per person - name the five active defensemen who have scored a penalty-shot goal in a regular season NHL game. Patrick O'Sullivan has 10 points in his last 10 games. Ed Jovanovski has [...]

 I'm a little behind on my emails, but it looks like as of two weeks ago, first place in the TSN pool and 15th place in the HNIC pool is a guy who is a regular to this site. As the DobberHockey word spreads, we are seeing more and more of this...   The following players [...]

 Sean Avery will not be back in Dallas and to be frank I do not think we will see him play this season. The Stars have announced that Avery and the team have reached an agreement that he will not rejoin the team and will continue counseling, and the Stars will pay him as his [...]

 Wade Redden was a horrible minus-4 last night - just when you thought he was shaking his slump. It's rare that you see a player notch four points, yet still be a minus-2 like Nik Zherdev last night. Carey Price has the flu and Halak will get the start today. Marc Denis has been recalled to be [...]

 Kevin Porter has been sent down to San Antonio. Gilbert Brule has been returned to the AHL by the Oilers Not good news for Luongo owners, he is not making the trip to Edmonton and the Team 1040 is reporting he will still be out for a "lengthy period of time." Some quick afternoon notes - Chris Higgins [...]

 A huge trade just went down in the Dobber Expert's League. Check it out HERE.  After 870 career NHL games and over 40 career two-goal games, Petr Sykora FINALLY scores his first career hat-trick! In El-Bashir's blog , he reports that Sergei Fedorov and Mike Green will probably be in the lineup tomorrow, barring any setbacks. I'm [...]

 Teddy Purcell has (finally) been recalled from Manchester. Look for him to get a shot at a top-six role and some PP time. The good news about Sakic is, the extra rest should really help his back for the playoffs. The Caps have returned Sami Lepisto to the AHL and have recalled surging prospect Oskar Osala, who [...]