Hockey Rambling

 Fredrik Modin has been placed on IR with a hip injury, which will give Nikita Filatov a longer look. Hopefully the three or so games that Filatov will now play will see him get more than four minutes of ice time. Malhotra was activated off IR. The Wings have sent Darren Helm to Grand Rapids.  Further to [...]

 Fantasy Sports Business did a very nice profile on myself and the Dobber Sports venture . You can read it here.  Getzlaf, Perry, Selanne and Kunitz last night: no points and minus-9 combined. We're six games into the season and they still haven't shaken their funk. Andrei Kostitsyn will be re-evaluated this week for a possible [...]

 How's this for a big fantasy game? One goal, three assists and plus-5. Shea Weber did that last night.  The Canes will start Michael Leighton tonight. Frantisek Kaberle has a broken foot and will be on the shelf for at least a couple of weeks.  Andrew Raycroft is getting the Ws, but has yet to really step [...]

 From my ramblings on October 15th: "I predict that Filatov will play 10 minutes in his NHL debut and score one goal". He played 9:10 and did, indeed, score that goal. (goal footage below) Pascal Leclaire will miss next game with a thumb injury. He left last night with five minutes left. The injury seems minor, [...]

 This seems to happen to one player every year and it results in that players absense for at least two months. This year's lucky winner is Chris Mason. He underwent emergency an appendectomy last night. Look for Ben Bishop to get recalled. I felt that the Blues should have went with Bishop in the first [...]

 It's a rare night when three players score their first career NHL goals in the same game. Last night Brunnstrom, Hornqvist and Jones did it. The last time three players did this was in October of 2005. If you can tell me, in the NHL Rumors/ Discussion section of the forum, who the three players [...]

 What did I tell ya? What have I been saying for over a week now? If you didn't have faith in Dobber before, you do now - the Jackets have placed Boll on IR and have recalled Nikita Filatov. I predict that Filatov will play 10 minutes in his NHL debut and score one goal.  Tampa [...]

 The Isles sent Blake Comeau to the minors The Isles also announced that they will be without three defensemen for a few weeks - Radek Martinek is the latest casualty (upper body injury). Chris Campoli (shoulder) and Andy Sutton (hand) remain sidelined. This is an opportunity for Hillen and Gervais to really step up.   Viktor Kozlov left [...]

 One of the top NHL prospects in the world right now, Alexei Cherepanov, has died. During a KHL game he collapsed while sitting on the bench and died a short time later. It is a shock to hear of such a strong athlete die so suddenly, and at such a young age. My condolences go [...]

 The Fantasy Guide and Draft List are updated through to Thursday morning. You won't find that anywhere else. Peter Harrold and Brian Boyle were healthy scratches last night.  In yesterday's Hockey News article , I forecast the top rookie scorers of this year after closely monitoring the opening games. Please note that I removed Turris at 52 [...]