Hockey Rambling

 Richard Matvichuk has been invited to the Columbus camp. The DobberHockey Fantasy Guide is updated approximately weekly all the way into October. Simply re-download your fantasy guide and you will have the update. The latest date will be clearly marked. FYI, another update is coming today, using some of your suggestions/requests. Now find me a fantasy [...]

 I don't know what I was thinking and I apologize for the misinformation. Ryan Vesce, the undrafted minor leaguer whom San Jose signed, is actually a right winger, not a defenseman. When I did my research on him, I mixed him up with another player. As a right winger, it is likely that he was [...]

 Japer's Rink has discovered that Michael Nylander has put his house up for sale. Take that for what it is worth. The Kings have signed rearguard Drew Doughty to a three-year entry-level deal. The 18-year-old has a better than even chance of making the team this season, and if not - for sure next year. He [...]

 Raffi Torres (knee) has resumed skating. He will be ready for training camp and will audtion for a second-line job. His upside is 55 points and 120 penalty minutes, even though the best we've seen so far is 41 and 88. A new team means a new role. I predicted 33 points and 90 PIMs [...]

 Other than some Islanders "news" (coaching candidates are apparently down to Bob Hartley, Paul Maurice and Scott Gordon), the well is dry today. We have officially hit rock bottom for 2008 fantasy hockey - so either check out DobberBaseball , or go read Dobber's Fantasy Guide for a second time! There is some fresh hockey content [...]

 The Sabres have signed Teppo Numminen and Tyler Bouck to contracts. Janis Sprukts, who had fallen to 394 on my Fantasy Prospects List because I didn't figure he would give the NHL another shot, has signed a one-year, two-way deal - with the Panthers. With the news, he shoots up into the Top 150 on that [...]

 Jeff O'Neill has been invited to the Carolina training camp on a tryout basis. If he's in shape, they'll sign him. If not, they won't. Simple as that. Best case scenario, though, is the high 40s for O'Neill in terms of points. The Leafs have named Doug Gilmour as an assistant coach of the Marlies. I [...]

 It is Sidney Crosby's birthday today. He turns 21. Sometimes we forget that.  Adam Perry, Corey's brother, has signed with Phoenix as a UFA. He was never drafted. He has good instincts, great hockey sense and decent hands, but his skating is somewhat poor and so is his strength. The Caps signed David Steckel to a one-year [...]

 I alluded to this a couple of weeks ago in the forum, and now the official news is released. Rogers has acquired PoolExpert Inc. Details can be found here. I had written their draft kit back in 2006 and I got Jeff Angus to do up their draft kit last summer. With the sale, there [...]

 FYI the August Fantasy Rankings will be up later today. With the all the Guide hubbub, this fell by the wayside...  Ryane Clowe has signed a one-year extension with the Sharks worth $1.6 million. If healthy, he could get 55 points this season. Or more, given his first-round production in the playoffs. The Tennessean is reporting that [...]