Hockey Rambling

Hockey pool announcement in the forum.  Invitations to the DobberHockey pool - Entry Division - have been sent to the 12 winners.   Steve Sullivan plans on playing 280 of the next 300 games. That is how confident he is that his back surgery was a success and he will come back 100 per cent. He wants to [...]

It looks like Martin Gelinas is close to re-signing with the Florida Panthers.  He was hoping to play in Western Canada but recieved little interest. Los Angeles has inked prospect Thomas Hickey to an entry level contract.  Don't expect him to play pro hockey this year.  Carolina has re-acquired Matt Cullen from the Rangers in exchage [...]

As I have alluded to all week, the Leafs have indeed signed Tony Salmelainen. The contract is a two-way deal so I would seriously doubt that he will make the big club. Between he and Simon Gamache, the Marlies have two high-scoring forwards that could very well do what Haydar and Stering did in the [...]

The Top 100 Fantasy Defensemen have been updated for September.  The Top 300 Fantasy Players have been updated for September.  The Sharks have signed Patrick Marleau to a two-year extension, thus putting to rest any and all trade rumors involving him. Thanks to "Pete" for the link.  By the end of today, I will have 560,000 page [...]

Of course - the day I say that Jussi Jokinen may be waiting if he wants more than $3 million (source: The Hockey News), he turns around and signs for ... $3.6 million...good thing it was for over two years, or both THN and I would have a little egg on our faces.  Henrik Zetterberg bowed [...]

Once again I was very impressed by the checking line of Team Canada this morning. Milan Lucic, Brandon Sutter and Stefan Legein were fantastic. Not seeing a whole lot of fantasy value, with the exception of Lucic who could be a 70-point and 120+ PIM player in six years. New Jersey prospect Alexander Vasyunov was used [...]

I have had three emails bounce back today to people who have ordered the pool guide. Double check the email that you gave PayPal!  The Kings have signed J-S Aubin. He will likely replace Labarbara in Manchester, or will be the backup if and when Cloutier gets hurt.  Mark Giordano, unhappy with a two-way contract offer from [...]

The Ducks have signed Chris Kunitz to a four-year, $14.9 million extension. I always considered Burke one of the smarter GMs. The smartest, in fact. But that's just garbage. If Kunitz is worth over three and a half per year...than Penner would be worth 20 million per year. Talent-wise, Kunitz is not even close to [...]

Teemu Selanne's children have apparently been enrolled in school in the Anaheim area, indicating which direction Selanne may be leaning for his decision (which we should hear about early this week). Ditto for Scott Niedermayer, although with either one of them it could be about a possible role in management. Who knows? It's Sunday, August [...]