20 Fantasy Hockey Thoughts
Every Sunday this off-season, we'll share 20 Fantasy Thoughts from our writers at Dobber Hockey. These thoughts are curated from the past week's "Daily Ramblings". […]
Ramblings: Vegas Freeze, More Habs/Bolts Trade Talk (June 18)
Vegas Freeze, More Habs/Bolts Trade Talk, plus more… […]
Mike Smith Traded to the Calgary Flames
The Achilles’ Heel of Calgary’s 2016-17 season was undoubtedly their goaltending. Chad Johnson did what he could early in the season, but his play trailed off, and Brian Elliott was infrequently able to capture the level of play he enjoyed in St. Louis. It seemed inevitable the Flames would try to remedy this. Their attempt [...]
Nathan Beaulieu Traded to the Buffalo Sabres
Among the names rumoured to be on the block heading into the trade freeze before the expansion draft was Montreal Canadiens defenceman Nathan Beaulieu. He was indeed traded by the Habs to the Buffalo Sabres in exchange for a third-round pick in this year’s Entry Draft. Beaulieu is a restricted free agent this offseason. Fantasy [...]
The Journey – Fastest Rising Forward Prospects (June 2017)
The Journey examines Dobber’s Top 200 Forward Prospects List, and assesses the fast risers in the June rankings. Clayton Keller takes over the top spot in this month’s rankings and there is a ton of movement throughout the top 200. Alex Tuch – Minnesota Wild – 43rd Overall, Up from 70th Overall Tuch [...]
Arizona Coyotes Acquire Nick Cousins
What was expected to be a busy day trade-wise in the NHL ended up being a slow one, but we did get one deal. It was a relatively minor deal, but a trade nonetheless, as the Arizona Coyotes and Philadelphia Flyers made an exchange: ARI sends 5th round pick and Brendan Warren (Univ of Michigan) [...]
Ramblings: Drouin; Despres Bought Out; Oilers Performers – June 17
Despite the apparent likelihood of Jonathan Drouin being traded this offseason, it’s still jarring when seeing a player that young, with that much upside, being shipped out of town. We know the reasons why, but it’s still a big gamble for the team to take, even with Mikhail Sergachev coming back in return. I wrote, [...]
Frozen Pool Forensics – Potential Breakout Players: Part 1
Boy that went quickly; another season completed and another Stanley Cup victory for the Pittsburgh Penguins. Not too shabby considering they were without their top defenseman in Kris Letang. Kudos to the Pens, but now it’s time to shift gears back into the fantasy mindset and start mining for value and identifying some breakout [...]
Ramblings: Habs-Bolts followup, Scott Darling’s breakout and more (June 16)
First, if you missed Mike's coverage of the Jonathan Doruin-Mikhail Sergachev deal or Phil Housley being announced as the head coach of the Buffalo Sabres, check those out: […]
Tampa Bay Trades Jonathan Drouin to Montreal for Mikhail Sergachev
Rumblings had been there for days (weeks?) that Tampa Bay’s Jonathan Drouin would be traded to Montreal, with the likely return including Alex Galchenyuk. Those wouldn’t be the only pieces of the deal, but they would be the focal points. Thursday afternoon, Drouin was indeed traded to the Habs, only it wasn’t for Galchenyuk, it [...]