Top 10 Worst Peripheral Forwards
Top 10 forwards who provide solid point totals but poor peripherals […]
Ramblings: Penguins, Pouliot, Pulock (May 22)
Penguins, Pouliot, Pulock, and more… […]
Ramblings: Predators Close In on Final, Playoff Surprise Players (May 21)
Predators Close In on Final, Playoff Surprise Players […]
The Journey – Fastest-Rising Prospect Defencemen
This week's The Journey reviews the fastest-rising prospect defencemen from Dobber's prospect list. **** The Journey examines Dobber’s Top 50 Prospect Defensemen list, and assesses the fast risers in the May rankings. Although the top of the ranking has largely remained the same, there are some new names who have snuck into the back end [...]
Ramblings: Pens Even Series, Ryan Johansen, Mike Cammalleri, Filip Forsberg – May 20
Pens down Sens, Ryan Johansen's injury, power-play units, and more. **** Pittsburgh-Ottawa It was a much better start to the game for the Penguins as they managed to not go down 4-0 after the first 13 minutes of the contest. In fact, they took a 1-0 lead into the first intermission on a goal from [...]
Frozen Pool Forensics: Jake Guentzel
As the weather continues to turn warmer, we as fantasy hockey managers are forced to begin the mighty task of projecting into the next fall and beyond. With that never-ending forecasting comes many opinions and debates that easily abound, and right now, there doesn’t appear to be a more polarizing fantasy asset than Jake [...]
Ramblings: Corey Perry, Patrick Maroon, Nazem Kadri and more (May 19)
My last ramblings discussed the sneaky value Evgeni Malkin provided in the PIM column. How I stumbled upon that stat grab was looking into Patrick Maroon, as the Oilers winger was one of just six players to post 25 goals, 40 points, 75 PIM and 150 shots last season. Maroon obviously benefitted from playing [...]
Capped: The Russian Connection
This week's Capped digs into the Russians coming over to the NHL, and what we may be able to expect from them. **** Having been away on vacation the first 10 days of May, I missed being able to give my thoughts on the rumours of all of these Russians coming back over from the [...]
Ramblings: Sens Rout Pens, Chris Wideman, Blackhawks Fantasy Performers – May 18
Senators take a 2-1 series lead, Chris Wideman, and thoughts on Blackhawks fantasy performances **** Pittsburgh-Ottawa It was a perfect start for Ottawa, as Mike Hoffman corralled a puck behind the net and banked it in off Pittsburgh netminder Marc-André Fleury’s right pad and in the net less than a minute into the game. About [...]