Hilarious parody I stuck at the bottom. A must see! I guess Henrik Karlsson didn't like his chances of cracking the Sharks. Two months after being added to their practice roster and nine months after signing with them, he has signed to play in the KHL next year. The netminder is actually profiled [...]
“We have a trade to announce...” are the only words any hockey fan ever wishes to hear out of Gary Bettman’s mouth. There may be no more exciting off-ice situation in the NHL than the draft day trade announcement. There is no shortage of star players available at the draft this year – Mike Ribeiro, Tomas Kaberle, and Sheldon Souray to name a few. There are several premier soon-to-be-free agents whose rights may be up for grabs as well – Ilya Kovalchuk, Anton Volchenkov, Dan Hamhuis, Patrick Marleau, Paul Martin... the list goes on.
Buy the Fantasy Prospects Report - HERE I didn't think they could do it, or would even try - which is contrary to what has been coming out of Detroit. Well, what has been coming out of Detroit turned out to be correct - the Wings signed Todd Bertuzzi. Two years, just over [...]
Just in the last few days, the St. Louis Blues got a “one in, one out” deal with Russian prospects. Evgeny Skachkov, whose agent announced that he signed an ELC with the Blues, signed instead a three-year deal with KHL reigning champions Ak Bars Kazan, while blueliner Nikita Nikitin signed with them for real, as reported on their official site.
But now it’s the NHL draft time and thus most of the attention is focused on prospects. Some time ago I wrote about Maxim Kitsyn, now I’m going to write about some underrated prospects. There are three players whose stock is rather low in North America, mostly because of the lack of visibility for scouts, but this doesn’t mean that they aren’t good players or have less potential than other, but more known, players.
There are big fish in the NHL free agent pond every summer. In 2008, the Chicago Blackhawks made Brian Campbell a $7 million man. That same year, the Rangers shelled out $39 million for Wade Redden. The Bruins gave the one-dimensional Michael Ryder $4 million per for three years. In 2009, Chicago gave Marian Hossa a career contract worth over $5 million per season. The Rangers took a major risk when they gave Marian Gaborik $7.5 million per season.
The Blues are busy today - they just acquired TJ Hensick from Colorado. Analysis coming... Angus here - just got home - extensive Halak coverage on the way! Dobber here - Angus will have a full trade breakdown coming up. Jaroslav Halak has been dealt to the Blues for Lars Eller and [...]
I was out most of today and missed the Halak trade break. Thanks to Twitter, I was able to read a blow-by-blow account of the deal occurring on my phone after the fact, and I started to jot down a few thoughts that I had on the deal, which I will now share with you. First and foremost, the goalie market in the NHL is officially dead. If the waiving of Ilya Bryzgalov a few years ago was the first sign of the lack of value goalies carry in the NHL (to me, it isn’t the ‘new’ NHL any longer), the Halak trade was the final nail in the goalie market coffin.
With the news that Jaroslav Halak’s rights were traded from Montreal to St. Louis earlier today, the free agent goalie carousel was set in motion and has now started to spin. Let the madness begin. Below is some insight on the fantasy fallout, from the trade, including the impact it has for goaltenders on both teams.
The fifth annual Fantasy Guide is now available for sale in the shop - French and English Buy the Fantasy Prospects Report - HERE The NHL Entry Draft is only one week away! We are going to host a live chat on DobberHockey with all of your favourite writers! I expect a [...]
The Devils are going to have to undergo a massive rebuild in a few years. Brodeur is 38, Arnott is 35, Langenbrunner is 35, Elias is 34, and Rolston is 37. Thankfully they have Parise, Zajac, and a pair of strong prospects in Tedenby and Josefson. This is just me speculating, but Tomas [...]
