The Canadiens made a coaching change on February 9th, relieving Dominique Ducharme of his duties and appointing Martin St. Louis as the team’s interim head coach. It was a necessary move as the team looked listless all season, winning eight of their 45 games under Ducharme while averaging a league-worst 3.98 goals against and 2.20 [...]
Welcome back to another edition of Lining Up. There have now been a few games since some major coaching changes in EDM and MTL, so this week will examine some notable differences on the rosters and highlight any players that may now be considered worth picking up. Let’s dive in. Evander Kane Starting with EDM, [...]
Vladimir Tarasenko missed a game over the weekend and with his recent, lengthy injury that saw him miss most of last year and much of the year before, there are always concerns. Those concerns were alleviated on Monday as he was at practice and coach Berube said they expect him to play on Tuesday night [...]
We did an early check-in in Mid-November here about the power plays in the West and how each team was doing and what players' ice time and production were. Three months later we will see where teams and players have been trending. I’m going to be using PPP/60Min. The best players typically come in between [...]
A good power play can make all the difference in the NHL, but also with your fantasy squad. A player one year might have 70 points, with 20 of them coming on the power-play. If that same player struggles with the man advantage the following season and finishes with five power-play points, he might drop [...]
This injury to Brendan Smith looks pretty serious: https://twitter.com/SportsLigma/status/1495466054201622532 The result was Brady Skjei, Jaccob Slavin and Brett Pesce each seeing over 25:30 of ice time on Sunday against the Penguins. Seth Jarvis saw a near season-low for ice time. His 9:22 was only above the 9:14 that he saw in the second game of [...]
Every Sunday, we share 21 Fantasy Rambles from our writers at DobberHockey. These thoughts are curated from the past week's ‘Daily Ramblings’. Writers/Editors: Ian Gooding, Michael Clifford, Alexander MacLean, and Dobber ___ 1. Frozen Tools Forensics writer Chris Kane profiled 4th Year Breakout players in his article this week. The most prominent name on that [...]
Hey everybody, we are heading down the final stretch of the season and I thought now might be a nice time to reflect on a few players, specifically rookies. It’s been a good year for rookies this season and there are a handful of standouts. I think more and more it’s becoming a young player’s [...]
You might not have projected it before the season, but Buffalo’s top line of Tage Thompson – Jeff Skinner – Alex Tuch is fantasy relevant. Yes, all three players. Tuch has scored at a point per game since he arrived. Skinner is already 20 points ahead of his production from all of last season. Then [...]
The Toronto Maple Leafs have traded Nick Ritchie and a conditional second-round pick to Arizona for Ryan Dzingel and Ilya Lyubushkin. Ritchie, who was signed to a two-year contract with a $2.5 million cap hit this past offseason, was demoted to the AHL in early February. He had scored just two goals in 33 games [...]
