Lining Up: Way-Too-Early Line Combinations in the Western Conference
Welcome back to another edition of Lining Up. Continuing with the theme from last week, we will now turn to the Western Conference and examine way-too-early line combinations from the preseason so far. With a [...]
Ramblings: Zegras Signs; Training Camp Notes; Mock Drafting and Values for DeBrincat, Dubois, Eriksson Ek, Nurse, and More – October 3
Another day, another slew of training camp notes: Anaheim has signed RFA forward Trevor Zegras for three years with an AAV of $5.75M.The Leafs announced defenceman Conor Timmins has some sort of significant lower-body injury [...]
Wild West: Western Conference Only – Forward Tiers
Now that we have tiered the goalies and defensemen for the West, it is time to move on to the forwards. There are a lot more forwards than defense, so we will focus on just [...]
Top 10 Potential First-Time 70-Point Forwards for 2023-24
One of my favorite things to do each preseason is to try to figure out which players have a shot of reaching 70 points for the first time in their careers. Some of these players [...]
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Ramblings: Laine, Roslovic with Gaudreau; Hellebuyck; Caufield & more (July 23)
Things are looking up for Elias Lindholm. Despite losing 2/3s of arguably the best line in hockey last year, getting Jonathan Huberdeau and his 85 assists from a season ago as a consolation prize isn’t [...]
Fantasy Take: Oliver Bjorkstrand Traded To Seattle
There was news on Friday afternoon that Columbus had extended Patrik Laine for four years with an average annual value of $8.7M. That put the Blue Jackets in excess of $6M over the cap and [...]
Frozen Tool Forensics: Riding the Goalie Carousel Part 1
We had a fun few days of free agency, and while there are certainly still some names out there, not much has happened recently. There has been a lot of analysis here at Dobber Hockey, [...]
Ramblings: Fantasy Rookie Drafts; Free Agency Thoughts; Matthew Tkachuk, David Quinn & More (Jul 22)
Between Dobber covering for me on free-agency opening day, and swapping days with Cliffy this week, it has been a while since I got to share some thoughts here. I’ll start with the draft, and [...]
Fantasy Take: Niederreiter Moves On To Nashville
One of the more notable free agents left on the board signed on with a new team on Thursday morning. Nino Niederreiter, the recent Carolina Hurricane winger, latched onto Nashville for a two-year deal carrying [...]
Capped: Discussing Free Agent Signings Like Gaudreau, Copp, and Palat – Part 2
Much like last week, I plan on discussing some of the free agent/trade targets and the contracts that they have recently signed. Since the free agent commenced, there has been sizable movement across the league, [...]