Ramblings: Lightning vs. Stars in Final, Cirelli OT Hero, Players Whose Value Has Fallen in Postseason (Sept 18)

Ramblings: Lightning vs. Stars in Final, Cirelli OT Hero, Players Whose Value Has Fallen in Postseason (Sept 18)

By |2020-09-18T01:50:33-04:00September 18th, 2020|Hockey Rambling|

We now have a Stanley Cup Final, which gets going on Saturday. Lightning 2, Islanders 1 OT (Lightning win series 4-2) If you picked Anthony Cirelli in your overtime challenge, congratulations. Cirelli scored 13:18 into overtime to send Tampa Bay to the Stanley Cup Final. Here’s the goal, which didn’t look like it went in [...]

Fantasy Impact: Straight up – Eric Staal for Marcus Johansson

By |2020-09-17T23:22:14-04:00September 17th, 2020|Fantasy Take - Latest NHL Moves|

On Wednesday afternoon, the Wild and Sabres traded forwards with a year remaining on their deals. The Sabres brought in three-time 40-goal man Eric Staal while the Wild took in 29-year-old Marcus Johansson. No money was retained by either side. The Wild Receive: A versatile forward who lives in the 40-point pace year after year. [...]

Ramblings: the Vegas power play; the Montreal blue line; the superstar heading overseas; Staal/MoJo swap – September 17

By |2020-09-17T01:28:28-04:00September 17th, 2020|Hockey Rambling|

We’ve seen lots of young players head overseas as their teams try to continue their development, and that makes all the sense in the world with so much time between last season and next season. I also saw Joe Thornton went back to Davos where he played during the lockout but he hasn’t suited up [...]

Forum Buzz: Ranking Blueliners, Tkachuk vs Connor, Peterson, Varlamov, & More

By |2020-09-16T00:33:02-04:00September 16th, 2020|Roos Lets Loose|

Welcome back to Forum Buzz, where I peruse the DobberHockey Forums and weigh in on active, heavily debated, or otherwise relevant recent threads, reminding folks just how great a resource the Forums are. Nearly anything might be covered here, other than trades and signings, which usually get their own separate write-ups on the main site and are also usually [...]

Top 50 Fantasy Prospect Defensemen

By |2020-09-14T16:03:38-04:00September 16th, 2020|Hockey Rankings|

Here are the top 50 prospect defensemen to own in your points-only keeper leagues - September edition! Not much changing this month, as I present to you the last rankings for prospect forwards that do not include the 2020 draftees. Next month - Jamie Drysdale debuts! How does he stack up against Boqvist and Dawson? [...]

Eastern Edge: Evaluating three lines from the Lightning-Islanders Conference Final

By |2020-09-15T18:34:58-04:00September 15th, 2020|Eastern Edge|

In this week’s Eastern Edge, we’ll look at a few important lines from this year’s Eastern Conference Final between the Tampa Bay Lightning and New York Islanders.   Ondrej Palat – Brayden Point – Nikita Kucherov Brayden Point and Nikita Kucherov have headlined the 2020 playoffs, stringing together a number of outstanding performances as Tampa [...]

Top 100 Roto Rankings – September 2020

By |2020-09-14T19:34:54-04:00September 15th, 2020|Hockey Rankings|

With the Stanley Cup Final now very close, we’ve had a chance to learn more about many players. Some of which deserve a bump in value, some of which need to be bumped down the rankings. Here are the Roto Rankings adjusted for September. Normally this is the month in which many drafts are taking [...]

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