Capped: Observations and notes on recent Draft and free agent news

By |2020-08-12T23:25:18-04:00August 13th, 2020|Capped|

We’re back with the “first round” of the playoffs in August, and we have the 23rd and 24th overall regular season teams playing games. We saw the fourth-longest game in NHL history on Tuesday night, prompting morning hockey on Wednesday. And, most shockingly, the Edmonton Oilers didn’t win a draft lottery. There’s a lot that [...]

Ramblings: Post-play-in interviews; Kase, Krejci, and DeBrusk; Backstrom injured – August 13

By |2020-08-13T09:32:24-04:00August 13th, 2020|Hockey Rambling|

It was clean out day for teams that have been eliminated. There were lots of quotes to come out of the Toronto dressing room – Auston Matthews used “embarrassing”; Zach Hyman used some variation of “sucks” a lot – but I’ll leave those alone for now. They need to back up words with actions. What [...]

Forum Buzz: Moving McDavid, Young Defenders, & Stashing Netminders

By |2020-08-09T19:42:18-04:00August 12th, 2020|Roos Lets Loose|

Welcome back to Forum Buzz, where I peruse the DobberHockey Forums and weigh in on very active, heavily debated, or otherwise relevant recent threads, reminding everyone how great of a resource the Forums are, especially now that the season is paused. Nearly anything might be covered here, other than trades and signings, which usually get separate write-ups [...]

Ramblings: NYR’s Big Decision, STL’s Goaltending, Dube, & Korpisalo (Aug. 12)

By |2020-08-12T00:03:34-04:00August 12th, 2020|Hockey Rambling|

Do you know who would be suffocatingly frustrating to play against? The Columbus Blue Jackets. After dismissing a top-five offensive team in the Maple Leafs during the play-in round, CBJ took on the Lightning in a rematch of last year’s first-round series. One in which they handily swept the Eastern Conference powerhouse.  In Tuesday’s game, [...]

Eastern Edge: Previewing the first round matchups of the 2020 NHL Playoffs

By |2020-08-11T14:34:28-04:00August 11th, 2020|Eastern Edge|

In this week’s Eastern Edge, we preview the Eastern Conference playoff matchups. Let me know your thoughts in the comments below or shoot me a message on Twitter @BrennanDeSouza! Check out all the Dobber writers’ playoff predictions here and feel free to tell us how foolish our picks are!   Philadelphia Flyers vs. Montreal Canadiens [...]

Experts Panel: Playoff Round 1 Predictions

By |2020-08-11T00:39:46-04:00August 11th, 2020|The Dobotomy|

After a four-month layoff, the play-in round and round-robin turned out to be as unpredictable as they could have been. The panel as a whole took it on the chin as far as majority rankings went, only choosing two of the eight play-in series (NY Islanders over Florida, Vancouver over Minnesota) correctly. Three series in [...]

Ramblings: Rangers win the Lottery; Hamilton update; previewing the first round – August 11

By |2020-08-10T18:43:36-04:00August 11th, 2020|Hockey Rambling|

The big news we’ve been waiting a month for was which play-in team would end up with the first overall pick in the lottery. Because of the abbreviated season, teams agreed to allow the play-in franchises to the lottery draft, and they won. The lottery for first overall was Monday night and as hockey fans [...]

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