Capped: Unpredictable contract negotiations
In looking more at my player salary projections, there are a lot of players that the numbers make sense for, at least when I think about why they come out as they do. In some cases, the numbers force me to re-evaluate my pre-conceived notions on a player or situation, which is one of [...]
Top 200 Fantasy Prospect Forwards – January 2020
Here are the Top 200 prospect forwards to own in your points only keeper league - January edition! Still recovering, adjusting, tweaking (with your help in the comments and on Twitter, thank you) from the debacle of last month. Still rebuilding the template, though it's pretty thoroughly done now. Players between +/-5.0 rating points [...]
Ramblings: Gallant fired; Hart injured; Farabee demoted; Ritchie waived – January 16
The Vegas Golden Knights fired coach Gerard Gallant on Wednesday morning, which came as a pretty big surprise (though I’ll get to that). He led the expansion franchise to a Stanley Cup Final in their first year and another playoff appearance in their second year. He was replaced by Peter DeBoer, who had been [...]
Fantasy Take: Vegas Baby! Gerard Gallant Out, Peter DeBoer In
Chalk this one up to things I didn't expect to be writing about today. The Las Vegas Golden Knights have fired head coach, Gerad Gallant and immediately replaced him with Peter Deboer. Gallant, less than two years removed from leading the expansion club to the Stanley Cup Finals and winning the Jack Adams for [...]
Injury Ward: Gostisbehere, Hart, Drouin, Bjorkstrand, Strome and Rask
Howdy reader! You strike me as a smart person with good taste. How do I know that? Well for starters, you clicked on this article! Why not continue your current run of excellent decision-making by picking up a copy of Dobber’s Midseason Guide over here? The guide comes with a whole bunch of useful information that brings [...]
Goldipucks and the Three Skaters: Zibanejad, Teravainen, & Vatanen
With the halfway point of the regular season having now passed, it’s important to look beneath the surface to identify sustainable - and, arguably even more so, unsustainable - patterns emerging for skaters. That’s where this column comes in. For first time readers or those needing a refresher, the column is a play [...]
Ramblings: Crosby Returns, Backstrom Signs, Huberdeau Gets No Respect, Girard & Boeser (Jan 15)
After a two month absence at the hands of a sports hernia injury, Sidney Crosby returned to action Tuesday evening against the Wild. The Pens' captain has officially taken the reins back from Evgeni Malkin who was unconscious during that spell. As he always is when Crosby is injured. Pittsburgh led the league [...]
Eastern Edge: Power-play production in the Metro Division
Howdy reader! You strike me as a smart person with good taste. How do I know that? Well for starters, you clicked on this article! Why not continue your current run of excellent decision-making by picking up a copy of Dobber’s Midseason Guide over here? I can’t tell you how often I refer to [...]