Capped: Holiday Shopping for the East – January 3
Happy New Year! Wishing you all the best for the new year, and that the things you want to change, change for the better. On this end of things though, not much is changing. You can still get all of your fantasy need-to-know right here. Dobber’s mid-season guide is almost here! Arrives January 11th. [...]
Ramblings: Updates on Price, Eichel, Pacioretty; Nilsson Traded; Looking Ahead to 2019 – January 3
Alex Ovechkin is turning down the opportunity to play in this year’s All Star Game, opting instead to just take the week to rest. With the rules the league put in place years ago, that means Ovechkin will have to miss a game either directly before or directly after the ASG itself. Given the [...]
Injury Ward: Eichel, Trocheck, Forsberg, & Schmaltz
Jack Eichel - USA Today Sports Images New year. New injuries. Here’s the latest in injury news from around the NHL. As always, follow me on Twitter @BrennanDeSouza to see these updates as soon as teams announce them. Rickard Rakell – The Ducks winger has been working out off the ice using [...]
Ramblings: Arvidsson, Pastrnak, Campbell, & 2018 In Review
Viktor Arvidsson. Perry Nelson / USA Today Sports Images The day began early as Chicago took part in their yearly outdoor game. This time the Blackhawks faced the Bruins in an original six matchup that featured some jersey that were on point. It was near perfect weather conditions for this one. Which [...]
Lining Up: Blues, Leafs, Stars, Ducks, and More – January 1
New year, new lines. In this week’s instalment, I’ll let you know which lines to watch out for in the new year. Before we get into that, we’ll take a quick glance at each team’s most productive line during the 2018 portion of this season. Using Dobber’s Line Production Tool, I compared even-strength point [...]
Eastern Edge: Roster Tweaks for the Stretch Run
It’s hard to believe that 2018 is all finished and that we are all in need of picking up the mid-season Dobber guide. It is the tool you need if you’re going to fine tune your roster for the stretch run. By now you should be looking to be swapping out players for a [...]
Ramblings: New Year’s Eve Games; Eichel; Nylander; Vrana; Jost; Look Back on 2018 – January 1
We had 13 games on the NHL schedule, Canada/Russia for first place in their group at the World Juniors, and even had Team Canada in the final at the Spengler Cup, so it was a busy day to say the least in the hockey world. Let’s get to the news first. * This came [...]