Let’s take a quick look at the list of PTOs, and note anyone who could have some fantasy relevance this upcoming season if signed. Tyson Barrie, CGY Barrie is the only one here who would be a presence on a team's top power play unit. He didn't fit at all in Nashville, but otherwise has [...]
Welcome back to Goldipucks and the Three Skaters, a play on words of the Goldilocks and the Three Bears story. Instead of there being three bowls of porridge though, I cover three skaters and declare one too hot (i.e., doing unsustainably better than he should), another too cold (i.e., doing unsustainably worse), and a third [...]
What I’ve done in past years around this time is writing a quick note on each of the top 100 players by ADP, and it has generally received positive feedback. However, as I am now a dad of three girls, two of them newborns, I don’t have as much time to put together a Rambling [...]
Starting this Ramblings off with a birthday shout out to my dad who turned 65 a few days ago. I wanted to thank him for all the amazing support he’s given me that have helped me become who I am. We need to appreciate these people in our lives as much as we can, because [...]
It’s time again for a poll I like to run every summer, focusing on which players are primed to hit the all-important point per game mark for the first time in the upcoming season. Looking back at 2023-24, among 33 (down from 38 in 2022-23) skaters who appeared in at least half of their teams’ [...]
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He's not a Claude Julien player, so he's been traded. The Bruins sent Brandon Bochenski to the Anahiem Ducks for Shane Hnidy and a sixth rounder. This is decent news if you've been stuck with Bochenski on your team, as a fresh start is always nice. He'll either fit in, or he won't. If he [...]
He's not a Claude Julien player, so he's been traded. The Bruins sent Brandon Bochenski to the Anahiem Ducks for Shane Hnidy and a sixth rounder. This is decent news if you've been stuck with Bochenski on your team, as a fresh start is always nice. He'll either fit in, or he won't. If he [...]
He's not a Claude Julien player, so he's been traded. The Bruins sent Brandon Bochenski to the Anahiem Ducks for Shane Hnidy and a sixth rounder. This is decent news if you've been stuck with Bochenski on your team, as a fresh start is always nice. He'll either fit in, or he won't. If he [...]
This column, and all of Dobber's columns, can also be found at The Hockey News, ESPN.com and MSN.ca. Originally published April 18.
Most NHL playoff drafts did not involve a heck of a lot of participants tripping over themselves to try to pick up some Tampa Bay Lightning players, but those that did manage to ‘settle’ for some in the latter rounds are pretty happy.
