For the last 23 years (13 with The Hockey News) DobberHockey has reviewed each team from a fantasy-hockey standpoint and graded them. The 24th annual review will appear here on DobberHockey throughout the summer. This is not a review of the likely performance on the ice or in the standings, but in the realm of [...]
Early Friday morning – depending on where you’re located – the Anaheim Ducks made a deal to shore up their blue line by trading for Washington Capitals defenceman John Carlson, per Elliotte Friedman. Going to Washington is a conditional first-round pick in this year’s draft (it slides to next year if the Ducks miss the [...]
Happy Monday y’all! Man, has it been fun watching Olympic hockey with the world's best playing. I know some of the games get lopsided because of the talent difference, but honestly, that has led to some beautiful scoring opportunities and pretty passing plays. Last week we covered some of the forwards playing in this tournament [...]
This week on Frozen Tool Forensics we are turning specifically toward defence production. There are certainly a number of D making headlines, from rookie Matthew Schaefer whom we discussed last week, to Simon Nemec pulling off a hattrick, to Cale Makar casually on an 111-point pace. Today though I want to focus on players who [...]
With the season opening on October 7 and preseason wrapping up Saturday, most rosters are basically locked in. A few rookies will get the usual nine-game look before teams decide whether to keep them and burn a year of their ELC or send them to the AHL for more seasoning. Nothing is finalized, once the [...]
The Anaheim Ducks hired Joel Quenneville to be their next coach after firing Greg Cronin last month at the end of the regular season. I wrote about that hiring here. * Connor McMichael intercepted a puck in the neutral zone, sped past the Carolina defenders, and scored on Frederik Andersen to give the Washington Capitals [...]
