The Canucks, unhappy with his minus-4 last night and minus-7 on the season, have assigned Ryan Shannon to Manitoba. He has the same points this season as Naslund, who is a minus-6...but Naslund is a proven commodity whereas Shannon is still finding his way in the NHL. Losing 8-2, someone had to take the fall, [...]
Alexei Ponikarovsky has injured his leg in the morning skate. Simon Gamache and Anton Stralman have been called up from the Marlies. Gamache will play on a line with Tucker and Stajan. If you have a roster spot where the pickings are slim...and you have a 'what the hell?' attitude...give Gamache a one-game look-see. He [...]
The Isles have finally and officially signed Bryan Berard to a contract. He is most definitely worth a pick up in your roto league asap. Not so much in keepers, because of his injury risk. I sat on that bum for nearly three years... and NOW he looks good? The Hossa news is a huge opportunity [...]
Jon Sim sprained his knee on Saturday and Jeff Tambellini has been recalled. It will be Tamby's chance to redeem himself. AM 640, TSN and Kukla's Korner are all reporting that Leaf forward Jason Blake has leukemia. It is very treatable and he is currently taking pills for it, so that is very good news. Tomas Vokoun [...]
Any FANTASY HOCKEY GUIDES that are ordered will be emailed within 30 minutes. "Looking Ahead " has been updated. I invite you to check it out if you haven't already. Very valuable stuff if you are in a roto-league. Offside Sports - for the latest addition to DobberHockey, see the end of the ramblings... Bryan Berard was running [...]
Any FANTASY HOCKEY GUIDES that are ordered will be emailed within 30 minutes. TSN is reporting that Dany Heatley signed a contract extension for six years worth $7.5 million per. The Rangers are going with Straka and Roszival to man the point on their top PP. Tyutin will be on the second unit with either Mara or [...]
11pm: POOL GUIDES that are purchased will be emailed at 7am EST on Tuesday. Nik Zherdev looked lost and disinterested in last night's contest against the Sabres. The experiment at putting him at center will be over if things don't change soon. Stay tuned. Kris Russell is looking more and more like a 'lock' to make the [...]
Video may be finicky - try Internet Explorer, that seems to work every time. Firefox is touch and go. We're working on the problem. Kyle Wellwood underwent surgery on his sports hernia - a repeat of the surgery he had last season and he will be out indefinitely. Do not expect him in the lineup before [...]
Hockey pool announcement in the forum. Invitations to the DobberHockey pool - Entry Division - have been sent to the 12 winners. Andrei Taratyukhin has signed a three-year deal to play for Ufa in Russia, according to a pair of Russian sources. He is ranked 147 on my Fantasy Prospects list, but will likely fall out of [...]
