In a move that some Canadiens fans had been praying for for a while now, a 5-4 shootout loss to the basement dwelling Ottawa Senators was the last straw in Julien's tenure as he was fired Wednesday morning. Julien had a successful set of regular seasons with the team, compiling a 129-123-35 record in his [...]
If it seems like we’re in an age of amazingly talented young defensemen, it’s because we are. Rasmus Dahlin had the best teen season output for a rearguard in almost 40 years, which is also as long as it had been since the last time two defensemen (Cale Makar, Quinn Hughes) who were age 21 or younger [...]
We had a typical Tuesday night with six games on the docket plus some other news, so get comfy, grab your coffee, tea, or drink of choice, and let’s get rolling. * The NHL rescheduled 31 games to help fit the schedule in around the constantly shifting Covid landscape. You can find all of the details here, [...]
In this week’s Eastern Edge, we’ll see how the East’s most productive defensemen this year compare to those of recent years. This article was inspired by Grant’s piece on the top 15 multi-category defensemen in the West, so I recommend you check that out over here. The Process I looked at the highest scoring defenseman [...]
Welcome to another week of ‘Lining Up’. Over the past few days we learned once again that Auston Matthews and Connor McDavid are very good at their jobs, that Sidney Crosby now has even more silver, and most importantly, that somewhere in the mountains of Nevada lives a man named Dusty Gooch. Just to quickly [...]
The big news from Monday was that Artemi Panarin will be taking a leave of absence from the team following abuse allegations against an 18-year-old girl stemming from 2011. This is not the forum for discussing geo-politics or abuse allegations so I will say this: Abuse allegations are serious.Russia is notorious for smearing dissidents, which [...]
Weekly Western Leaders (to February 21st, 2021) - in bold leads the NHL Goals – 12 – Brock Boeser - Vancouver, Connor McDavid - Edmonton Assists – 25 – Connor McDavid - Edmonton Points – 37 - Connor McDavid - Edmonton PPP – 16 - Connor McDavid - Edmonton Shots on Goal – 78 - [...]
Even though we’re about six weeks into the season, there are still plenty of good options on the waiver wire that can help your squad contend for your fantasy hockey championship. There are always players just waiting to be plucked. It’s just a matter of going through the waiver wire to find those players. Ideally, [...]
Alexis Lafreniere has been a bit of a conundrum for fantasy owners. I know Ian touched on him Saturday, but I want to expand on it a bit. We don’t know in advance what we’re getting from the top picks of the latest draft. Yes, first overall almost always makes the team right away. Ditto [...]
Every Sunday, we'll share 21 Fantasy Rambles from our writers at DobberHockey. These thoughts are curated from the past week's ‘Daily Ramblings’. Writers/Editors: Ian Gooding, Michael Clifford, Alexander MacLean, and Dobber ___ 1. Whether Patrik Laine likes John Tortorella or not, the numbers (4-3-7 in nine outings) show that the trade from Winnipeg hasn't hurt [...]
