Welcome back to Thursday ramblings. Are you excited, I am. Make sure you keep checking out the 31-in-31 series FYI my Capitals one is coming out on the 30th so big time watch for that as I am nice. ******************************* I figure I will do another episode of my super [...]
‘ We haven’t been publishing prospect ramblings during the month of July all that often because so much of our time has been used on the 31-in-31 series – remember to check them out on a daily basis. But I had a little bit of free time, so I figured I’d share the results of [...]
*** With most of the free agency shuffle complete for the summer, we can finally do what I do every summer prior to fantasy drafts - figure out where the spots actually are for rookies to make an impact. For this article, I'm going to stick to forwards. Kids in the AHL can always [...]
On a personal note, it’s been something of a whirlwind these past three weeks for me. At the completion of the 2018 NHL Entry Draft, I flew home to join my wife in packing, selling and moving all the possessions we’ve accumulated over the last near-decade. Some boxes went on a buddy’s truck [...]
Welcome back to Thursdays prospect ramblings where I have no idea what to talk about as there have been no major signings, trades, or games played since last week that have no already been covered. EXCITING! Get ready for a full ramblings of updates on my keeper drafts. Side note: Fantrax is the [...]
‘ This week, I didn’t have a topic in mind for my ramblings. I was scrolling through the Dobber Forum looking for ideas when it hit me – I’ll take some prospects-related questions from the forum and provide my answer here. I tried to select questions that might be relevant in more than just one [...]
One of the biggest challenges for off-season Fantasy Hockey is keeping up to date on what moves and transactions are made in the real world and how it may impact your fantasy keeper decisions. This is even more difficult in deep keeper leagues that mirror the NHL and have full prospect rosters, or at least [...]
Welcome back to the Thursday ramblings where I cannot discuss more draft picks in my fantasy leagues as the two I am waiting on are taking forever. So instead I will discuss……other things, like my keeper leagues and just some random thoughts ************* The draft I mentioned last week concluded and I [...]
‘ The big news on Sunday was obviously Tavares taking his talents to Toronto but because we care about prospects here, I’m going to write about some moves that affected them. First, let’s start with the big trade that happened on Sunday night. St. Louis Blues acquire Ryan O’Reilly The Sabres finally found [...]
image courtesy of NHL.com *** When the salary cap came into effect, smart teams realized the importance of having prospects with upside on cheap deals composing a certain percentage of their roster. Every year, teams search for cheap "tweener" players - not too high of a pedigree, not yet in the NHL [...]
