LA Kings sign top prospect goalie Cal Petersen July 1st is a big day in hockey as it marks the opening bell of the Free agent Frenzy. The deals signed have a massive ripple effect through fantasy hockey leagues as well: Players on new teams in different situations, playing with different linemates, under a [...]
The electrifying yet maddeningly inconsistent Teemu Pulkinen has moved from one desert NHL team to another, being claimed by Vegas in the expansion draft from Arizona. His contract situation remains murky. In two recent columns, I rambled about new RFAs and UFAs and whether their contract year performances helped or hurt their chances of [...]
A slightly less publicized deadline has passed in the NHL this week: that for RFA qualification. Teams had until the 26th to qualify their RFA, stopping them from becoming UFAs on July 1st. Qualification means that a team reserves the right to match any contract offer that player gets from another club, whereas [...]
The CHL Import Draft took place this morning with 72 players being drafted across 54 OHL, QMJHL and WHL teams. The Barrie Colts had the first overall pick, and snatched up the potential 2018 NHL first overall draft pick in Andrei Svechnikov, who had been playing his junior hockey for Muskegon of the USHL before [...]
We all know the deal - Friday and Saturday marked one of the most exciting hockey prospect event of the year: the 2017 NHL Entry Draft. I'm not going to list every single pick from every single team (you can check out the DobberProspect team pages for in-depth thoughts on all fantasy-relevant prospects), but I [...]
No more expansion mock drafts, the Vegas Golden Knights plucked their expansion player off the other 30 NHL teams yesterday and in combination with several trades (and more to come no doubt) teams depth charts make an adjustment. Here is a quick reaction to some prospects that are poised to move up the depth chart [...]
The 2017 NHL entry draft is now less than a week away! Are you ready? Most fantasy leagues that incorporate a prospect draft of NHL Entry Draft players don’t run until after the draft once all the dust settles and all the fantasy relevant players are slotted in team depth charts. But it is never [...]
If you're anything like the hockey-crazy writers here at DobberProspects, you've been guessing for months who your favorite team will be protecting from the Vegas Golden Knights, and today we've finally been given the names. Sure, side deals mean that many of these players aren't ACTUALLY available, but the lists are out - the real [...]
Talented yet underachieving blueliner Derrick Pouliot could be one of the new faces as Pittsburgh shoots for a third straight Stanley Cup? Will he seize the opportunity? When Pittsburgh entered the NHL in 1967, I laughed. Calling yourselves Penguins doesn’t exactly conjure a virile image to stiffen the resolve of your fans and intimidate [...]
Now that the 2017 Stanley Cup Playoffs have ended, and the Pittsburgh Penguins have been crowned champions, lets take a closer look at some under the radar prospects who performed well along the way. Also, stick tap to the Grand Rapids Griffins who closed out the Syracuse Crunch to win the 2017 Calder Cup [...]
