Dirty 30 Weekend

I took the weekend to catch up on the fantasy goalie landscape by providing you with a quick and dirty look at all 30 NHL teams and their current situations in goal. I made it through 20 teams by Sunday afternoon before I was distracted by … sleep! It’s Monday morning, but what’s a Dirty 30 Weekend without busting through the finish [...]

Skill vs. Opportunity

Remind me to let Dobber Nation choose the lesson plan more often. All of the requests were quite astute, so rest assured I’ll be doing this more often. Now a few of you posed the same question: who will be this season’s breakout goalie? You thirst for that answer because it could turn your entire [...]

Big A signs in Big D

So instead of giving Richard Bachman a chance to be the outright backup to Marty Turco, the Dallas Stars decide to bring in another gap-stop backup netminder in Alex Auld for just $1 million. That’s actually a very good price to spend on Auld, who is certainly capable of pushing Turco to play more consistent and [...]

Jonas Gustavsson’s Fantasy Impact

If you frequent this website or follow my analysis on DobberHockey and Twitter, the announcement that Jonas Gustavsson has signed with Toronto comes as absolutely no surprise. Even though I had personally been leaning towards Dallas as his final destination, you had to be living under a rock to not know Toronto was a great fit for him.   The are [...]

A Blind Step Over the Edge

From the mountains of Denver to the sunny beaches of San Jose, then from the sweltering southern humidity of Dallas to the media frenzy and tradition of Toronto, Jonas Gustavsson has experienced a multitude of different hockey cultures in just over one week. Along with his agent Joe Resnick, The Monster slung himself around North America looking for answers, insight and a high comfort level along his path to choosing an NHL suitor. He was treated like royalty in all four [...]