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 [...]

Paddle Down is Dead!

It’s tough to say this after I just got finished praising the guy for his remarkable return from injury, but Ryan Miller’s read on Ilya Kovalchuk’s breakway was pretty lousy. I don’t know how many times it has to be said, but PADDLE-DOWN IS DEAD. Paddle-down?! What the heck were you thinking, Miller!? Besides the obnoxious poke-check, the paddle-down movement has to be the worst one [...]

School of Block Episode #3

School of Block is back in session, kiddos, so grab your seats and learn more in our weekly podcast! Alongside Launy “The” Schwartz from HockeyBarn.com, we return for another show that’s sure to teach you a few things about the position from between the pipes. Martin Gerber was one of the main topics during our Trade Deadline Recap show last [...]

Solid Masonry

Steve Mason has seven shutouts on a team that has never made the playoffs before. He’s only 20 years old and although still a rookie, is probably never going back to the minors again. Sounds like another classic Cinderella goalie story…one that has to end sooner than later, right? Well it turns out that the [...]