Fantasy Guide can be found here. We have 9 invitees AWOL from the registration in our leagues, if you are not registered in Yahoo - please contact Shoeless ASAP for a re-invite. You may do so by PM or email: dobberentrycommish at yahoo dot com Wild afternoon cuts include Morten Madsen, Jon DiSalvatore [...]
A few weeks ago I posted this topic in the Dobber Hockey forums. I rang off 10 bold predictions (fearless forecasts, if you will) for the upcoming season and asked forum members to do the same. I promised to give a free fantasy team audit to anyone who ended up with more correct predictions than me at the end of the season (provided they were not predicting things like Sidney Crosby breaking 90 points). The predictions ranged from conservative and cautious to extremely unlikely (and in some cases laughable, which was appreciated by all). I have had my list posted for over a week now, but without any justification or reasoning as to why I made those predictions. I’ll now dive into further detail.
Last week my column was related to players who were being overrated in Yahoo Mock Drafts. This week I’m going to do a complete 180 and take a look at players who are undervalued and unappreciated in similar mock drafts. I participated in random Yahoo mock drafts ranging from eight to 14 teams from H2H to Roto leagues with standard settings. This is what I found based on the size of the leagues:
Reminder - this afternoon I will remove all blue highlights and make it normal font throughout my Fantasy Guide. Each update I make is highlighted in blue, and I update so often that the document is becoming too blue, so I will reset it this afternoon. FrozenPool section now supports the latest 2009-2010 Exhibition [...]
A prospect can improve at an incredibly fast rate when someone that mastered the position at the NHL level is constantly providing that prospect with feedback. Especially with a position like goaltending, one that relies on non-stop progression and refinement, having a goalie consultant that understands the nature of the game (especially in 2009) and can relate to today’s elite puck stoppers is the most important factor in developing the goalie depth chart.
Follow Notch's observations all week long at the Leaf's rookie tournament in Kitchener.
Thursday, September 10 @ 7 PM EST
Ottawa vs. Toronto
As I walked in it was obvious that this was the largest crowd in attendance all tourney. A Senators and Leafs matchup tends to bring out the masses to cheer on their favorite Ontario team.
Fantasy Guide is updated as of this evening. Tomorrow afternoon I will remove all highlights from the updates and begin highlighting anew. Changeover complete. Spam should be gone from the forum forever. The "SEARCH" function above, disabled for the last couple of weeks with the changes, is now fixed. Petr Sykora has been [...]
Every September, rosters spots are up for grabs and rarely do we consider big an impact the result could be in fantasy leagues. What if Petri Kontiola, who had a very good camp in Chicago last year, beat out Kris Versteeg for that final spot? Would he have later received Calder consideration? Instead of making his fantasy owners look smart, he’s playing in the KHL now. All because of what may have amounted to a couple of exhibition games. There are a dozen examples like that each year and here are some situations to watch for.
Drew Stafford has signed a two-year extension with the Sabres. That leaves Kessel and Dubinsky... Angus here. Got any fantasy hockey questions? Until 9pm (EST), ask me here! TarikElBashir: Fleischmann's condition is called deep vein thrombosis On blood thinners. cn work out now, but not on ice until early Oct. Source is twitter. [...]
The Ottawa Senators have sent Dany Heatley to the San Jose Sharks, along with a fifth round pick, for Jonathan Cheechoo, Milan Michalek and a second round pick.
