Shawn Matthias caved and signed a two-way deal with the Panthers. Next year, the second of this two-year pact, is a one-way arrangement. I now pretty much see him being cut now, barring something tremendous in camp. Anton Stralman made a great move today - agreed to attend the Devil's camp on a [...]
Welcome to Hockey Pool Geek’s Deep Analysis. Our goal is to dig deep into the team and league that is being analyzed in order to bring out some insight and push you into really getting the most out of your team and ultimately taking down the rest of the league.
Neil McWilliams, aka wendelclark17 on the DobberHockey forums, was one of the lucky winners of our contest. Let’s dig right in.
Ed. Note: This article marks the first instalment of The Commissioner’s Office, a new regular column on DobberHockey that will examine issues that concern fantasy league commissioners – but hopefully will be of interest to all readers. In the months ahead, we’ll be looking at league and draft formats, the plusses and minuses of counting various scoring categories, rule debates, dispute resolution, boosting GM interest and involvement, and much more. Today’s piece is reprinted from a couple years ago, but serves as a fitting kick-off.
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My Draft Buddy iPhone app…iTunes is taking their sweet time processing the update. I don’t know what to say, my fate is in their hands. The update is done with tons of comments and a few projection adjustments but… I fixed a small issue in the Draft List where there were a couple [...]
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Last season, Mark Dekanich was just another excellent goalie in the goaltending factory that is the Nashville Predators. For some reason the Predators seem to consistently produce excellent goaltenders. Tomas Vokoun (acquired through expansion), Chris Mason, Dan Ellis, Pekka Rinne and Anders Lindback have all thrived in the "Volunteer" State. Dekanich looked like he was another candidate to get lost in the Nashville shuffle, but Group six free agency allowed him to become an unrestricted free agent on July 1st. Group six free agency occurs for goalies when they have reached age 25, have 3 accrued years of professional experience, and whose contracts have expired, but have played fewer than 28 NHL games. Columbus signed Dekanich to a one-year, one-way, $575,000 contract on July 1st 2011, giving him a chance to prove himself in the NHL next season.
My Draft Buddy iPhone app…updated Thursday (and iTunes will process (i hope) the update today) – loaded with notes now. There will be a big announcement on Monday as DobberHockey shakes the fantasy hockey world once again. The beneficiary? YOU. Stay tuned... I never put this together, but browsing through the hockey [...]
According to the Chinese Zodiac , the year of 2012 is the Year of the Dragon. In the hockey world, the 2012 NHL Entry Draft is shaping up to be loaded with top calibre defenseman, one of which just happens to be a (London) Knight and looking to battle the 2012 draft class dragons all the way to the top of the list. The Dean’s List continues to highlight top prospects eligible for the 2012 NHL Draft and this week our attention turns to the first overall selection in the 2011 CHL Import Draft – Finnish defenseman Olli Määttä.
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My partner Justin Goldman (@thegoalieguild on Twitter), quickly explains some the new features (as well as some key, 'must-see' features) over at the Goalie Post. This is the premier site for fantasy goalie/starting NHL goalie information.
My Draft Buddy iPhone app…updated yesterday – iTunes just needs to process the update. Should be later today. But I stocked it with notes and updated everything. The last update was 10 days ago and of course the only comment in the iTunes shop was how outdated it was. Meanwhile, it will never be [...]
I’m a week late, but below are my choices of players to avoid (if you can) on draft day. This is written after the DobberHockey Experts Draft, which was one of the more challenging drafts I’ve participated in, and some of the players who I would rather have not touched with a ten-foot pole…well, I had to take one or two. If you can avoid them, here’s who I think you should steer clear of and why.
