Yearly Archives: 2015

    Looking at breakthroughs, busts and Artemi Panarin's AHL likelihood ...     ***     Crickets …   Dobber talked Craig Smith yesterday, and his signing was the biggest chatter of the day. There is some heartfelt news out of St. Louis with Troy Brouwer talking about his move to Missouri and how it has impacted his wife's pregnancy. Interestingly, [...]

My thoughts on a boatload of prospect signings, some good hockey reads;  and more... *** Update: Not so far apart after all. Smith and the Preds came to an agreement on a five-year deal with AAV of $4.25 million. An excellent deal that pushes Smith into many more first line opportunities. I think 55 points [...]

Advanced stats, Duncan Keith, and Seattle and NHL expansion We’ve officially reached the point in the summer where there’s not a lot of hockey news. So I’ll try not to ramble on, so to speak. There won’t be as much fantasy news and advice in today’s Ramblings – just a few topics covered more in-depth. [...]

    Metro Division offense, Rankings talk and more …     ***     One of the nice things about this gig is not jumping out of the fantasy hockey thought process or loop. Typically during the summers, I'm full-time baseball coverage with a dash of NFL.   As I've started editing and posting [...]

Looking as some numbers that will help or hurt the fantasy stock of guys like Chris Kunitz and T.J. Oshie. **** Anyone that has followed my writing for any length of time, even if it’s just the few months I have been with Dobber, knows that a lot of my methodology is using numbers. There [...]