The Restricted Free Agent (RFA) signings are starting to trickle in, and while we are still waiting on the big guns (Leon Draisaitl, David Pastrnak, etc.) there are many fantasy-relevant ones to comb over. The last few weeks have seen several similar contracts get inked by emerging players in their early twenties. However not every [...]
A couple days ago, the New York Rangers locked up their current (and future) first-line centre, Mika Zibanejad, for five years with an AAV of $5.35 million. With Derek Stepan now in Arizona, Zibanejad will undoubtedly be given top-line minutes – as far as goes for the Rangers – though his deployment remains to be [...]
We continue our summer Cage Match Tournament with forwards that may have yet to peak. […]
Zibanejad signing, players who may have jumped the shark […]
Montreal signed Mark Streit to a one-year, $700,000 contract Tuesday. […]
If we judge success by the number of Stanley Cups won, and we probably should, the Penguins are now tied with the Oilers for the most Stanley Cups amongst non-Original Six teams. They have two of the games top players in Sidney Crosby and Evgeni Malkin, a couple of world class talents in Kris [...]
While the remaining class of unrestricted free agents isn't the be-all, end-all indication of the NHL trend of teams moving to younger and younger rosters, it certainly is telling. Of the 38 UFAs that played at least 40 games in the NHL last season only seven are under 30. Those seven: Dwight King, [...]
For the last 14 years (12 with The Hockey News) Dobber has reviewed each team from a fantasy-hockey standpoint and graded them. This year, due to Dobber’s battle with cancer, he recruited Cam Robinson (of Frozen Pool Forensics fame) to pinch hit. The 15th annual review will appear here on DobberHockey throughout the summer. [...]
Fantasy hockey general managers can sometimes be a fickle sort. No matter how great a player may have been, we oftentimes look at the downside of player movements. Not necessarily who a trade or a free agent signing helps, but also who it hurts. Below are 10 players who has seen their fantasy values decrease [...]
In traditional Internet journalistic fashion here’s a top-11 countdown of next year’s fantasy goalies in the Western Conference. Your opinions will vary. There are others wholly worth mentioning, but we’ll save those for a future column on sleepers, bargain buys and prospects so I can pick them up myself before my Dobber Prospects League opponents [...]
