Ramblings: Canadian Tire Centre Fire, Perry No Longer Prime (June 13)
Canadian Tire Centre Fire, Perry No Longer Prime, plus more… […]
Eastern Edge: Shot Volume Changes Among Top Talents
The game has evolved to producing more shots – it has been covered by Mike Clifford as well. Rather than focus on the trend of shot volume increase, I wanted to take a look at the top scoring players in the East last year and see how their shot volumes changed from 2016-2017 to [...]
Ramblings: Juolevi Injury; Name Value and Comparing Seasons
The Vancouver Canucks announced an injury to prospect defenceman Olli Juolevi. The release reads as if he suffered a lower-back injury while training. There has been no further updates for a recovery timeline but we will provide one when one is given. The 20-year old defenceman is expected to be a pillar of the Canucks [...]
Wild West: 2018 NHL Playoff prediction strategies revisited
Another season in the books, and congratulations to the Washington Capitals. Let's take this opportunity to follow up on the picks I put forward at the beginning of the playoffs and check in on whether any of our prediction strategies were useful this year. To start, we'll touch on the various prediction models. For [...]
Top 10 players who spiked in shooting percentage (2017-18)
Top 10 players who spiked in shooting percentage (2017-18) There are lots of factors to consider why a player all of a sudden saw a dramatic increase in goals from one season to the next: more power play time, more shots, better linemates or a trade to a new team. Looking at players [...]
Top 50 Fantasy Prospect Defensemen – June 2018
Here are the Top 50 prospect defensemen to own in your points-only keeper leagues, June edition. This is the final analysis/audit pre-draft. The players were fully reviewed by myself and the DobberProspects staff for the Fantasy Prospects Report (buy it here). The NHL draft later this month will no doubt knock a dozen of [...]
Ramblings: Sitting on your hands; Kovalchuk; Voynov; Fleury, a Sharks dark horse and more (June 11)
Ramblings: Sitting on your hands; Kovalchuk; Voynov; Fleury, a Sharks dark horse and more (June 11) *** The NHL Draft is in just 11 short days. We have the 100 most fantasy-relevant players profiled in my 12th Annual Fantasy Prospects Report (buy it here), along with 350 prospects who are already in NHL organizations. You [...]
20 Fantasy Hockey Thoughts
Every Sunday until the start of the 2018-19 regular season, we'll share 20 Fantasy Thoughts from our writers at DobberHockey. These thoughts are curated from the past week's "Daily Ramblings". […]
Top 200 Fantasy Prospect Forwards – June 2018
Here are the Top 200 prospect forwards to own in your points-only keeper leagues, June edition. This is the final analysis/audit pre-draft. The players were fully reviewed by myself and the DobberProspects staff for the Fantasy Prospects Report (buy it here). The NHL draft later this month will no doubt knock a couple dozen [...]