Playoff Western Leaders Goals – 6 – Bo Horvat – Vancouver, Denis Gurianov – Dallas, Joe Pavelski – Dallas, Nathan Mackinnon – Colorado, Nazem Kadri - Colorado Assists – 10 – Nathan Mackinnon – Colorado, Miro Heiskanen - Dallas Points – 16 – Nathan Mackinnon - Colorado PPP – 8 – Elias Pettersson - Vancouver [...]
One of the easiest ways to tell if a player is going to break out is to look at the percentage of time he starts in the offensive zone versus the defensive zone. Two types of players get a ton of offensive zone starts: Elite offensive players, and those that are awful on defense. Most [...]
You may have noticed that a lot of European prospects who may or may not have been playing in the AHL or CHL, are being “loaned” to various European Leagues over the past few days. NHL teams are giving their prospects the extra ice time and game experience in the leagues that are opening up [...]
Every Sunday, we’ll share 21 Fantasy Rambles from our writers at DobberHockey. These thoughts are curated from the past week’s 'Daily Ramblings'. Writers/Editors: Ian Gooding, Michael Clifford, Cam Robinson, and Dobber […]
The Washington Capitals have announced that Todd Reirden will not be returning as head coach next season. In spite of back-to-back Metropolitan Division titles and an 89-46-16 record, Reirden could not advance the Capitals past the first round in either of his two seasons as head coach. Most recently, the Capitals were eliminated by previous [...]
No. 300 - It's a Live Playoff Pool Draft! On this episode of the Keeping Karlsson Fantasy Hockey Podcast, it's a live draft! The Keeping Karlsson Playoff Pool began with 96 managers, but now only 32 remain competing for a spot in the Four-Way Final. This week, Ben hosts a live draft with 8 of [...]
The second round (conference quarterfinals) began on Saturday with the heavily favored Colorado Avalanche taking on the Dallas Stars. To find out how many of our writers chose the Avalanche, see our Experts Panel: Playoff Round 2 Predictions, posted earlier today. Dallas 5, Colorado 3 (Dallas leads series 1-0) Well, how many of us want [...]
Remember when many of us thought that the play-in round teams were at an advantage from already playing more important games than the round-robin teams? Well, it turns out that only two play-in teams (Vancouver, NY Islanders) are still remaining in the playoffs. The first round of the “actual” playoffs didn’t see the widespread number [...]
Have you gotten your hockey fix yet? Well, it has been a few weeks of nonstop action and so far, we have had no shortage of excitement. As we head into the second round, the number of games we see each day has tempered off, meaning we now have a chance to catch our breath [...]
With all of the conference quarterfinal series now wrapped up, we now have our conference semifinal playoff matchups set. Eastern Conference Philadelphia vs. NY Islanders Tampa Bay vs. Boston Western Conference Vegas vs. Vancouver Colorado vs. Dallas https://twitter.com/NHL/status/1297028475862351872 Look for our Round 2 Expert Panel playoff picks coming up later this weekend. They may be [...]
