Hello prospect enthusiasts and welcome back to another edition of The Journey. If you have not yet done so, make sure to purchase Dobber’s 14th annual Prospect Report (available here). This report is jam-packed with prospect analysis, projections, and comparables all geared to assist you in winning that fantasy hockey championship. Now, for the task [...]
Friday’s news of the Tampa Bay Lightning temporarily closing their training facilities due to COVID-19 should serve as a reminder that there is no guarantee that the NHL will return to play this summer. This news doesn’t mean that the NHL should shut everything down immediately, considering that this is only Phase 2 of the [...]
Given we have been without NHL action for some time now, and it isn’t entirely clear when we will have games to reference again, it seems appropriate to take a look at a few of our more hidden stats and reports. This week I wanted to dive into power plays a bit. Not necessarily the [...]
According to the Canadian Press, the Canadian government has issued an order that would allow a Canadian city (Vancouver, Edmonton, or Toronto) to serve as one of the NHL’s hub cities. This would effectively remove the traditional 14-day quarantine for any NHL players or staff that need to enter Canada. For more, see the report [...]
As a result of the long pause from any form of NHL or fantasy hockey fix, many armchair GMs are turning to their summer trading in their fantasy leagues to fill the void of sports. Before Covid ended up throwing everything up in the air, I had been in discussion to join another cap league [...]
For those that haven’t grabbed their copy of the 2020 Dobber Hockey Prospects Report, there’s no time like the present! We have lots of time until the draft, which means lots of time to familiarize yourself with the names you’ll need to know in the coming years, beyond the elite talents. This is also a [...]
No matter how much anyone wants to deny it, there’s always a good bit of luck involved in fantasy hockey. That’s especially the case when it comes to Band-Aid Boys, as even the worst offenders do defy the odds and manage to play 75+ games in some seasons. Which Band-Aid Boys might be on tap [...]
The 2020 Dobber Hockey Prospects Report is ready for purchase and download in the Dobber Shop. We have a couple months to kill until NHL hockey is back, and then even more time until the Entry Draft. This is the perfect opportunity to get the leg up on your fantasy opponents! Help support us and [...]
In this week’s Eastern Edge, we’ll wrap up our review of important fantasy hockey takeaways for each team in the Eastern Conference. I tried to include information from the 2019-2020 campaign that may be forgotten during this extended offseason. Hopefully, these reminders will be useful when NHL action eventually resumes. This is the fifth and [...]
In the Keeping Karlsson Fantasy Hockey Podcast's 31 Beats series, Elan and Brian are on a league-wide odyssey to explore the fantasy present and future landscapes of each of the NHL's 31 teams, gathering info by interviewing the people who know them best: beat writers! In this episode Elan is joined by Calgary Flames [...]
