Wild West: Colorado Avalanche - Built by Analytics? By Grant Campbell on June 7th, 2021 There has been a lot of murmuring online about the old analytics/eye test argument once the Toronto Maple Leafs were eliminated. Some would like to point out that the Leafs losing is a failure of the analytics movement and there [...]
Every preseason, almost every prognosticator puts out an article that talks about hockey players due for a bounce-back season. While some players are successful, others often fail. I believe one reason is the high expectations on a player whose career year is an anomaly. Imagine a player who routinely gets 50 points breaks through for [...]
I’m not hearing much complaining from Montreal fans about Carey Price’s contract these days. This is big-money goaltending. And it certainly bodes well for his fantasy value heading into next season. I think I’m done predicting any series involving Montreal this year. They’ve now won six in a row, and this is a team that [...]
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, Alexander MacLean, and Dobber ___ 1. As a fan, I can say that Vegas/Colorado has been an infinitely more exciting series to watch than Montreal/Winnipeg. Maybe it's because [...]
The Tampa Bay/Carolina game had lots of goals. Ten, to be exact, including eight in the second period alone. That eight-goal outburst saw Carolina take a 4-2 lead before Tampa Bay stormed back with three goals to take a 5-4 lead into the second intermission. An insurance goal in the third period sealed a 6-4 [...]
Welcome Back to The Journey. I mentioned in my last piece how exciting the next few weeks were with regards to hockey events. You can officially cross “Draft Lottery” off that list. Not only because it has now passed us by, but because it was everything but exciting. The buildup lasted weeks, only for it [...]
The Montreal Canadiens are getting hot at the right time. After looking like the league’s most improved team to start the season, the Habs sputtered on their way into the playoffs and appeared to be dead in the water after Game 4 against Toronto (you know what happened after that). Now they are hot again, [...]
Welcome to Part 3 of our four-part series looking back at the most valuable players at each position. We started with centermen, last week we hit left wings, and now we are on to right wings. I think you probably get the gist by now, but we are comparing draft data to player’s end-of-year stats [...]
The NHL Department of Player Safety has ruled on a four-game suspension for Mark Scheifele for his charge on Jake Evans near the end of Game 1. You can watch their video for an explanation of the suspension below. https://twitter.com/NHLPlayerSafety/status/1400603878618501121 I can’t say this about the DoPS every time, but I believe they got this [...]
Here we are, Part V team by team coverage of this years unrestricted free agents. In reverse alphabetical order we go from Colorado to Anaheim. Once again, I’ve used Alex MacLean’s free agent salary projection list as a reference point which you can find here. The rest of this 'Capped' series can be found right [...]
