For the last 18 years (12 with The Hockey News) Dobber has reviewed each team from a fantasy-hockey standpoint and graded them. The 20th annual review will appear here on DobberHockey throughout the summer/fall. This is not a review of the likely performance on the ice or in the standings, but in the realm of [...]
Welcome back to Goldipucks and the Three Skaters, a play on words of the Goldilocks and the Three Bears story. Instead of there being three bowls of porridge though, I cover three skaters and declare one too hot (i.e., doing unsustainably better than he should), another too cold (i.e., doing unsustainably worse), and a third [...]
It’s time for another set of Bubble Keeper Week ramblings. I play in a few keeper leagues of varying depth, and I’ll talk about a few of the decisions here first. In my one cap league, it’s a deep setup where 24 teams keep 30 players each, split between our pro and minors. I’m in [...]
It's Bubble Keeper Week here at DobberHockey! Across the website, you'll be treated to articles discussing players you’re on the fence about keeping in your fantasy leagues. In this week’s Eastern Edge, the focus will be Martin Necas but I’ll also share a few thoughts on Brock Nelson. ~ Do you like winning? If so, [...]
For the last 19 years (12 with The Hockey News) Dobber has reviewed each team from a fantasy-hockey standpoint and graded them. The 20th annual review will appear here on DobberHockey throughout the summer/fall. This is not a review of the likely performance on the ice or in the standings, but in the realm of [...]
It is Bubble Keeper Week here at Dobber Hockey! This started years ago for a number of reasons but there are two that stick out, specifically. First is that this is (normally) a dead zone for hockey information. Free agency is mostly over and we’re just waiting for training camps to start (though the World [...]
After the frenzy that was the free agency period, offseason news has slowed to a crawl during August. That’s why there aren’t a ton of changes from last month. Expect more in the way of changes in September as mock drafts and real drafts start to take place. Keep in mind that these are [...]
Over the last few seasons, during bubble week I have focused on the format I know and that is a 25-team salary cap ($82.5 million) keeper pool with 27 players on each roster (20 active and seven in reserve, but all salaries count). As it is the off-season, we allow each team to carry 28 [...]
Dobber’s offseason fantasy hockey grades – Columbus Blue Jackets For the last 19 years (12 with The Hockey News) Dobber and the team have reviewed each team from a fantasy-hockey standpoint and graded them. The 20th annual review will appear here on DobberHockey throughout the summer. This is not a review of the likely performance [...]
Figuring out which bubble players to drop and which ones to keep will lead to the most challenging decisions a fantasy general manager will have in the offseason. There are just too many unanswered questions. "Will the player be used on the top line or third line on their new squad? Will they lose their [...]
