This time of year, every fantasy general manager believes they are Nostradamus, especially when it comes to players that we think other general managers are sleeping on. Aside from winning the championship, there's perhaps no greater feeling than when we hit on those sleeper picks. It gives one a sense of validation that they know [...]
OUT NOW! The last update for the Fantasy Guide was Saturday. But this “slow period” is about to end! With camps opening this week, you can expect update frequency to ramp up to multiple times PER DAY. So don’t ask when was the last update, because the answer will always be “a few hours ago”. [...]
Every Sunday, we 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 Grant Campbell, filling in for Dobber — 1. Whether it is the first step in major player personnel changes or simply pressing the reset button, [...]
Hey everybody, it’s Sunday, and you know what that means! Time for another installment of Geek of the Week. Last week we officially kicked off the 2022-23 season with a look at goaltenders who found new homes in the offseason. This week we continue that trend and move out from the crease, and shift our [...]
To follow up on my recent analysis of ADPs, a Twitter follower messaged me about Mark Scheifele’s ADP being as low as it is because of his decreased value in multicategory leagues relative to points-only leagues. True, Scheifele is more valuable in points leagues. In fact, Dobber has him projected to be a top-25 scorer. [...]
Welcome back to The Journey, where we follow hockey prospects and their paths to the NHL, providing fantasy predictions and analysis along the way. This week, prospect camps and showcases have opened up around the league. As other Dobbers writers have pointed out in recent weeks, insights like “Player A is in the best shape [...]
Whether it is the first step in major player personnel changes or simply pressing the reset button, the Winnipeg Jets have decided not to have a team captain in 2022-23, removing the captaincy from Blake Wheeler. The 36-year-old Wheeler has two seasons left on a contract that pays just over $8 million per season, so [...]
With the fantasy season fast approaching, draft prep is key. You have your projections, your spreadsheets, your tiers, or maybe you are just going to wing it. Either way it is important to have an idea which players might be overvalued at the draft table. There are lots of articles out there analyzing Yahoo’s rankings, [...]
This is the fourth and final installment of my bold and too-early predictions for the NHL season. Just before Labor Day, I saw that there were no real playoff predictions yet, and thought I would get in my prognostications before the floodgates opened. Let others pick me apart afterwards. My first three entries are here, [...]
In case you missed it, I made my first-ever appearance on the Keeping Karlsson podcast on Sunday. Elan wanted to discuss the Fantasy Guide and a few particular projections, and I was more than happy to oblige. You can listen to an audio-only version of the podcast here, or you can watch it on video [...]
