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, we will continue revisiting the 25 players I listed in my Calder article for the Dobber Fantasy Guide to see who opened the season in the NHL and who [...]
If you read last week’s article, I hope you found some of the DFS tips I shared helpful. If you missed that one, I suggest going back and reading through the intro of that here. As for this week, I wanted to take a minute to talk about some of the tools we have available [...]
Eric Staal is officially back for one more season. Following a professional tryout, the Panthers have signed Staal to a one-year contract worth $750,000. He wasn’t in the lineup for Friday’s game against Tampa Bay, but he should make his season debut on Sunday. Staal last played in the NHL in 2020-21, when he split [...]
It’s been an entertaining start to the season with some surprise outcomes as well as some clubs in advantageous spots that have either shined or were a little bit of a letdown. There’s lots to get into this week, let’s dive in!The Immediate Fix (Grab this guy and use him for the next several days)Kevin [...]
The beginning of the season is an incredibly important time in fantasy. There is always a certain amount of roster turnover as players have fast starts, slow starts, or get better/worse deployment than expected. It is a time when attentive managers can really get an upper hand and turn a streaming spot, or dud draft [...]
In yesterday’s Ramblings, we went over some early numbers from different players and lines to look for some early indications of where to pay attention. As mentioned in that Ramblings, it can take several weeks for some numbers to stabilize but if fantasy owners wait several weeks before making decisions on certain players, they could [...]
So I hit the nail squarely on its head Tuesday, with my New Jersey coming-out party. Dougie Hamilton, Jack Hughes, Jesper Bratt, and Mackenzie Blackwood totaling 54.5 fantasy points, AND then my foresight of Philly and Buffalo traveling into Tampa and Edmonton and coming away with road wins…. Yeah, you didn’t see that coming either. [...]
If you are done drooling over your favourite team’s new “Reverse Retro” jersey, it’s time to watch hockey and win some bets. There are 12 games on tap for tonight, which can be a little overwhelming because there is so much to choose from when trying to pick winners. But then again, I always prefer [...]
Hockey season has started and hopefully we’re all enjoying every single game so far that our teams have played – unless you’re a San Jose Sharks fan then it’s just been a bunch of pain with a rocky start to say the least. With the start of hockey season, there are always a bunch of [...]
Early in the fantasy hockey season, there needs to be a balance struck. That balance is between what we thought in the offseason, what we’ve seen in the games so far, and what the numbers are telling us. It has been shown in prior statistical work that it can take about 20 games for expected [...]
