OUT NOW! I released the Fantasy Guide on August 4, and the last update is September 11 with the latest player tryouts as well as my Calder Trophy rankings (expect these up later today, September 12, as I put the finishing touches in). Pick up the Fantasy Guide here and immediately download both the PDF [...]
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. There are a handful of prominent restricted free agents left to sign with their teams, among them [...]
It feels good to be back! Geek of the Week is back after a lengthy summer vacation. Now that we are in September, it’s officially fantasy hockey season! Like last year, I am going to spend the next few weeks highlighting some fantasy-relevant players who swapped uniforms over the offseason. Like most summers, there was [...]
The Kings took care of some business on Saturday, signing Mikey Anderson to a one-year contract worth $1 million. Anderson recorded eight points in 57 games for Los Angeles last season. That means eight RFAs that played games last season remain unsigned, according to Chris Johnston. According to Cap Friendly, those RFAs include the following [...]
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 highlight several small-bodied prospect defencemen with high offensive upside who may be getting overlooked in your league. Plus, we’ll dig into the widespread idea that the emergence [...]
This is my second article predicting the final 2022-23 NHL standings. Who’s in, who’s not. Obviously, I have no fear of sticking my neck out, as my Daily Fantasy plays have taught me that the safe options rarely pay. The first article, teams #16 - #9, is here. These are my playoff teams, each with [...]
The salary cap has put the squeeze on teams trying to add supporting players, so we are starting to see more players being added on a professional tryout basis. Three veteran NHLers were able to land PTOs on Friday: Zach Aston-Reese – Toronto Calvin de Haan – Carolina Danny DeKeyser – Vancouver These three players [...]
A few weeks ago on Frozen Tool Forensics, we focused on potential breakout players using a breakout threshold process outlined elsewhere on the site. For the full break down check out the article. Part of the analysis was looking at players that had strong second half splits. That got me thinking generally about first half/second [...]
Ottawa locked up another one of its core pieces on Wednesday as they signed centre/winger Tim Stützle to an eight-year deal worth north of $8M a year on the cap. The third overall pick from 2020 has one year left on his entry-level deal, managed 22 goals and 36 assists last season, and is primed [...]
The draft and free agent frenzy are now beyond even the rearview mirror, and we’re looking forward to October and the 2022-23 season. Every year, the expert prognosticators go at this from the top down, picking the new Stanley Cup champs and the playoff-worthy challengers. I’m going to do this in reverse, and add one [...]
