The Calgary Flames and Vancouver Canucks swung a big intra-division trade, that saw Elias Lindholm as the big piece land in Vancouver. It’s not the first time this season the two have swung a deal, and that familiarity likely helped get this one across the line. Andrei Kuzmenko’s no-trade clause could have held this up, [...]
Welcome to the newest edition of the Injury Ward. Here you will find the latest NHL injury updates and also which players may benefit from these situations. My name is Blake Creamer and I will be tackling this topic every single week. I want this article to work for you, so if there are players [...]
Welcome back to another edition of the Roos Lets Loose monthly mailbag, where I answer your fantasy hockey questions by giving advice that should be useful to all poolies even if they don’t own the specific players being discussed. As a reminder, if you want your fantasy hockey question(s) answered in the next mailbag, check [...]
Over the last week I’ve published the Cap League Rankings lists for both goalies and skaters, and also released the salary projections for the top-100 free agents. The fun part about updating the charts/tables, and then writing up and releasing the lists, is it puts my focus onto a different group of players from the [...]
Welcome inside the latest edition of Eastern Edge, a weekly fantasy hockey column here at Dobber Hockey analyzing all of the top trending fantasy news impacting your fantasy hockey squad on a week-to-week basis.With the NHL in a holding pattern over the next 7-to-10 days as All-Star festivities descend on Toronto and many teams hitting [...]
Welcome back to another edition of Lining Up! We are back this week to go over hot line combinations and hot players who find themselves in great positions for producing. As always, keep an eye on line combinations as they can change frequently and in-game. Gamedaytweets.com and on Twitter/X is a useful tool for staying [...]
One thing I agree with is that as far as deployment, usage, and roles are concerned, NHL coaches make the right choice like 90% of the time. I have seen that sentiment made over the last 4-5 years as newer stats become prevalent, and it does seem to ring true. However, if the vast majority [...]
This week is part two of our look at additions to teams in the West. We’ll cover Nashville, San Jose, Seattle, St. Louis, Vancouver, Vegas and Winnipeg. Last week’s grades were: Anaheim - C Arizona - A Calgary - C+ Chicago - C+ Colorado - B+ Dallas - B Edmonton - C Los Angeles - [...]
Here are the Top 50 prospect goalies to own in your points-only dynasty leagues - Winter edition! Out now! The 16th annual Midseason Fantasy Hockey Guide (order it here). As always, goalies should be valued by tiers. Two goalies within the same tier offer a balance of different things, and become a matter of your [...]
Now that we're in the second half of the season, fantasy general managers are trying to figure out who can rebound from a poorer-than-expected first half. There are many metrics you can use to determine this: ice time, linemates, shooting percentage, power-play usage, etc. One other useful metric is individual points percentage (IPP). Basically, IPP [...]
