Welcome back to another week of Analytics Advantage! This week, we’ll be exploring a variety of graphs as part of our ongoing five-year analysis, providing insights into fantasy scoring trends. We'll be looking at the top 20 performances in Fantasy Points Per Game (FPPG) since the 2019/20 campaign, identifying the top ten forwards and defensemen [...]
The nice thing about fantasy sports is the wide range of options for players. There are traditional one-year leagues, there are keeper and dynasty formats, there is daily fantasy like DraftKings and FanDuel, there are box pools and guillotine leagues, and others I’m overlooking. One of the formats I like to play is best ball. [...]
For the last 21 years (12 with The Hockey News) Dobber has reviewed each team from a fantasy-hockey standpoint and graded them. The 22nd annual review will appear here on Dobber Hockey throughout the summer. This is not a review of the likely performance on the ice or in the standings, but in the realm [...]
Oliver Kylington was on the free agent market longer than he should have been considering that a $1.05 million AAV was all it took to get him signed. In Colorado there is a log-jam of defencemen, with Cale Makar, Devon Toews, Josh Manson, and Samuel Girard taking up the top-four spots, and Kylington joining a [...]
The past few weeks in the NHL have been, for the most part, whisper quiet. After the July 1st frenzy that saw franchises across the league shuffle rosters at a frenetic pace while spending well over a billion dollars, teams have been relatively dormant while the dog days of summer wind down and we get [...]
For the last 21 years (12 with The Hockey News) Dobber has reviewed each team from a fantasy-hockey standpoint and graded them. The 22nd annual review will appear here on Dobber Hockey throughout the summer. This is not a review of the likely performance on the ice or in the standings, but in the realm [...]
The 2024-25 Dobber Hockey Fantasy Guide has been released! We like to get it out earlier than other publications so that it gives fantasy hockey fanatics a couple of months to prepare for the season at their leisure, but there is another by-product, too. With it being online-only, it gets constantly updated through to the [...]
This week we will look at some regression candidates from the Western Conference. We will focus on shooting percentage, PDO, 5on5 shooting percentage and secondary assist percentage to see where the players below were outside the norm in 2023-24. Shooting percentage is self explanatory as it will affect goals, whereas PDO can be an indication [...]
In the sports world, when it comes to projecting and prognosticating, no one does it better than Vegas oddsmakers - the house always wins for a reason. Which is why we’ve recently been using their odds to help shape our top-10 list while comparing the best players in the fantasy hockey realm across all positions. [...]
The DobberHockey Fantasy Guide is now available for download! In it you’ll find player projections, sleeper picks, Calder nominees, analysis of goalie hierarchies, and so much more! Pick up your copy to support the site and bring yourself one step closer to a fantasy championship! ~ During an NHL season, we’re able to pay close attention to [...]
