Today we will look at the final eight teams in the West and determine what roster spots actually have openings for competition. Each year, we get excited at the idea of a young prospect having an outstanding training camp and making the NHL roster as an 18- to 20-year-old rookie. Unfortunately, more often than not, [...]
We did it, hockey heads. The most exciting time on the North American sports calendar has arrived. The NFL is in full swing, October baseball is looming, the NBA is only a few weeks away from tipping off and most importantly, the NHL is set to drop the puck on the 2024-25 campaign with the [...]
https://twitter.com/SinBinVegas/status/1839741207939035536 It looks like Noah Hanifin has the luxury of starting on Vegas’ top power play, but Shea Theodore will be champing at the bit if he falters. The sample is small but after Hanifin was promoted to the top unit on April 2nd, he racked up eight power-play points in 14 games over the [...]
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, Brennan Des and Dobber — The 2024-25 Dobber Hockey Fantasy Guide is available in the Dobber Shop! The nice thing is that because it is digital-only, [...]
Patrik Laine’s fresh start with the Canadiens might have to be put on hold for a while. Laine was forced to leave Saturday’s preseason game against Toronto after taking a knee-on-knee hit from Cedric Pare. Following the game, Laine was seen on crutches with a brace on his left knee. Once he is evaluated further, [...]
Welcome back to The Journey, where we track the development of prospects as they excel in junior, make the NHL, and push towards stardom. **** Happy Saturday! I hope you’re all as pumped as I am that hockey is finally here. We’re just 10 days away from the start of the NHL season and some of you [...]
It’s only the preseason and all of Auston Matthews, William Nylander, and John Tavares are already dealing with injuries. All of the injuries have been described using the words “day-to-day”, “minor”, “dinged up”, and “precautionary,” so none of these players need to be pushed down draft rankings. Just don’t be surprised if one or more [...]
Today on Frozen Tools Forensics we are going to turn to goalies. It is hard to read too much into any preseason results so instead we will be looking back to the 2023-24 data to see if there are any little bits of wisdom we can pick up. We should start with the known quantity [...]
Despite the Toronto Maple Leafs icing a mostly-NHL lineup on Thursday night, Auston Matthews was not in the lineup. He left practice a couple of days ago but it was not considered a serious issue. As always, the hope with things like this is the team is just being very cautious with a key player, [...]
Welcome back to Analytics Advantage! With the preseason in motion, we’re taking one more week to analyze existing data before diving into the fresh numbers from the 2025 campaign. This week’s focus is all about player profiles—spotlighting those who I believe are primed to make significant strides compared to last year. By revisiting and analyzing [...]
