Yearly Archives: 2024

Ramblings: Do Players Perform Better When They Need a New Contract? (Sep 23)

By |2024-09-22T14:09:53-04:00September 23rd, 2024|Hockey Rambling, Latest|

When sharing five tips for your fantasy draft, I made the obvious claim that not every player elevates their game when they’re in the final year of a contract. One of our lovely readers, Glenn, aptly pointed out that having real data behind that claim would make it more useful. If pending UFAs elevate their [...]

21 Fantasy Hockey Rambles

By |2024-09-21T17:02:54-04:00September 22nd, 2024|21 Fantasy Hockey Rambles|

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, [...]

Ramblings: Lankinen Signs with Canucks; Schmaltz, Vatrano, Varlamov (Sep 22)

By |2024-09-21T23:11:08-04:00September 22nd, 2024|Hockey Rambling|

The Canucks were finally able to agree to terms with Kevin Lankinen on Saturday, signing him to a one-year contract worth $875,000. Lankinen played in 24 games with Nashville in 2023-24 as Juuse Saros’s backup, finishing with a solid 11-6-0 record with a 2.82 GAA and .908 SV%. The main takeaway from the Lankinen signing [...]

Analytics Advantage: Category-Specific Production and Z-Scores

By |2024-09-19T09:17:10-04:00September 19th, 2024|Analytics Advantage|

Welcome back to Analytics Advantage! Draft season is in full swing, and it’s time to dive into the details that can give you the edge in your category-scoring leagues. This week, we’re taking a comprehensive look at six crucial categories—goals, assists, shots, hits, blocks, and plus-minus—to help distinguish the true game-changers from the rest of [...]

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