Ramblings: Updates on Letang, Dobson, and Ekblad; Playoff Thoughts on Each Series – April 20
The NHL Playoffs are here! We have two games today with the New York Islanders in Carolina at 5PM ET and then Toronto is in Boston at 8PM ET. Tomorrow is a four-day game when [...]
Experts Panel: 2023-24 Playoff Round 1 Predictions
The puck is about to drop on the Stanley Cup Playoffs! As is the case every season, the panel is weighing in with predictions for each of the eight playoff series, the Stanley Cup finalists [...]
Keeping Karlsson: No. 533 – Ultimate Champion Interview + Playoff Preview
On this week’s Keeping Karlsson Fantasy Hockey Podcast mega-show, Elan and Brian gather and analyze the latest fantasy hockey news, notes and data.
Analytics Advantage: The Eastern Conference Playoff Teams
Now that the regular season has ended, the entire Analytics Advantage style is going to be revamped for the playoffs. Firstly, I would like to thank everyone who took a moment of their time to [...]
Frozen Tool Forensics: Breakout Threshold Roundup
Back in August we spent some time digging into players that might have been positioned to break out based on their 2022-23 seasons. Now that NHL action is essentially wrapped (writing this on Thursday, April [...]
UPCOMING GAMES
Starting Goalies
Top Skater Views
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| ELIAS PETTERSSON |
 VAN | |
| J.T. MILLER |
VAN | |
| LANE HUTSON |
 MTL | |
| SETH JARVIS |
 CAR | |
| EVAN BOUCHARD |
 EDM
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Top Goalie Profile Views
WPG
NYILINE COMBOS
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 STL Players
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| 22.1 | ROBERT THOMAS BRAYDEN SCHENN ZACK BOLDUC | |
| 21.4 | BRANDON SAAD JORDAN KYROU PAVEL BUCHNEVICH | |
| 19.3 | ALEXEY TOROPCHENKO KASPERI KAPANEN KEVIN HAYES | |
Ramblings: Playoff Series Picks; Debuts for Lambert and Gauthier; Buffalo’s Coaching Change & More (Apr 19)
As an Eastern time zone dweller, the playoff seeding in the West being decided by the last two games of the season which are 10pm and 10:30pm starts is not ideal. I wanted to go [...]
Ramblings: Updates on Dobson and Hamilton; Defence Targets for Playoff Leagues
Health in the postseason is a very big deal to the success of most teams, and those on the fringe especially. That is why it has been concerning that New York Islanders defenceman Noah Dobson [...]
Free NHL Playoff Box Pools – 2024
Here is Dobber's annual printable box pool template for you and your family, friends, and/or co-workers to set up your own playoff pool. The rules on how to use are simple: Download the Excel spreadsheet [...]
Fantasy Hockey Poll: Most Underrated Players in Fantasy
This month we go from one end of the spectrum, namely last month’s poll asking you to choose the five most overrated players in fantasy, to the other, where your task here is to land [...]
Ramblings: Oshie Finalizes the Playoff Field; Playoff Pool Thoughts; Slafkovsky’s Slick Second-Half & Many NHL Debuts (Apr 17)
After spending yesterday afternoon finalizing a car deal and driving it off the lot, I am reminded how similar car shopping is to fantasy sports. Between the research, the bargaining, and making sure that all [...]
Lining Up: Hagel, Nyquist, Raymond, Drouin, and Lafrenière’s Line Mates
Welcome back to the final edition of Lining Up for the season! This week to wrap up the column, we will take a look at some of our top “Lining Up” candidates of the season. [...]
DobberHockey Podcasts
Keeping Karlsson: No. 533 – Ultimate Champion Interview + Playoff Preview
On this week’s Keeping Karlsson Fantasy Hockey Podcast mega-show, Elan and Brian gather and analyze the latest fantasy hockey news, notes and data.
Fantasy Hockey Life: Tim-Eh’s Time in the TIDY Top Tier
When one of the managers in the TIDY league top tier left midseason, Patron Tim volunteered to give up his excellent team to take over a mid-season orphan fighting to escape relegation. And Tim did not go quietly. Ryan, Jesse and Victor welcome Tim to talk through his experience and the trades he made in […]
Keeping Karlsson: Better Off Nedeljkovic
On this week’s Keeping Karlsson Fantasy Hockey Podcast mega-show, Elan and Brian gather and analyze the latest fantasy hockey news, notes and data from the past season to work on projecting the 2023-24 NHL and fantasy hockey season. — Join the Keeping Karlsson patron community! Patrons get guaranteed KKUPL invitations, plus monthly bonus AMA episodes, and full access to […]
Fantasy Hockey Life: FHL Player Cards with Brandon
Our guy Brandon has been doing great work behind the scenes to great Fantasy Hockey Life prospect player cards, visualizations with the metrics we care about most – including BASH. These are a great tool to catch at a glance the stats for upcoming players. Jesse interviews Brandon and Victor on the decisions behind what […]
Keeping Karlsson: Short Shifts – One Final Lap
Lewis goes for a solo skate to bring Short Shifts season five to a close. He starts by covering some of the headlines including broken records for Quinn Hughes and Nikita Kucherov, taps the stick for Jeremy’s brilliant call on Matchup Maximizer to stream Trevor Moore for his hat trick, and celebration for Wyatt Johnston […]