Top 10 Centers in the NHL
Sidney Crosby has separated himself from the pack once again, but who is right behind him at number two? Does Henrik Sedin crack the top 10 for the fourth consecutive season? How about Eric Staal?
Read on to find out…
March 14, 2013
* The Canucks need to add a center at the deadline - here are a few of the options. * My fantasy hockey mailbag is open for business until Saturday. Ask all of your questions here. * An important read on the concussion epidemic that we are slowly finding [...]
March 13, 2013
The DobberBaseball Fantasy Guide is out now and fully updated - tell your baseball fan friends, I promise they'll love this guide and how thorough it is. * Hey, look what's back - Brent Burns playing forward! I didn't see the game, but judging by the screwed up line combos for San Jose over at [...]
Hurricanes Rock…and Other Random Thoughts
Miller discusses the Hurricanes, the Tavares line, Subban and more...
Last season, the Carolina Hurricanes finished last in arguably the weakest division in the NHL. They were aggressive during the summer and went out and got Jordan Staal, sending promising Center Brandon Sutter to Pittsburgh, plus they also signed unrestricted free agent Alexander Semin. The Hurricanes took a large financial risk signing the enigmatic and oft-injured Russian to a one year, $7-million contract, but it is paying off handsomely for both parties involved.
March 12, 2013
The DobberBaseball Fantasy Guide is out now and fully updated - tell your baseball fan friends, I promise they'll love this guide and how thorough it is. * I was going to write a big thing about Beau Bennett for the ramblings, but it started getting lengthy as I did brief write-ups on the prior [...]
March 10, 2013
Tuukka Rask picked up his second shutout of the season Saturday afternoon. That 3-0 win over the Flyers pushed his record to 12-2-3, while also improving his peripherals to 1.97/ .927 on the season after a pair of four-goal speed bumps early in March. The 6-3 Finn has excelled in the outright No. [...]
March 09, 2013
* Ottawa is playing fantastic team hockey without Jason Spezza and Erik Karlsson. Daniel Alfredsson was great last night – it is pretty amazing how he is able to play at such an elite level this late into his career. Robin Lehner was equally great in goal for Ottawa – [...]
Saturday’s NHL Picks – March 09, 2013
Wow! Apparently a visit to the windy city and the Blackhawks streak rubbed off on our friend Anthony who ran the tables last weekend, and now that puts him at 11 correct predictions out of 12 in the last two weeks. I almost feel bad for stepping in this week. Good last week for T-biz and I, picking 4 winners apiece. On the season I’m losing to my dog 56-44%... ouch. Well we’ve been getting better every week so let’s keep the momentum going into this Saturday. Based on the McLaren-Dziurzynski (very easy to spell for us Poles) scrap on Wednesday night, I wonder how much longer Saturday will be alright for fighting.
March 08, 2013
The DobberBaseball Fantasy Guide is available and fully updated - fantastic work by Chris Goudey and the gang. * Some afternoon updates - Tim Sassone is reporting that Marian Hossa, Andrew Shaw and Michael Frolik will all be in the lineup for the Blackhawks. Which is good because this is a "must win" game for [...]
The Role of Advanced Statistics in Fantasy Hockey
Dobber Investigates the role of advanced statistics in fantasy hockey
Elliotte Friedman posted a column Wednesday night on the increased use of advanced metrics in the NHL. In it, he opines that different teams have been using their own statistical measuring tools for the last several years, not just for evaluating how to use players, but how to pay them. Advanced stats are also starting to play a role in fantasy hockey.