It’s probably fitting that Marion Gaborik was born on February 14th.
Like St. Valentine’s Day, he is a player that many love, but many others only love to hate him. Talented but fragile, Gaborik is a frustrating fantasy player, but as a collective, we poolies can’t ever seem to breakup with him permanently – even if the relationship is obviously unhealthy.
The Fantasy Guide and Draft List (BUY HERE) are updated up to yesterday. Next update will be tomorrow. Jiri Tlusty and Tyler Bozak were cut today. Also cut - Nikolai Kulemin and Carl Gunnarsson. Tlusty should be ashamed of himself - the Jiri who played in February and March should have been the Jiri [...]
Fantasy Guide - updated to this morning - BUY HERE. Draft List Updated NOW. Matt Lashoff, Joey McDonald and Chris Bourque have all been placed on waivers. Tarik El-Bashir says that Bourque would not have been placed on waivers if the Caps were able to move Nylander. But cap concerns forced their hand. There [...]
Fantasy Guide update is now uploaded. It's 11:45pm so I barely made it - with all the action today, it took hours to complete. Fantasy Guide will be updated today. Guide (again) and Draft List will be updated Wednesday after final cuts. Buy it here and support this free site! The Kings have [...]
There are eight or nine situations around the league that have a pair of established star forwards on the first line and a spot up for grabs. Needless to say, if a player with any skill can grab a hold of that spot, he’s in for a huge jump in production. Let’s take a look.
Fantasy Guide and Draft List - Buy it HERE. Angus here. Sergei Shirokov with another statement game. Two assists playing on the first PP unit with the Sedin twins. Best forward on the ice for either team. A couple of quick notes that I will go into more detail in the morning - [...]
Dobber big miss No.2 - Martins Karsums blew his big chance. A one-way contract and he still manages to get cut. He even cleared waivers. All things considered, my foresight has been very good this year - with only Stoa and Karsums (okay...Turris too, but who saw that one?) as the surprise cuts. Mat [...]
For your listening pleasure - put it on your Ipod or just listen in on your computer on the 25th of every month. Let's talk some fantasy hockey!
Walker talks with Detroit's Valtteri Filppula about his potential to breakout in his fourth season and who he has been playing with, as well as what we can expect from him; Dobber jumps on to answer some of the questions posed in the forum, including outlooks for Varlamov, Ryan, Setoguchi, sophomore slumps and more; Walker asks Adam Proteau of The Hockey News about the Olympic break and how it will impact NHLers in the second half, Phil Kessel's potential in Toronto, Artem Anisimov in New York, and more; Curtis Glencross jumps on quickly to discuss his hopes of a top six spot; as well as continuing with our feature on keeper leagues.
You can download the file in our Dobber Nation page (click HERE) or on ITunes
Same as what was posted here last week - but the chart has been fixed to better reflect what Tom Reeve was doing a year ago. If you are in a rotisserie league with weekly changes, this tool is priceless.
The number next to the team indicates the 'multiplier' to use on a player's point-per-game pace to give you an idea how many points to expect for that week. Example:
For the week starting on October 1st the Vancouver Canucks have a rating of 4.10. That means that if you think Ryan Kesler is a 0.70 point-per-game player then you should expect about 2.87 points from him (4.10 X 0.70).
Anaheim has a 1.69 rating over the same period. If you think Ryan Getzlaf is a 0.95 point-per-game player then you should expect about 1.61 points from him. So even though Ryan Getzlaf is a better player you may choose to go with Kesler over Getzlaf.
FANTASY GUIDE is updated NOW. Buy it here. Bonus - I don't know why I didn't think of this before, but I added a chart of the Top 100 preseason scorers to the guide. List also updated. Ah, now the Junland cut is explained - the Blues signed Darryl Sydor. Radek Smolenak was [...]
