Angus here - about to head out for the evening! Some final thoughts for the day... Eric Fehr scored his 14th of the night tonight, and is looking like a lock to hit 20 goals. That number is all the more impressive considering he doesn't usually see over 12 or 13 minutes of ice [...]
Welcome to the official DobberHockey Olympic Pool! We have managed to secure some great sponsors to both run the pool and reward the winners at the end! The pool is absolutely free to join, and is being run by our friends over at Armchair Pools. To join the pool, simply click the link here, and register a team name. You will then be asked to pick your players - don’t worry about making your final selections now, you can log back in to the site at any time before the Olympics begin and change your picks.
As for the prizes…
Join the DobberHockey Olympic Pool! Prizes have been secured for the top 10, including a few jerseys and signed photos. Check out the article posted today for more information about the pool and the prizes! Already close to 700 have registered with over three weeks to go!Buy the Midseason Guide - do you want [...]
DobberBaseball's Top 150 Pitchers list is up. I personally am getting back in to the swing of things (har har) this year after taking a brief hiatus from fantasy baseball. Check the site out! Stay tuned tomorrow for the official announcement of the prizes for the Olympic Pool... How do you feel about [...]
This is my second year as a part of the Industry Experts League, and once again I find myself in the thick of things as the season progresses. I had been meaning to get this update out sooner, but other articles took priority! The best of the best in the fantasy hockey world are here, from NHL.com to Yahoo! to TSN (among others).
There are very few player-for-player transactions in the NHL these days, thanks in large part to the salary cap. Players are hard – if not impossible – to evaluate on strictly a skill basis, as their attached salary figure usually dictates true value. Last month, Montreal and Minnesota swapped maligned offensive players. Guilliame Latendresse, who was having trouble breaking out of the bottom six in Montreal, was sent packing to Minnesota. In exchange, the Wild traded away Benoit Pouliot; a player picked only three spots after Sidney Crosby in 2005. Almost immediately both players started to pay dividends for their new teams. Latendresse went from playing 11 minutes per night with Montreal to over 16 with the Wild. And instead of skating with Maxim Lapierre, he is lining up with Marty Havlat. Are there other players in the league right now who have the same potential to break out if traded? Why yes, there are!
Here it is - the official DobberHockey Olympic Pool! To sign up, simply click on the link here. Click on "Join this Pool" and then proceed to make a team name and fill out the other information. You can then pick your players. You are able to change your picks from now until the beginning [...]
Here it is - the official DobberHockey Olympic Pool! To sign up, simply click on the link here. Click on "Join this Pool" and then proceed to make a team name and fill out the other information. You can then pick your players. You are able to change your picks from now until the beginning [...]
Dobber's Puck Daddy article is up now. Check it out here. Midseason Guide - buy it here!!!! Some early afternoon updates: Once a band-aid boy, always a band-aid boy. Pascal Leclaire "pulled up lame" at practice today, according to the Ottawa Sun. (What is he, a horse?) Brian Elliott is battling the [...]
Fantasy hockey is all about the numbers. Identifying trends, patterns, and making correct projections is usually the difference between consistently winning and consistently losing hockey pools. I like to look for short-term arbitrage (capitalizing on market imbalances) opportunities in order to maximize player values. I rarely win my pools because of strong drafts alone; it is often with shrewd trading throughout the year at certain times that I am able to move up in the standings.
I posted an article a few weeks ago about using the World Junior Championship to your advantage, and the following strategy is somewhat similar. It involves identifying young players and prospects on struggling teams.
