Rambling about joining my free pool, saying goodbye to Datsyuk, the "magic spray" that heals all, and more... *** That closes the book on another NHL season, DobberHockey’s 11th in existence and my ninth since making this a full-time job. The DobberHockey pool is over and congratulations to Dodospice for winning the $500 prize from [...]
Free playoff player boxes, for those who would like to run simple pools at the office... Every year in April (for the NHL playoffs) and in August (for the regular season) I group players into comparable boxes and post them online for people to enjoy for free. Whether it's for the office or [...]
Rambling about Reimer, Panarin, EJ, Domingue, Wilson, free agent college players and more *** Working diligently on this year’s Playoff Draft List and I should actually have it done and ready to download today. I would then of course update it Friday and Sunday with injury notes and adjustments. I’ll probably update it Monday and [...]
Ramblings: Allen and Andersen injuries shift outlooks; Simmonds/Scheifele/Panarin on fire; Pens in good hands with Murray *** The St. Louis goaltending situation is anything but boring. It might be a little predictable though. One goalie gets white-hot, then the other steals the job by getting hotter. Then he gets hurt and the first goalie [...]
Top 100 Defensemen (April): Josi, Yandle, OEL and Leddy are moving on up... These defensemen were pulled from the Top 300 Keeper League Players list. Get details on criteria (points-only keeper leagues) here. Def Rk Player Team Rating April March 1 Erik Karlsson OTT 135.1 9 9 2 John Klingberg DAL 100.6 28 [...]
Top 300 Fantasy Hockey Keeper League Players - April edition. Kane remains on top, but Crosby/Benn closing gap quickly. In your points-only keeper leagues, here are the top 300 players to own. Remember, positions don't matter (so a defenseman may be undervalued here vs. in your league). Other factors - potential points longterm, their [...]
One week to go! Taking a look at the favorable and unfavorable NHL schedules and how best to optimize your lineup Dobber here, pinch-hitting for Mike who is away. My apologies for not being as thorough as he is, but it's the final week and there really isn't as much to say. So I'll [...]
Huge Ramblings today. Tons of fantasy hockey insight, trends- more than usual! *** Matt Moulson scored last night. His sixth. Can you imagine? We knew he fell on hard times. We expected as much. But six goals? Buffalo signed a free agent out of the NCAA named Casey Nelson last week. A defenseman with above-average [...]
Rambling about the loss of Stralman and Stone; Canucks tanking; Kessel catches fire; and more *** Morning Updates: Glean from this what you will. But Toronto is reportedly close to signing two KHL superstars. I'm talking about Nikita Zaitsev and Alexander Radulov. Now Radulov we already know all about. Back in January he was reported [...]
Rambling about bubble teams, my new prospect strategy, Ovechkin, Hoffman, the twins and more *** Update - here is some information on the 10th annual DobberHockey invitational pool (history, results, how to join, etc) *** I don’t remember having the playoff teams already mostly settled so early in the season. I know this, quite intimately, [...]
