This week, we conclude our examination of Western Teams and some of the players they traded away and that have turned into useful players. In part three we are going to look at St. Louis, Utah, Vancouver, Vegas, and Winnipeg. Part Two was here. St. Louis Blues Tage Thompson – F (27.7) Jake Walman – [...]
Not much is happening in the hockey world as we prepare for the last week of August and school restarting next week (at least here in Canada). I’m just going to look at some random topics that hopefully will garner some interesting takeaways. Mid to Late Draft Round Success Rates (2009 through 2017) I thought [...]
This week, we will continue our examination of Western Teams and some of the players they traded away or draft picks that have turned into useful players. In week two we are going to look at Los Angeles, Minnesota, Nashville, San Jose, and Seattle. Part One was here. Los Angeles Kings Brock Faber - D [...]
For the last 22 years (12 with The Hockey News), Dobber has reviewed each team from a fantasy hockey standpoint and graded them. The 23rd annual review will appear here on Dobber Hockey throughout the summer. This is not a review of the likely performance on the ice or in the standings, but in the [...]
Over the last few seasons, during bubble week, I have focused on the format I know and that is a 25-team salary cap ($95.5 million) keeper pool with 27 players on each roster (20 active and seven in reserve, but all salaries count). As it is the off-season, we allow each team to carry 28 [...]
Every team in the NHL has a few players whom they drafted, signed or traded for, only to lose them to another team before the player broke out. For today’s article, I’m going to look and see if there are players from each Western Team that each club would love to have back on their [...]
We will examine each team in the West to determine who the starting goalies should be or could be, as well as those competing for a backup role. Some teams are set with a 70/30 split, like Winnipeg, while others have fairly wide-open battles for each spot going into 2025-26. Dobber’s 20th Annual 2025-26 Fantasy [...]
This week, we will examine each team in the West to assess the overall quality of their offensive production. Teams that have five or six players who score 20 goals or more would be considered deep, in my opinion. Teams that rely on two or three players run the risk of having their offense dry [...]
Today we are going to review Nashville, San Jose, Seattle, St. Louis, Utah, Vancouver, Vegas and Winnipeg. We will revisit the last few weeks of June to include any trades. Check out part one here. Nashville Predators Additions: Nick Perbix - D, Nicolas Hague - D, Erik Haula - F Subtractions: Jeremy Lauzon - D, [...]
After six days post-July 1st, we are going to look at players that teams in the West added or lost from their roster. We are going to go back until the last few weeks of June to include any trades. Today we are going to review Anaheim, Calgary, Chicago, Colorado, Dallas, Edmonton, Los Angeles and [...]
