We are going to look at some sell-high candidates from the Western Conference. I’m going to look at shooting percentage, PDO and 5on5 shooting percentage (5on5%). It’s not that some of these players won’t get to the levels they are currently at some time in the future, but they will have a very difficult time [...]
Most teams have now played between four and six games in 2024-25 and we might be able to glean an idea of how each team is deploying their lineup and what players are off to good starts and what players are struggling. Anaheim Ducks Cutter Gauthier (5-0-0-0) and Alex Killorn (5-0-0-0) have both gotten off [...]
Some teams have only played one or two games, so this is a very early look at what players are on what power play unit on each team in the West. These could change by the next game, but it gives us an idea who the coaches see as the options on their teams right [...]
I do this every year to try and pinpoint what rookies will emerge to become regulars in the NHL and who might prosper. I’m only going to look at the West, so I won’t be including Matvei Michkov or any Eastern Calder candidates. I’m going to divide the rookies into dark horses and front runners. [...]
Today we will look at the final eight teams in the West and determine what roster spots actually have openings for competition. Each year, we get excited at the idea of a young prospect having an outstanding training camp and making the NHL roster as an 18- to 20-year-old rookie. Unfortunately, more often than not, [...]
Today we are going to look at the first eight teams in the West and determine which roster spots, if any, actually have openings for competition. Each year, we get excited at the idea of a young prospect having an outstanding training camp and making the NHL roster as an 18- to 20-year-old rookie. Unfortunately, [...]
We should look at each team in the Western Conference and see what players have been, or could be, an injury risk in 2024-25. This is such a contact sport that any player can be injured at any time, but these players seem to have either bad luck or a style that leads to more [...]
I thought we would look at each team in the Western Conference and see what players have been, or could be, an injury risk in 2024-25. This is such a contact sport that any player can be injured at any time, but these players seem to have either bad luck or a style that leads [...]
For the last 21 years (12 with The Hockey News) Dobber has reviewed each team from a fantasy hockey standpoint and graded them. The 22nd 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 [...]
Last year, we ran a four-part series on each team in the Western Conference and who we considered the Core Four. This is the third and final part for the West. The Core Four are the players from each roster, who should be the foundation for their team to build off of over the next [...]
