In yet another way that fantasy mimics the NHL, while you may need great depth to win a fantasy championship, but it’s almost impossible to win one without an elite player on your squad. Every once in awhile, you have a player on your squad that puts up a season that makes every other general [...]
One of my favourite top-10 columns every year is looking at players who are undervalued and underrated. **** Don’t forget to pre-order Dobber’s midseason guide, available Jan. 10. **** These players are special, and it’s good to make note of them as they can produce at a high level and you can usually [...]
As a special gift for Dobber readers, later this week, this web site will be running a feature on the top fantasy players of the decade. Contributors to the site will be looking at the top 10 wingers, centers, defensemen, goalies, multi-cat beasts and overall fantasy players of the decade. My contribution to the [...]
Ah, cap leagues. The place where your dream of being able to run a successful NHL franchise goes to die. See, we all think we could be an NHL general manager, but we can’t even help ourselves when it comes to our fantasy squads. Some of us will draft or trade for overpriced players, [...]
There’s always some sort of grief, or maybe anger, when it comes time to drop a player that you had drafted with high expectations. After all, once you drop that player, that asset is gone. Obviously, it’s always better exporting a trade, but most times, especially in one-year pools, you just won’t [...]
Last week, using Dobber’s hot/cold list, we looked at 10 players who were running cold. This week, we’re flipping the script and looking at some of the hottest players. However, we’re looking at some of the players whose streaks may not be getting the attention they deserve. After all, you don’t need the list [...]
One of the hardest things to do in fantasy hockey is keeping an eye on what players are running cold, especially for those of you who have teams in multiple leagues. After all, you could be trying to keep track of up to 200 players over all of your rosters, plus those you’re thinking [...]
Unless it’s your netminder getting a shutout, there’s almost nothing worse than seeing a zero in a box score next to the fantasy players you own. It reminds me of the frustration that former Toronto Raptors coach Sam Mitchell showed with some of his players in 2004. “We had guys with stats lines that [...]
One of the best feelings in fantasy hockey is when a player that you drafted in later rounds ends up having a breakthrough season. We’ve all been there before. The 12th-round pick giving the same value as a third-round pick will usually win you the championships. Of course, this early in the season, there’s [...]
Goaltenders are easily the most important position in fantasy hockey. You can dress 10 forwards, six defensemen and two goalies, and no matter how good your forwards and defensemen are, you could still be losing your matchup week after week if your netminders are weak. A month into this season, and we’ve already seen [...]
