Some believe that youth is king in fantasy hockey, but that doesn't make all youth guaranteed keepers. Last week, Dobber writers focused on bubble keepers for many of their leagues. In my column, I looked at the top 10 bubble keepers in points-only leagues. It wasn't until after the column was submitted that I realized [...]
One of the most difficult decisions a fantasy general manager faces is deciding which players to keep each season. It doesn't matter if it's a keep-three, keep-10, or keep-25, you're racking your brains over whether to keep a productive veteran on the downside of his career versus the up-and-coming player that hasn't broken out yet. [...]
Most years in dynasty fantasy leagues, there is debate on who to select first overall. Whoever had the first overall pick last year, for example, could have gone with Shane Wright, Simon Nemec or Juraj Slafkovsky, and none would have been the incorrect choice. The year before, any of Owen Power, Luke Hughes, Matty Beniers [...]
A few years ago, a Dobber reader named Striker brought forward the idea that the best system to determine a player's breakout threshold is to look at games played for specific-sized players. You can get more information on the logic behind it here, but basically, it says that 80 per cent of players need 200 [...]
Even though many teams regret their free-agent signings less than a year later, there are a few moves that are great for fantasy hockey general managers. We all want to believe a player we have in a fantasy keeper league that has signed with a new team will excel; we twist all logic to try [...]
The next two weeks are the most exciting time for a fantasy hockey fan. The NHL draft is the chance for many of us to get an idea of the latest prospects and where they will land. Then a few days later, there's the start of NHL free agency day, where teams overpay for older [...]
Unlike past years, this year's crop of unrestricted free agents doesn't have the star power as it normally does. A year ago, we were speculating about potential big-money deals for the likes of Nazem Kadri, John Klingberg, Darcy Kuemper, Jack Campbell, Johnny Gaudreau, Evander Kane and Filip Forsberg. Most of them signed big-money deals and [...]
Each year, the opening of NHL free agency is a crazy day of signings that everyone looks forward to and gets all the media attention. But for my money, it's the restricted free agents that are the most exciting and nerve-wracking to watch for in a cap league. I'm in a dynasty league that has [...]
Savvy fantasy general managers will keep an eye on the playoffs to get a sense of how players are being utilized, whether that's contributing to a production boost, and try to determine if that player can keep up that boost next season. However, for many fantasy GMs, it may be too late to acquire that [...]
One of the biggest mistakes a fantasy general manager can make is believing a player who had a career year will continue that success next season. I was at a poker game with some buddies recently, and one of them was bemoaning the fact that the likes of Nazem Kadri and Chris Kreider were having [...]
