Just a quick note about a Friday game first. The Penguins soiled the bed again, this time against the Columbus Blue Jackets team on a six-game losing streak. It’s time. It’s time for the coach to go, and either Tristan Jarry (no trade contract) or Alex Nedeljkovic to be traded or waived. Lars Eller being [...]
Thanks to Andrew Santillo for covering my daily fantasy article this Saturday - this trade of days was for my writer/life balance. Haha. And keeping with the new format…. DraftKings betting platform, two centers, three wings, two defensemen, one goalkeeper, and one utility skater. $50,000 in fantasy assets to spend on nine players. Goalies Last [...]
Different format this week - I’ll see if there’s feedback. Again, using DraftKings and only considering those NHL games that start at or after 7:00 Eastern, 4:00 Pacific. You get $50,000 of Monopoly dollars to create a lineup of nine players. Goals, assists, power-play points, shots on goal, and blocked shots are the skater stats. [...]
The NHL schedule, in most of our fantasy leagues’ third week, continues to be predictable - not. Minnesota hasn’t lost in regulation, while Winnipeg hasn’t lost at all. The Nashville Predators took big steps over the off-season and haven’t put it fully together thus far. And if the season ended this morning, Toronto, Boston, Colorado, [...]
Welcome back, after a crazy start to the NHL season that’s seen 2023-24 playoff teams Colorado and Nashville each start off 0-4-0 (Avs getting first win last night), and the written-off Calgary Flames unbeaten and leading the Pacific Division. Including overtimes, the defending Cup champion Florida Panthers have lost as many games (three) as Tampa, [...]
This being my first Dobber article of the year - and yes, I know the season has already started - it’s an opportunity to throw out a few predictions against the mainstream. Already, the Edmonton Oilers have been anointed as the front runners for the Stanley Cup, Auston Matthews has won the Rocket Richard, and [...]
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 month of August. This is not a review of the likely performance on the ice or in the standings, but in [...]
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 month of August. This is not a review of the likely performance on the ice or in the standings, but in [...]
You couldn’t write this, and be believed! With three games remaining - under a week now - that last Eastern Wild Card has four teams scrambling, and all within one point in the standings. Do the Penguins hold a theoretical advantage, with the single point lead? They play three playoff teams (unless the Islanders implode), [...]
Who wants it? Years ago, as I coached a tournament championship soccer game, at halftime I sent my kids to just look at the trophies under the tournament tent, and then come back. I explained that whichever team wanted it more would play harder, and then win. Prophetic. But what craziness are we watching in [...]
