The draft and free agent frenzy are now beyond even the rearview mirror, and we’re looking forward to October and the 2022-23 season. Every year, the expert prognosticators go at this from the top down, picking the new Stanley Cup champs and the playoff-worthy challengers. I’m going to do this in reverse, and add one [...]
For the last 19 years (13 with The Hockey News) Dobber Hockey has reviewed each team from a fantasy-hockey standpoint and graded them. Dobber’s comprehensive fantasy guide for 2022-23, along with complete draft rankings, is also available, and will be your resource all season for fantasy managers. The 20th annual off-season review has, and will [...]
For the last 19 years (12 with The Hockey News) Dobber Hockey has reviewed each team from a fantasy-hockey standpoint and graded them. Dobber’s comprehensive fantasy guide for 2022-23, along with complete draft rankings, is also available here, and will be your resource all season for fantasy managers. The 20th annual off-season review will appear [...]
Having not expected to write another column until September, I predicted there wouldn’t BE a Game 6. Nonetheless, here’s the next fearless forecast. But wait!! You can’t just go picking players. You need to decide whether the Colorado Avalanche comes with enough determination and desperation to close the series out, or will the Tampa Bay [...]
Wow. Actually "wow" twice! First, the Avalanche absolute domination from Saturday night, making the two-time Stanley Cup champions look old, second-tier, and just outclassed. Sixteen shots, really? Can you say that any one of Tampa’s players had a good game? Nope. And then second to Steve Dotzel, who totally nailed the DFS player predictions for [...]
Well, here we are with one of the best Stanley Cup Finals matchups in at least a decade. Colorado dominated the West, going 12-2 through the 3 rounds. Tampa had to get through what was arguably the toughest road to the Finals in a long time - - Toronto, Florida, and Igor Shesterkin (oops, I [...]
First, congratulations to the Colorado Avalanche for advancing to the Stanley Cup Finals. It was just a year ago that we heard Nathan MacKinnon voice his frustration about having won nothing in his NHL career, and now he’s led his team to the precipice of the ultimate team prize. Prognosticators come and go, but strategy [...]
As I write this (Monday evening), the playoff picture is being whittled down to 4 teams. The Western Conference final is set, now apparently called the McSeries or the McMatchup. Only one game per night makes the daily fantasy bettor choose a very limited lineup - on DraftKings this means a “Showdown” setting where one [...]
Back to a two-game slate tonight, which is still enough to risk another wager on individual outcomes. For Sunday’s column, I was right that the Rangers and Mike Smith would shine, but my Florida Panthers’ stack sunk my DraftKings bet before either of the other two games even started. I guess I’m grateful to bet [...]
I was asked to write a special Sunday DFS column, as it will certainly be the last day of this season with three games, and your loving Dobber editors didn’t want daily bettors to wander around aimlessly. LOL. OK, to be totally fair, this is my sixth article, and my having bet on my own [...]
