With my last defensemen battle coming way back in August, I figure another was overdue. And this is a doozy, pitting Torey Krug against Tyson Barrie. Both are reliable sources of blueline offence, but which one is better at present and going forward? Let’s find out - Cage Match starts now! Career Path [...]
For our first Cage Match of the calendar year 2019, I wanted to focus on two players – Sean Monahan and Leon Drasisaitl - who’ve both scored at a 70+ point rate in the past but look to be making a big leap in production for 2018-19. Is what we’re seeing now what we [...]
With the turning of the calendar to 2019, enough of the season has passed for me to resume my series of periodic columns I refer to as “Goldipucks and the Three Skaters.” For first time readers, or those who are in need of a refresher, it’s a play on the Goldilocks and the [...]
Vladimir Tarasenko - USA Today Sports Images After your votes proclaimed Jonathan Huberdeau and Mika Zibanejad (tie) to be the players over the age of 25+ most likely to continue producing at their “new normal,” for our final winter Cage Match tournament of 2018 we shift away from successful players to instead focus on [...]
Welcome back to the winter Cage Match tournaments! By your votes, Pierre-Luc Dubois was proclaimed the player under age 25 whose higher than expected scoring this season is most likely to represent – at a minimum - his “new normal” going forward, edging out Dylan Larkin (by one vote) and Sebastian Aho (three votes). [...]
Brayden Point. Kim Klement / USA Today Sports Images When December rolls around it’s time for gifts galore, including from DobberHockey in the form of the popular winter Cage Match Tournaments! This year I’m sticking again with the “new normal” concept to use your votes to identify players whose current scoring pace [...]
Cam Atkinson It’s crucial to be able to discern when a player has truly arrived as a fantasy force versus just being on a sustained hot streak. With that in mind, this week’s battle pits Cam Atkinson, who had hot stretches in 2016-17 and last season, plus has started strong for 2018-19, against [...]
Part of the beauty of this column is two very different players can be rightfully compared. Take this week’s battle, pitting Evander Kane against Yanni Gourde. Although Kane is a veteran of almost 500 more NHL games than Gourde, the two are almost identical in age and have points outputs since last season which [...]
