Also in this article - the results of the 'slumping player least likely to rebound' tournament... Before our regularly scheduled Cage Match column, I want to announce that, by your votes, Bobby Ryan, Jake Muzzin, and Reilly Smith were named the players least likely to achieve their 2016-17 expected production this season or in [...]
Cage Match Tournament, Week 2: Which of these slumping players is least likely to bounce back? What better way to help celebrate the official arrival of 2017 than by another winter cage match tournament! After your votes last week crowned Connor McDavid, Mark Scheifele, and Nikolaj Ehlers as the players with the most sustainable [...]
Vote for the most sustainable breakouts in our Cage Match Tournament! […]
It’s been months since I last did a defensemen match-up, so I’m teeing up a rearguard battle here before returning next week with a perennial DobberHockey favorite - winter cage match tournaments. I’m also doing something I’ve rarely done, which is repeating a cage match - Ryan Suter vs. Duncan Keith. But considering their [...]
Cage Match: James van Riemsdyk of the Toronto Maple Leafs vs. Kyle Okposo of the Buffalo Sabres It’s time to analyze two players who entered 2016-17 with more uncertainty than in past years – James van Riemsdyk and Kyle Okposo. Would there still be a prominent place for van Riemsdyk amid Toronto’s youth movement? [...]
Digging deep on Schenn and Kreider to help you determine which player has better short- and long-term value Hopefully all DobberHockey loyalists make time to read the monthly Top 100 Rotisserie Players list. I’ll often consult it when picking match-ups for this column, including this week, when two 25 year olds ranked right next [...]
Who is the better fantasy hockey own, Jakub Voracek or Phil Kessel? This week’s focus is on two players rebounding from poor 2015-16 seasons –Jakub Voracek and Phil Kessel. Are their strong starts sustainable, or at this point in their careers are they more like what we saw last season? Cage Match is here [...]
Alexander Radulov vs. Patric Hornqvist – who has more fantasy hockey value? […]
Exploring the fantasy value and potential of Nik Ehlers and David Pastrnak. Who is the beter own? We’re covering our second match between 2014 first rounders, this time pitting David Pastrnak against Nikolaj Ehlers. Who’ll have better stats by the end of 2016-17; and for those in keeper leagues, which player represents the best [...]
Which of these slow starters is the better bet to turn it around? […]
