Great analysis here on which player is the better fantasy own - Alexander Wennberg or Sam Bennett? We’re sticking with youngsters again – this time to cover Alexander Wennberg and Sam Bennett. The promising pivots had better 2015-16 seasons than would first appear, as although they combined for only 76 points in 146 games [...]
Who is the better fantasy own - Elias Lindholm or Andre Burakovsky? Why both players are better than you think... With only three weeks left until the pucks drop on the 2016-17 regular season, poolies are increasingly facing tough decisions, including whether to keep (or when to draft) players who seem poised to succeed [...]
Which team will prevail - Team Canada or Team USA? Roos runs through it point by point to come up with a prediction Thanks to everyone who read last week’s column on North America vs. Russia. We’re mere days from finding out if cage match was correct in pointing toward Team Russia as the [...]
Digging deep and breaking down Teams North America and Russia - which one will win? Welcome to the first of two special Cage Matches to celebrate the 2016 World Cup of Hockey! Although every year hockey’s best are pitted against each other in the World Championships and World Juniors, the World Cup - being [...]
Jakob Silfverberg a better fantasy own than Nazem Kadri? Rick Roos says "yes" - and here's why... This week’s match came to me as I was preparing the recent Breakout Forwards Tournament. It features two players – Nazem Kadri and Jakob Silfverberg – who enter 2016-17 as fantasy question marks. Does either have what [...]
The better fantasy own: Colton Parayko or Seth Jones? (As well as last week's poll results) Thanks again to everyone who voted in the summer Cage Match Tournaments. Participation and readership were far above 2015 levels; hopefully I can measure up when it comes time for the next tournament, which I have pegged for [...]
Which defenseman will decline in 2016-17? Vote on these candidates now... All good things must come to an end, and this week marks the last of what turned out to be very enjoyable - and actively participated in - summer cage match tournaments. But first, I’d be remiss not to mention that last week [...]
Which forward will decline in 2016-17? Vote on these candidates now... Welcome back to the DobberHockey Summer Cage Match Tournaments, where last week your votes resulted in Seth Jones being named the defensemen most likely to break out in 2016-17, narrowly beating Colton Parayko in what turned out to be a neck and neck [...]
Find out the winner of the breakout forwards tournament, and vote on which defensemen you think will have the best shot to post 40+ points this season. By Your Votes, the Forward Most Likely to Break Out in 2016-17 Is………. Thanks again to everyone for participating in match one of the 2016 Summer [...]
The eight finalists for the breakout players of 2016-17 based on your votes last week. Read the results and have your say Welcome back to the DobberHockey Summer Cage Match Tournaments! Thanks to your votes, 40 forwards from round one have been narrowed to just eight for this week’s final voting in the first [...]
