The New Jersey Devils continued a solid off-season by signing right winger Drew Stafford to a one-year deal worth $800K. Going into his age-32 season, the American forward had 21 points in 58 games last year between Winnipeg and Boston. Analysis Over the course of his career, Stafford has never been a high-end offensive [...]
A favourite pastime of many fantasy hockey owners (present company included) is always to dissect the rankings of others. The FantasyPros site makes it easy to access the rankings of several people simultaneously while the bigger sites have theirs. Which reminds me, don’t forget to check out the Dobber Shop to grab your copy of [...]
There are certain events that start to signal the beginning of the fantasy hockey season. The actual first day of the season is an obvious one, the start of training camp, the release of Dobber’s fantasy guide at the start of the month as well. When some of the bigger sites like ESPN and Yahoo! [...]
Last Thursday saw the end of my team by team review of relevant fantasy performances from the 2016-17 season. It’s an exercise that helps put the year in context, figure out what went right/wrong, and how it can help move forward. I hope that it helped some of you along the way. To cap all [...]
The New Jersey Devils were dealt an injury blow a month before training camp starts, as the team announced that center Travis Zajac would be out four to six months following an off-season training incident requiring surgery: BREAKING: Travis Zajac to miss 4-6 months after undergoing successful surgery to repair a torn left pectoral muscle. [...]
One thing that is prudent when your work and thoughts in fantasy sports are distributed through social media is to take rumours with a large grain of salt. Most never come to fruition, some do but are an altered version of themselves, and some are just outright silly. When it comes to the Boston Bruins [...]
A couple of Ramblings ago, I discussed a few players that were busts in the fantasy game last year, why they were busts, and the lessons that can be learned from those players. As always, it is important to understand what happened in the past to avoid making similar mistakes in the future. Understanding that [...]
Looking back to the expansion draft, one of the more discussed situations was what would happen with the Washington Capitals. I think most people expected one of Philipp Grubauer or Nate Schmidt to be on their way to Las Vegas for the 2017-18 season, and it ended up being the defenceman. He was signed a [...]
At the risk of sounding like a freshman humanities student that just finished their first philosophy course, much of life is about continuing education and learning from mistakes. It is simplistic, and oft-repeated, but nonetheless true. This holds water for fantasy sports, and in our case, fantasy hockey. Maybe your first three picks for 2016-17 [...]
Throughout the summer, I’m going team by team and reviewing the relevant fantasy performances from the 2016-17 season. Next in line is the Vancouver Canucks. It was obviously a tough campaign for Vancouver and their fans. They finished the season with the second-lowest point total, tied for the third-worst goal differential, and the second-fewest total [...]
