Ramblings: Looking at some players left as draft after-thoughts, and more line combinations **** It seems to happen every year in fantasy. There is always a handful of players that, at the end of the season, fantasy owners look back and think, “how did I miss him?” Last year, guys like Loui Eriksson, Jake Muzzin, [...]
Ramblings: Training camp, exhibition lines, Trouba situation, Sobotka to the KHL **** UPDATE: Dobber's taking your fantasy hockey questions today - click here! **** Training camp is here, which means that the fantasy preseason is in its final throes. There is still information that can be gleaned even though most projections have been finalized at [...]
Ramblings: Some World Cup fantasy thoughts, Orlov’s signing, and Lupul’s Injury **** The semi-finals are set, and granted this is a small tournament, but it’s nonetheless important to take at least some things away for fantasy. I managed to watch every game save for the Czech Republic/USA, and here are some things that stood out [...]
Ramblings: Strome signs, Nichushkin Leaves, Defencemen in abundance, and more **** It’s inevitable that the restricted free agent dominoes start to fall, and one notable re-signing this week was Ryan Strome. The official deal comes in at two years with an average annual value of $2.5-million. The bridge deal. Classic. Strome’s contract is comparable to [...]
Ramblings: Buying a pair of Wings, Andersen, Reimer, Schwartz, and More **** The Colorado Avalanche will probably be one of the more interesting teams this year – new (better?) coach, talented roster, new stats hires – but perhaps one of the more compelling teams to watch this year is the Detroit Red Wings. Not compelling [...]
Ramblings: Keeping an eye on the rising average draft position of some players. **** Not long ago in a Ramblings here on Dobber, the focus was on discrepancies in average draft position across the major sites. The reason for this is simply for savvy fantasy owners to look for value opportunities by identifying players that [...]
Player rebounds, Cam Atkinson post-breakout, buying Marian Gaborik, and talking about Matt Dumba **** One thing that the expansion of stats has taught me over the last half-decade or so is that a fair amount of what some media analysts say with regards to player performance is not very useful. Things like “he didn’t want it bad enough,” [...]
World Cup starts (sort of), Huberdeau extension, Alex Killorn, and Loui Eriksson **** Tonight begins the World Cup of Hockey, or the exhibition games anyway. While the tournament itself is relatively meaningless besides dollars for both sides dashed with a bit of player pride, it’s nice to have hockey back in some form (North American [...]
Looking at Average Draft Position Discrepancies Among Major Sites **** With the opening of Yahoo fantasy hockey, now is the time when fantasy owners can start gathering preliminary information from the public. This is an exercise that should not be ignored. Keep in mind that outside of the hardcore fantasy hockey owners (like those that [...]
Anticipating Line Combinations, Columbus Goaltending, Giordano, and More **** As the NHL preseason approaches (is it September already?), there are things beyond studying an individual player’s numbers that need some inspecting. One aspect that requires some attention is that of line mates. I bring this up because of something that was brought to my attention [...]
