Early in the fantasy hockey season, there needs to be a balance struck. That balance is between what we thought in the offseason, what we’ve seen in the games so far, and what the numbers are telling us. It has been shown in prior statistical work that it can take about 20 games for expected [...]
We are through the first week of the NHL season, at least with all the teams playing and not just the teams that made the trip to Europe. As such, I just want to give a handful of first-week observations from around the league. It is still far too early to make determinations about any [...]
Kent Johnson is one of the players that a lot of people feel can be a rookie of the year contender this season for Columbus. He certainly has the skills, it’s just a matter of lineup slotting. There was a bit of a setback for him but should be back soon: https://twitter.com/Aportzline/status/1580221400417083392 This was done [...]
Though the regular season started on the weekend with a pair of Sharks/Predators games in Czechia, the campaign starts in earnest today. We have two confrontations today (Tuesday) with a fuller slate coming on Wednesday. That makes this Ramblings my last of the unofficial offseason. For anyone that is waiting to draft, our 2022-23 Dobber [...]
This is my final Ramblings before the beginning of the 2022-23 season and it still feels hard to believe we’re approaching the first puck drop in mere hours. Doesn’t feel like it was very long ago we were watching a dominant Colorado roster steamroll the playoffs before dethroning the twice-defending Stanley Cup champion Tampa Bay [...]
The NHL season starts this weekend with the Sharks and Predators in Prague for a pair of regular season games. It is crunch time for drafting and for anyone that has left their prep until the last minute, picking up a copy of the 2022-23 Dobber Hockey Fantasy Guide is a great way to get [...]
It is hard to believe we’re just a week away from the regular season but training camp is truly getting short on runway. There are a couple games in Europe this weekend before the rest of the league gets going, but I think most fans have October 11th circled on the calendar. It is a [...]
My last few Ramblings have discussed projections I’ve made for the 2022-23 fantasy hockey season and we’re continuing that trend today. On Tuesday, we went over some players that I wrote of often throughout the summer and how they fared in my projections. Today will be more of the same but we’re going to focus [...]
Last week, my Ramblings discussed my projections that I have started cobbling together. My first run of projections covered overall value in a multi-cat league that includes goals, assists, power-play points, shots, blocks, and hits. There was a method used to value each player’s contributions (or lack thereof) in each category to try and assess [...]
With injuries mounting and the team not looking very strong to begin with, the Flyers are facing a huge uphill battle from the outset. New coach John Tortorella, who is very much known for not going easy on his players, didn’t take long to make his mark on this roster on the first day of [...]
