It is Bubble Keeper Week here at Dobber Hockey! This started years ago for a number of reasons but there are two that stick out, specifically. First is that this is (normally) a dead zone for hockey information. Free agency is mostly over and we’re just waiting for training camps to start (though the World [...]
The 2022-23 Dobber Hockey Fantasy Guide is now available in the Dobber Shop! Dobber, our team of programmers and editors, as well as our wonderful writers, have all put work in to help this site have the best fantasy hockey guide in the market. It has projections, line combinations, player upside, articles, and a whole [...]
The 2022-23 Dobber Hockey Fantasy Guide was released last week! Head on over to the Dobber Shop to procure your copy. It has projections, upside, advanced metrics, line combinations, player breakdowns, and a whole lot more. It will also be updated until the starts of the NHL season in October, so don’t worry about getting [...]
The 2022-23 Dobber Hockey Fantasy Guide was released last week! A big shout out to the editors, developers, and writing team that helped put this all together, as well as to Dobber himself. We have projections, upside, line combinations, individual articles, and a whole lot more to help fantasy owners get ready for the 2022-23 [...]
For the last 19 years (12 with The Hockey News) Dobber has reviewed each team from a fantasy-hockey standpoint and graded them. The 20th annual review will appear here on DobberHockey throughout the summer/fall. This is not a review of the likely performance on the ice or in the standings, but in the realm of [...]
Being a third wheel is something that can save a non-fantasy relevant player’s fantasy value. While we normally think of these types of third wheels as lower-end guys that just get thrown on a line in hopes he can mesh well enough with the other two, it’s not that simple. Ryan Hartman was a good, [...]
This is one of the bigger weeks of the entire NHL calendar for us here at Dobber Hockey as the 2022-23 Fantasy Hockey Guide is set to be released on Friday. A lot of work goes into this from Dobber himself, to the development team, to the editing team, and of course our writing team. [...]
The Sophomore Slump is something we’re all familiar with. That a young player might struggle in their second year in a pro sports league is a notion that intuitively makes sense – teams and players have had time to adjust to a new (likely superlative) talent and now the talent has to respond. It is [...]
One of the most impactful trades of in recent NHL history occurred over the weekend as the long-rumoured movement of former Flames winger Matthew Tkachuk came to fruition. He was dished to Florida in exchange for Jonathan Huberdeau, MacKenzie Weegar, prospect Cole Schwindt, and a first-round pick. Dobber wrote about the trade impact back on [...]
There was news on Friday afternoon that Columbus had extended Patrik Laine for four years with an average annual value of $8.7M. That put the Blue Jackets in excess of $6M over the cap and while being over the cap is fine in the offseason, it’s often better to take care of the trades necessary [...]
