Eastern Edge

In this week’s Eastern Edge, we’ll discuss a few players that may be moved before the NHL’s trade deadline on March 3rd. Tyler Bertuzzi With his contract expiring and his team falling out of the playoff race, Bertuzzi found himself in plenty of trade rumours heading into the All-Star break. Fast forward to the present, [...]

In this week’s Eastern Edge, we’ll look at recent production from players who’ve missed time with injury this season. Ondrej Palat A groin injury kept the 31-year-old forward sidelined from late October to early January. After such a long layoff, he needed some time to ease his way back into the lineup. He went pointless [...]

In this week’s Eastern Edge, we’ll discuss a few players who have seen their production improve in 2023. Adam Boqvist The 2022-2023 campaign did not start well for Boqvist. He went pointless in his first four appearances and broke his foot in that fourth game, causing him to miss the next two months of action. [...]

Due to the All-Star break, most formats are combining this week and next week into one fantasy matchup. With just six games being played across the league this week (Monday January 30th – Sunday February 5th), it makes sense to start planning for next week right now. Get ahead of the curve and start adding [...]

The 2023 Dobber Hockey Midseason Guide is now available! It has all the information you need to secure your league championship, including first-half analysis, second-half projections, and prospect coverage to prepare you for the future. In this week’s Eastern Edge, we’ll look at the midseason fantasy MVP from each team in the East. When I [...]

In this week’s Eastern Edge, we’ll discuss a storyline for each team’s power play. Many of these notes came up while I was putting together my piece for Dobber’s Midseason Guide. So, if you’re looking for more thoughts like this, as well as tons of insightful information to prepare for the home stretch of your [...]

In this week’s Eastern Edge, we’ll discuss players enjoying a higher volume of shots, ice time, or power-play points compared to last season. Shots on Goal Martin Necas Necas’s breakout performance this year has received a fair amount of attention. Although his impressive point totals have been highlighted frequently, his improved shot totals haven’t been [...]

In this week’s Eastern Edge, we’ll discuss each team’s most disappointing player so far this season. Boston Bruins – Jeremy Swayman Heading into the 2022-2023 campaign, Linus Ullmark and Jeremy Swayman were expected to share the net in Boston. As such, there wasn’t much separation between the two in terms of fantasy value. Fast forward [...]

In this week’s Eastern Edge, we’ll discuss a few players who produced at an impressive rate this past calendar year. Obviously, 2022 isn’t over just yet, so the calendar-year period we’re discussing runs from January 1st, 2022, to December 19th, 2022. Taylor Hall The 31-year-old winger has collected 74 points through 86 games in 2022. [...]

In this week’s Eastern Edge, we’ll check on a few skaters in their first season with a new team. The idea was inspired by Grant Campbell, who took a more extensive look at a similar topic in the Western Conference this week.   Brent Burns The 37-year-old defenseman is doing well in his first year [...]