Eastern Edge

In this week’s Eastern Edge, we’ll focus on netminders in New Jersey, but I’ll also share a few quick thoughts on two other goaltending situations in the conference. New Jersey’s Netminders Advanced stats suggest that the Devils have been one of the league’s best teams so far this season. Their strong offensive numbers shouldn’t come [...]

In this week’s Eastern Edge, we’ll discuss two players off to slow starts this year: Teuvo Teravainen and Sam Reinhart. We’ll also highlight an under-the-radar name to keep an eye on. Teuvo Teravainen The 28-year-old winger has established himself as a strong fantasy asset in recent years, scoring at or around a 70-point pace in [...]

In this week’s Eastern Edge, we’ll focus on the goaltending situation in Boston. We’ll also highlight two players worth grabbing from the waiver wire this week. Don’t be Swayed, Man The Bruins have only played six games, but a gap has already emerged between their two goaltenders. Linus Ullmark boasts a 4-0 record, with a [...]

In this week’s Eastern Edge, we’ll discuss an early fantasy headline for each team in the conference. Boston Bruins – David’s Krejci Value Since the 36-year-old center played in the Czech league last season, the ‘out of sight out of mind’ phenomenon caused him to fly under the radar in fantasy drafts this year. He’s [...]

In this week’s Eastern Edge, we’ll discuss a player to watch early on for each team in the conference. Some players are on this list because monitoring early deployment will help us gauge season-long outlook. Other players are on this list because injuries should result in increased opportunity to start the season. Boston Bruins – [...]

In this week’s Eastern Edge, we’ll identify a player that’s worth targeting from each team in the conference. These players should provide value that outweighs the cost to acquire them in fantasy drafts. Boston Bruins – Jake DeBrusk Since posting a 50-point pace in his rookie campaign and a 30-goal pace in his sophomore season, [...]

This week, Grant Campbell and I organized the league’s forwards into tiers based on projected fantasy value this season. Grant covers the Western Conference here at DobberHockey, and you can check out his forward tiers in the West over here. Below, you’ll find my tiered ranking of forwards in the East. There’s some subjectivity baked [...]

This week, Grant Campbell and I organized the league’s defensemen into tiers based on projected fantasy value this season. Grant covers the Western Conference here at DobberHockey, and you can check out his tiers of defensemen in the West over here. Below, you’ll find my tiered ranking of defensemen in the East. There’s some subjectivity [...]

In this week’s Eastern Edge, we’ll discuss a few players to avoid because of their high ADPs (average draft positions) in upcoming fantasy drafts. Keep in mind, Yahoo’s ADPs aren’t the most accurate at this point in the offseason. As a result, we won’t pay too much attention to the ADP itself, but we’ll use [...]

In this week’s Eastern Edge, we’ll divide Eastern Conference goaltenders into tiers based on their fantasy hockey value. Keep in mind, there’s a fair bit of subjectivity that goes into these tiers, so think of them more as a guide for your own thinking than rigid rankings that you should stick to. Tier 1 Igor [...]