Eastern Edge

  It was certainly an interesting season in the Metro for the center position, more so than any other division the Metro looks like it has a few players ripe to rebound next season.   The crazy stat of the week for this division is that Sebastian Aho, Evgeni Malkin, and Evgeny Kuznetsov all shot below [...]

  It’s been a fun start to the fantasy offseason so far identifying the easy draft day steals for next year.  For a summary of those articles check out these links RW-Metro, RW-Atlantic, LW-Atlantic.  All you really need to know is that you should be smashing the draft button on Anthony Mantha and Brendan Gallagher [...]

  Thus far in my offseason Eastern Edge columns, we’ve supposedly uncovered the pitfall of drafting Jeff Skinner next season regardless where he signs this summer, and we’ve zeroed in on Anthony Mantha as a must draft.  This week, we will continue this discussion with right wingers in the Metro.  There were quite a few [...]

  Last week we covered LWs in the Atlantic and this week we’ll stay in that division to look at some of the RWs.  We’ll cover the same stat areas and throw in some of the historical data to show whether it is likely a player that performed well in the year 2018-2019 has a [...]

  Today marks year one for me writing at Dobber Hockey – and it also marks the first week of the offseason for draft preparation.  There is a lot to go through this summer:  scoring increase, stability in the goal crease, advanced stat analysis, and ADPs.  Since we are so fresh from the end of [...]

  It seems like 90% of the fantasy hockey world has tied a bow on their leagues championships.  All of my leagues have come to a close and I’ve mentally taken a step back from the in depth focus of the last couple of weeks.  As we read on Monday that Calgary was going to [...]

    Congrats to those who concluded their season on the successful end – it seems like just last September when we were talking about ADP value and ways to construct a dominating roster.  For those of you still in the middle of their league championships I thought I would jot down some notes on [...]

  For some we’ve reached the final week of the playoffs – others are looking at the semi-finals.  No sweeter time than late round fantasy hockey.  Congrats if you’ve made it this far – I am going to take a little time and spew some helpful insight on Eastern conference players that can help you [...]

  What a night in the Eastern conference to start the week off right in the fantasy hockey playoffs.  At this point every league should have started their playoffs.  For those lucky enough to move on to round two I hope you’ll be back next week for the finals. Side note on league settings – [...]

  First of congrats to those who have made the playoffs and are now in the middle of their week one matchup.  It’s hard to concentrate on all the other players in the league when you’re rooting so hard for the guys on your team right now.   If you’ve followed my advice on how to [...]