Eastern Edge

  In this week’s installment of Eastern Edge, we finish our review of goalie performance from the Atlantic division during the 2018-2019 season. In case you’ve forgotten, here are a couple of stat definitions to keep in mind as we go:   Goals Saved Above Average (GSAA) from Hockey Reference: the goals a goalie prevented [...]

  In this week’s installment of Eastern Edge, we kick off a quick review of goalie performance during the 2018-2019 season. Before we begin, let’s define a couple of stats we’ll be taking a look at today: Goals Saved Above Average (GSAA) from Hockey Reference: the goals a goalie prevented given his save percentage and [...]

  Howdy folks! My name is Brennan and I’m going to be taking over the Eastern Edge column for the foreseeable future, so get ready for a drop in quality! In all seriousness, I probably won’t be able to match the level of analytical expertise that Cam Metz brought to this article, but I promise [...]

  Last week we talked about the value that will likely be had at the draft next season for the center position in the Metro.   This week we have a few players that also will present a nice value option, but really there are a few more players that I personally would avoid next season.  [...]

  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 [...]