Fantasy Hockey Top 10

Someone once said that if you start from zero, you have nothing to lose. Whoever said that obviously didn't play fantasy sports. We are all used to players having slow starts, but there is nothing more frustrating than watching a player consistently put up zeroes every game, especially in a category where you were counting [...]

No matter how excellent we draft or how often we fleece our fellow general managers in trades, we often find ourselves scouring the waiver wire for help. This year appears to be worse than usual, at least so far. Not only do we have to deal with injuries, but Covid protocols are also forcing many [...]

We're less than a week into the season, but it's never too early to have a look at who is getting opportunities and who is struggling early in the season. It may seem utterly unfair to judge the players now. After all, we're dealing with an extremely small sample size. Six teams have played just [...]

We're one day from the start of the NHL season, and every fantasy general manager is full of hope and optimism. After all, you made all the shrewd drafts picks and obviously won every trade. However, no matter how great you may have been, you'll still have a few players on your team that will [...]

One of the best feelings in fantasy hockey is when a player you believe in breaks through for a monster season. In fantasy hockey, players who come out of nowhere to score 70 points are gold, but they are tough to find. There are always the obvious choices, but those are selected high in drafts. [...]

I have a theory that while poolies prefer potential breakout candidates over bounce-back candidates they are unwise to do so. It is better to go with the bounce-back than the breakout. This theory is based on my participation in hockey pools for decades. In fact, my first year in a pool was when a rookie [...]

au-da-cious Showing a willingness to take surprisingly bold risks. de-lu-sion-al Characterized by holding beliefs or opinions contradicted by reality or rational thought. pro-phet-ic             Accurately describing or predicting what will happen in the future. 10.  Martin Necas leads the Carolina Hurricanes in scoring. Not Svechnikov. Not Trocheck. Not Aho. Young Martin will break out big [...]

I’m pretty fit for 45. Not Zdeno Chara fit, but between kettlebells in the morning and training to race mountain bikes in the evening, I can forget I am middle aged. I can forget, that is, until my competitive juices get flowing and pretty soon I am sprinting up stairs, having a chin up contest, [...]

I announced to my wife it is Bubble Keeper Week. She had the look on her face she gets when worried I have spent a large amount of money on a new hobby. I have no idea what she was imagining I might have bought. Bubble wands? Some sort of bubble storage device? To set [...]

After an eight-year hiatus, the Puck Pastor is back at DobberHockey. This time around with Dobber, I am filling in for a few weeks for Tom Collins. I doubt anyone remembers my old column, but if you did you would remember I tried to be true to the “Puck Pastor” moniker and weave some life [...]