Fantasy Hockey Top 10

There is never an offseason for fantasy general managers in cap leagues. Even if rosters, trades and waiver claims are frozen, GMs still need to keep atop of the players on their teams that are free agents and what their potential salaries might be. Too many big raises could put you way over your league’s [...]

This past year was a season of extremes for fantasy hockey. It seems as if either everything was awesome or everything sucked, depending on your point of view. Scoring was up, but goaltending suffered. Youth is king, but older players are just as valuable. Tampa put together a season not seen in years, but everyone [...]

  There’s a theory that goes around hockey circles that a player will see a significant increase in production in their fourth NHL season. There’s some credence to that. Years ago, someone here at Dobber wrote that almost a quarter of forwards entering their fourth season saw their production increase by about 25 per cent. [...]

  For those of us in cap leagues, the season never truly ends. We’re always trying to keep an eye on the next big contract and how it might impact our team. It seems as if the $10-million mark will now be the standard for big-money contracts. This past season, only three players had $10-million [...]

Well, you’ve survived another fantasy hockey season. Some of you are champions, mocking those who dare think they could ever hope to compete against you. The rest of you are being mocked. Now is a good time to look at why your team wasn’t successful. Much of it is beyond your control, as many players [...]

  The end of the regular season doesn’t mean it’s the end of fantasy hockey. In many ways, it’s just starting. While I love regular season fantasy hockey, playoff fantasy hockey is more special. It’s the one time of year when you get interest from regular joes who don’t normally participate in fantasy sports. There’s [...]

Every year, no matter how much we prepare for drafts, read all the experts’ opinions, and do up our own point projections, there are always plenty of players who put up jaw-dropping seasons that no one saw coming. This year, those jaw-dropping seasons seem more extreme. With scoring on the rise, there are numerous players [...]

I’ve hinted around at this for the past few weeks, but there are a lot of players in keeper pools whose values are overlooked simply because of their age. When many fantasy general managers have given up on a season and are looking to next year, they have a tendency to focus on youth for [...]

  It’s always a little annoying to own a Band-Aid player, but at least you can plan for that. You take into consideration that players like Evgeni Malkin and Taylor Hall are going to miss some time. When they don’t, you get seasons like this year. It’s even more frustrating when you own a player [...]

Many head-to-head leagues are about to start their fantasy hockey playoffs this week. And while it’s too late to make trades in most leagues, there’s still moves you can make to put yourself in a better spot for a championship. You see, the free agent and waiver wire lists are brimming with players that are [...]