Fantasy Hockey Top 10

The Top 10 rookies who are somewhat under the radar for 2016-17...   Much of the focus every year in fantasy hockey is on the rookies and who will start to live up to their potential. But too much focus is given on this year's crop of nominees and names in giant media centres. That's [...]

Top 10 players with shooting percentages that were way too high in 2015-16   One of the more important things in fantasy hockey when dealing with players that set career numbers is to look into the reasoning behind those numbers. One of the main reasons is a much higher-than-normal shooting percentage. Some guys will always [...]

Which goaltending battles should fantasy owners look forward to in 2016-17? […]

Looking at the top 10 bounce-back candidates for the 2016-17 fantasy hockey season. […]

Top 10 star players sure to disappoint in 2016-17 (i.e. bar is raised so high they're bound to fall short)   Although this may seem like the slowest time of year for NHL hockey, it's one of the busiest for dynasty leagues. Many fantasy general managers have already had to submit their list of dropped players [...]

Which future hockey debates could one day top Sid vs. Alex? […]

  Collins reviews Sportsnet's "grit stat" and brings you his Top 10 gritty NHL players   While looking through a bunch of statistics recently, I found a fairly-new stat that could be useful in pools that count peripheral categories. Sportsnet developed the grit stat two years ago, a combination of PIM, hits, fights and blocked [...]

Top 10 cheap value UFA signings that could help you in your deep salary cap league   Well, that was a fun Canada Day, wasn't it? NHL general managers threw more than $400 million at players on July 1. The DobberHockey crew did a great job of analyzing many of the signings (you can see the [...]

  Top 10 under-the-radar unrestricted free agents...   Talks are heating up as we are just four days away from free agency. Most fantasy GMs in cap leagues are paying close attention to what happens. I've already written a column on the top 10 UFAs, so for this week's column, I thought it would be a [...]

  The Top 10 reliable plus-minus players in the league today   The plus/minus. Has any statistic in any sport ever been so controversial? So many people seem to hate it for its simplicity, but that simplicity is what makes it useful in fantasy hockey. Despite a movement to get away from the stat, there are [...]