Fantasy Hockey Top 10

Fantasy Hockey Top 10: Weekly Rankings, Trends, and Deep-Dive Lists
Welcome to the Top 10 at DobberHockey, our signature weekly feature designed to highlight the most impactful movements across the NHL. Whether we are ranking the top waiver-wire targets, identifying regression candidates, or projecting future breakouts, our Top 10 lists provide a concise, data-driven roadmap for managing your fantasy roster.

Strategic Weekly Countdown
Curated by the Caleb Desjardins, each Top 10 report focuses on “Information Gain”—providing unique insights you won’t find in a standard box score:

The Trend Watch: Identifying the 10 players whose underlying metrics (Corsi, PDO, and shooting percentage) suggest a major scoring surge or slump is imminent.

Waiver Wire Priority: A ranked list of the most valuable free agents currently available in the majority of fantasy leagues.

Dynasty & Prospect Risers: Tracking the 10 most significant value jumps for young players and farm-team stashes.

Situational Power Rankings: From “Best Playoff Schedules” to “Top Power-Play Quarterbacks,” we rank the situational factors that win head-to-head matchups.

Analytical Precision meets Expert Curation
Every Top 10 list is built using the advanced metrics available at Frozen Tools. By combining raw data with the scouting intuition of our expert staff, we provide a filtered look at the league that helps you stay ahead of the curve. If a player or a trend cracks our Top 10, it’s a signal that every fantasy manager needs to pay attention.

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Top 10 Power-Play Disappointments

By Tom Collins|2017-01-30T00:24:17-05:00January 30th, 2017|Fantasy Hockey Top 10|

This season's Top 10 power-play disappointments... The difference between great and good fantasy players often comes down to power play production. Many leagues use power play points as a category. Even those leagues that don’t use it, savvy GMs keep track of how players are utilized with the man advantage. A player who [...]

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Top 10 Goalie Storylines

By Tom Collins|2017-01-23T01:22:10-05:00January 23rd, 2017|Fantasy Hockey Top 10|

Top 10 goalie storylines Your fantasy season lives and dies with your goaltending. You can have the best squad in the world but if your two netminders are below-average, it doesn’t matter how many points Connor McDavid gets for you. This year has seen plenty of surprises when it comes to the nets. Elite [...]

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Top 10 first half surprises (and can they keep it up?)

By Tom Collins|2017-01-16T00:23:13-05:00January 16th, 2017|Fantasy Hockey Top 10|

Top 10 surprises of the first half, and can they keep it up? The halfway point of the season is always a good time to take a second to contemplate on what we’ve witnessed so far this season. Most of it is routine. But there are always surprises. This year has been chock full [...]

Top 10 WJC fantasy value changes

By Tom Collins|2017-01-09T20:54:48-05:00January 9th, 2017|Fantasy Hockey Top 10|

Top 10 World Junior fantasy value changes It’s never a good thing to get too disappointed or excited by a World Junior appearance. After all, the maximum amount of games they play is seven, the same as one round of the NHL playoffs. But we’re fantasy general managers. We can’t help ourselves. We [...]

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Top 10 Surprising Players of 2016

By Tom Collins|2017-01-02T00:53:38-05:00January 2nd, 2017|Fantasy Hockey Top 10|

The Top 10 surprising players of 2016 The dawn of 2017 gives us a good chance to reflect on the fantasy breakthroughs that 2016 brought us. The Frozen Pool feature found on this site has a great tool where you can sort by custom dates. Looking at the full 2016 year (Jan. 1 [...]

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Top 10 Buy-Low Players (2016)

By Tom Collins|2016-12-19T00:28:59-05:00December 19th, 2016|Fantasy Hockey Top 10|

The Top 10 'buy-low' players in fantasy hockey today Last week we looked at the top 10 sell-high players. Now it’s time to flip it around and look at the top 10 buy low. The trick for buying low is all in the timing. It’s too late for some players. Mark Stone is a [...]

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Top 10 Sell-High Players (2016)

By Tom Collins|2016-12-12T02:49:17-05:00December 12th, 2016|Fantasy Hockey Top 10|

The Top 10 players you should "sell high" on. These players are overvalued right now... Sell high. Buy low. It sounds so simple. But it’s always tough to trade away players when they are playing so well. We convince ourselves that this unprecedented hot streak can last for the whole year. But it usually [...]

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Top 10 D-men for Hits, BLKS & PIM

By Tom Collins|2016-12-05T01:52:39-05:00December 5th, 2016|Fantasy Hockey Top 10|

Top 10 defensemen for the physical categories - hits, blocked shots and PIM... A lot of big-name defensemen always seem to get the love when it comes to peripheral stats. But there are plenty of options out there if you desperately need hits, PIM or blocked shots. These guys won’t be confused with Shea [...]

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Top 10 Interesting Numbers (So Far)

By Tom Collins|2016-11-28T01:03:26-05:00November 28th, 2016|Fantasy Hockey Top 10|

Top 10 interesting numbers so far, early in the 2016-17 NHL campaign I’ve always been a numbers guy. Things that are strange and different than normal have always interested me. This fascination can help when it comes to fantasy hockey. Knowing which numbers are a sign of things can help you pick up on [...]

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Top 10 Big-Name Players to Cut Bait On

By Tom Collins|2016-11-21T08:09:32-05:00November 21st, 2016|Fantasy Hockey Top 10|

The Top 10 players your fantasy squad should cut bait on One of the more popular type of columns that are written has to do with who you should pick up in your league. But rarely do we look at the other side of it: Who should you drop? Some of the toughest decisions [...]