Frozen Tools Forensics

  Some players are prime candidates to bounce back from sub-par years or injury-plagued campaigns. The value of these players could be at a low point, so it could be a good time to take a chance on them improving next season. I’m not convinced that all of these players we will list in the [...]

  With the release of Dobber’s 2019 Fantasy Hockey Prospects Report, we will look at a few of the blue-chip prospects that could have an effect on existing roster players in the next year or two that might be on your fantasy rosters. Dobber Prospect Ranking in parenthesis.   Cale Makar (1D) With only 10 [...]

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  We will begin to delve into the top-20 restricted free agent class of 2019. We will look at projected contracts (using Evolving Wild), potential offer sheets and any other interesting stats from Dobber Frozen Tools. At any moment, players from this list could re-sign with their existing teams (e.g., Esa Lindell just re-signed with [...]

  For the fourth and final part of our look at UFAs for next season, we will check-in on the players available who would be considered the elite of the UFA class. These are the established top-line players who can be considered tier one. Any references to WAR (wins above replacement) are from www.evolving-hockey.com calculations [...]

  For part three of four in our look at UFAs for next season, we will look at the players available who would be considered established top-four forwards or defensemen. An enjoyable reference is Evolving Wild’s contract projections, which has an algorithm for free agent player salaries on a google spreadsheet. Most of their projections [...]

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  For part one of our look at UFAs for next season, we will look at the players available who might be considered in the lowest tier. I’ve broken the players into four separate tiers, with the fourth being replacement level or slightly above, tier three being above replacement level, tier two being solid top-nine [...]