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Saturday Picks – October 8th

By Dobber Sports|2011-10-08T06:10:08-04:00October 8th, 2011|NHL Picks/Props|

Welcome to the 2011-12 NHL season! As a proud first time father I would like to take a minute to share a story. My wife got a message from her childhood best friend whom she hasn't spoken to in years congratulating us on our new baby. As it turns out he is an avid Dobberite and came across a congratulatory shout out the other day in the ramblings to a Marty Kwiaton. At first he didn't make the connection that in fact his childhood best friend’s husband chips in with a column every other week on a website he has been visiting for who knows how long.

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A Look Ahead – Week 1

By Dave Poleck|2015-07-24T09:12:27-04:00October 7th, 2011|Looking Ahead|

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Welcome to another season! Every Friday I will be giving you all of the trends, tendencies and tidbits that you can handle with regards to the NHL schedule as well as providing a weekly chart showing the best five and worst five team schedules for the upcoming weeks (found below). I will be taking a similar approach to what I did last season, but am also going to be trying out a few different things.

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2013 Draft – Sean “Mr. Clutch” Monahan

By Dobber Sports|2011-10-07T04:23:38-04:00October 7th, 2011|z-Archives (other articles)|

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The Ontario Hockey League is only five games old for the young Ottawa 67 forward and Sean Monahan is among the country’s hottest junior aged players. To start the 2011-12 OHL season, Monahan has already notched five multipoint games including two three-point efforts and has immediately started turning heads.

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The DobberHockey Panel Predictions – 2011-12

By Dobber Sports|2011-10-06T04:20:40-04:00October 6th, 2011|The Dobotomy|

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The gang weighs in on the 2011-12 season, and if it’s anything like our postseason success (as a consensus, the panel is 54-21 in five postseasons), you can take these picks to the bank.

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Shea Weber vs. Drew Doughty

By steve laidlaw|2015-07-24T09:12:29-04:00October 5th, 2011|Roos Lets Loose|

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I recently realized that I have not done a defensemen-centric Cage Match since May. It is not that I hate defensemen. I think it is just because defensemen are just so doggone hard to draft. They are far too fickle for my liking. One year they look like gold and the next the magic is gone. (Kinda like Lindsay Lohan, am I right?) Sure that can happen to any player but with defensemen the swings are so much more significant because they score fewer points in general. They also score much fewer goals so instead of relying on their talents to produce points like forwards can they rely more heavily on teammates and other situational factors. This is problematic for us poolies. I mean, how many questionable secondary assists did your defensemen snake last season? And can they be counted on to be as lucky? The answers are almost impossible.

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Tortoise Versus Hare (West 2011)

By Ryan Ma|2015-07-24T09:12:32-04:00October 4th, 2011|The Wild West|

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This week’s article stems from a thread created by Princeton on the Dobber forums. So I thought it’d be a good idea to take a look at the Western Confernce players to see if they are a hot starter (hare) or if they tend to start out of the gates a bit slower than the norm (tortoise). You can use this article in a few ways, where, if you are an owner it might just give you peace of mind to know that your player is a traditional slow starter, but should return to normal pretty soon. Or you might use someone who’s traditionally a hot starter and try to “sell high” and maximize trade value after the first month. Either way it should be beneficial for you fellow poolies.

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Training Camp Update: Florida Panthers

By Tim Lucarelli|2015-07-24T09:12:35-04:00October 3rd, 2011|Eastern Edge|

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Panthers’ GM Dave Tallon has done nothing short of a massive overhaul to his roster, arguably bigger than the Philadelphia Flyers’. Countless names were shipped out and just as many new faces arrived. With an overwhelming amount of new talent available, there are quite a few question marks surrounding the players, their potential performance, the line combinations, and of course the overall competitiveness of the team. Here’s a quick look at some of the players in Florida this year.

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Early Risers

By Dobber Sports|2011-10-01T21:21:12-04:00October 1st, 2011|The Journey|

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Preseason success isn't always a good indicator of regular season success, however, for prospects it's one of the few times to make a significant impression. Introductions are in order for four prospects who have had outstanding training camps/preseasons and have likely earned themselves at least a few call-ups throughout the season if not a spot on the NHL roster.

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A Deep Analysis – The Crosby Show

By Dobber Sports|2011-09-30T14:35:10-04:00September 30th, 2011|z-Archives (other articles)|

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We did a Deep Analysis of Jeff Angus’ team, The Crosby Show, before last season and we’re back again to give him another edge. Check all of our fantasy hockey tools out over at the HockeyPoolGeek.

(Editors note: considering my entire league will be reading this, not sure how much of an edge I actually get!)

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Training Camp Update: New Jersey

By Tim Lucarelli|2015-07-24T09:12:43-04:00September 29th, 2011|Eastern Edge|

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Last year the New Jersey Devils went from being one of the more consistent upper echelon teams to absolutely plummeting. Many have debated what the cause was – anything from Ilya Kovalchuk being a cancer in the dressing room to Martin Brodeur getting old to Zach Parise missing almost all year and just about everything in between. The fact of the matter is that something went wrong early and the team was forced to react.

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