Statistical Anomalies
We’ve see approximately a third of the 2008-09 NHL season completed at this point, so it’s a good time to take a step back, break down some statistics, and see what kind of anomalies have occurred so far this season.
What Goes Up Must Come Down
If you can remember way back when you were a kid in primary school, your teacher taught you a very valuable lesson in life, what goes up must come down and what is down will eventually come back up. Sure, it might have been for a science lesson or an outcome from your first creative way of attempting to fly, but that lesson still holds true today. We’ll just have to apply the same concept to fantasy hockey. For the past four weeks, we covered goalies, defensemen, wingers and centers while examining team-by-team who is primed for fantasy success and who is due for a fall in the coming weeks. As a bonus installment we will look at a whole team approach this week.
Ye Three Kings
Hear ye! Hear ye! All hail our new Malking!
In a shocking turn of events, December brings us a new leader of the DobberHockey fantasy realm. Evgeni Malkin is the new most valuable fantasy hockey player.
No Ordinary Story
Well, today is official Happy Hockey Talk Day. And if you’ve read School of Block or The Cat Eye at all over the past 12 months, you know I’m a huge advocate of the mental and emotional, the motivational and inspirational aspects of goaltending. All too often these themes are buried and lost in the daily grind of fantasy notes, injury updates and trade offers.
Seven Deadly Sins of Fantasy Hockey
Avoid these seven deadly sins at all costs in order to greatly improve the probability of success in your fantasy pool.
Seven Deadly Sins of Fantasy Hockey
Avoid these seven deadly sins at all costs in order to greatly improve the probability of success in your fantasy pool.
Kyle Quincey Héros ou zéro?
Comment un défenseur passe de huitième défenseur dans une équipe de la LNH à second sur une autre? Chaque saison, on dirait qu’il y a un défenseur qui est soumis au ballotage ou qui est un extra dans une transaction et qui performe bien avec sa nouvelle équipe.
Kyle Quincey Blip or Stud?
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So how does a defenseman go from eighth on the depth chart on one NHL team to second on another? Every season, there seems to be a defenseman who is discarded either via waivers or as a throw-in in a deal and that rearguard ends up performing fairly well on his new team.
Cream of the Crop- Northwest Division
It's one of the tightest divsions in hockey year in and year out. Not only is this true on the ice, but the same can be said for the pipelines that fuel the Vancouver Canucks, Calgary Flames, Edmonton Oilers and Colorado Avalanche. Who is the division champ when it comes to prospects?
NHL Picks (Pro-Line) for November 29, 2008
Week 3 saw a nice recovery from the disastrous second week. I'm changing the format a little this week. Due to the NHL's laughable injury disclosure policy, identifying who will be out due to an injury has become a crapshoot. Therefore, I won't be including the "Key Injuries" subheading that I had in previous weeks. You guys hang out at Dobberhockey.com so you know all the key injuries anyway. Good luck to us this week.