The panel was correct on six out of the eight playoff series in Round 1, only missing on perhaps the two toughest series of the first round. Florida and Dallas were the two teams that won despite being picked by the minority of writers, but they may have been picked by the majority with different [...]
This week, I’m going to look at teams in the Western Conference and review players set to become free agents on July 1st or at the end of 2025-26. We will also see how much cap space each team has with the salary cap increasing to $95.5 million in 2025-26. We will attempt to look [...]
This week’s focus is on under-the-radar power-play drivers. These are not the usual suspects like McDavid, Kucherov, MacKinnon, Marner or Makar. Instead, these are players who quietly impact the man advantage through smart puck movement, high shot volume, or consistent decision-making. A power-play driver is not always the one finishing the play, they are also [...]
Fluto Shinzawa of the New York Times joins the show to break down the Boston Bruins. Jesse and Victor ask him about David Pastrnak, Morgan Geekie, Pavel Zacha, Elias Lindholm, Casey Mittelstadt, Matthew Poitras, Fraser Minten, Charlie McAvoy, Mason Lohrei, Hampus Lindholm, Jeremy Swayman, and Joonas Korpisalo. Cat's instincts covers prospect goalies Brandon Bussi and [...]
Every Sunday, we share 21 Fantasy Rambles from our writers at DobberHockey. These thoughts are curated from the past week's ‘Daily Ramblings’. Writers/Editors: Ian Gooding, Michael Clifford, Alexander MacLean, Brennan Des, and Dobber — 1. It is all up to Connor Hellebuyck to shake his playoff demons in Game 7 of the Jets-Blues series. On [...]
Welcome back to The Journey, where we track the development of prospects as they excel in junior, make the NHL, and push towards stardom. *** Every NHL season brings in new rookies, but the 2024-25 class has hit differently. Macklin Celebrini and Matvei Michkov grabbed early headlines and rightfully so, but it has not just been about [...]
This week we are continuing our MVP series with right wings. I have included a small snippet from last week’s article below that outlines the process we are using in this series. ‘Most Valuable’ is a tricky term that is going to be completely dependent on the league specific context. For the purposes of this [...]
Here are the top 300 skaters to own in your points-only dynasty leagues - May edition! Download the FREE Goalie Post App - for win probabilities and save projections for each starting goaltender. Download at the Apple Store here or the Android store here. Please rate and review (your last rating or review probably didn't [...]
Welcome back to another edition of Analytics Advantage. With the first round of the 2025 NHL Playoffs in full swing, I’ve shifted focus this week toward a more visual breakdown of team performance. Using data from Natural Stat Trick (postseason only, current through April 29), I’ve built four Tableau charts that explore different areas of [...]
Today, we begin by addressing the offseason question marks facing each NHL team as they head into the summer. This week, we'll focus on four of the teams that missed the playoffs, many of whom face significant challenges. Next week, we'll turn our attention to the remaining four non-playoff teams, and then we'll move on [...]
