After running polls as part of this column for quite a while, I’ve been able to learn which have worked and which haven’t. For those that do, I’ve turned them into annual polls, and this one just graduated to yearly status. We all know the playoffs are not an environment that resembles the regular season. [...]
In this week’s Eastern Edge, we’ll continue our review of the ‘Core Four’ for every team in the East. Check out part one over here. As we work through the Eastern, Grant Campbell is working through the Western Conference. Make sure to check out his coverage here. As Grant established, ‘The Core Four’ are players [...]
This week we will look at the next four teams in the West after we reviewed Anaheim, Arizona, Calgary and Chicago last week. The Core Four are the players from each roster, who should be the foundation for their team to build off of over the next three to five years. Colorado Avalanche Nathan MacKinnon [...]
Most years in dynasty fantasy leagues, there is debate on who to select first overall. Whoever had the first overall pick last year, for example, could have gone with Shane Wright, Simon Nemec or Juraj Slafkovsky, and none would have been the incorrect choice. The year before, any of Owen Power, Luke Hughes, Matty Beniers [...]
Byron Bader of Hockey Prospecting joins the show to discuss some of the NHL draftees as assessed by his statistical model. Jesse and Victor chat with him about Leo Carlsson, Dmitri Simashev, Adam Gajan, Daniil But, Nate Danielson, David Reinbacher, Easton Cowan, Adam Fantilli, Matvei Mitchkov, Mikhail Gulyayev, Zach Benson, Lukas Dragecevic, Gabe Perreault, Ruslan [...]
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 and Dobber. This week, Grant Campbell pinches in for Alex (on vacation). — 1. According to CapFriendly, Tony DeAngelo is the first-ever player to ever be [...]
Welcome back to The Journey, where we track the development of prospects as they excel in junior, make the NHL, and push towards stardom. Now that the real NHL draft is over, fantasy leagues have the green light to hold their own. Most managers are well acquainted by now with the big names in 2023, [...]
Joel Henderson, Director of Scouting at PuckPreps, joins the show to talk about WHL players taken in the NHL draft. Victor and Jesse ask about Connor Bedard, Nate Danielson, Zach Benson, Brayden Yager, Samuel Honzek, Tanner Molendyk, Nico Myatovic, Andrew Cristall, Kalan Lind, Lukas Dragicevic, Gracyn Sawchyn, Riley Heidt, and Koehn Ziemmer. Our show is [...]
The draft and July 1 free agency have come and gone. Even though offseason transactions aren’t all complete, player values for 2023-24 are starting to take shape. Many of this month’s adjustments – but not all – are related to increases and decreases in value related to player movement. Available July 28! The 18th annual [...]
Mitch Brown of EP Rinkside joins the show with some of his reactions from the NHL draft. Victor and Jesse ask him about Nate Danielson, Charlie Stramel, Oliver Bonk, Easton Cowan, Zach Benson, Quentin Musty, Gracyn Sawchyn, Nick Lardis, Caden Price, Luca Cagnoni, Connor Levis, Matvei Mitchkov, Matthew Wood, Noah Chadwick, Coulson Pitre, Rodwin Dionicio, [...]
