As the popular expression goes, fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me. All too often, fantasy general managers can be found to be the fools, trusting players to bounce back to heights that are normally too high to begin with. We have seen this with Mathew Barzal for the past [...]
In the pro preview, Paul Delos Santos of The Hockey News joins the show to talk about the Stanley Cup Champs. Forwards: Jack Eichel, Mark Stone, Chandler Stephenson, Jonathan Marchessault, William Karlsson, Ivan Barbashev, Pavel Dorofeyev, Nicolas Roy, and Brandan Brisson Defensemen: Alex Pietrangelo and Shea Theodore. Goalies: Adin Hill, Logan Thompson, and Robin Lehner. [...]
Welcome back to The Journey, where we track the development of prospects as they excel in junior, make the NHL, and push towards stardom. *** John Klingberg (now with TOR) is an out-of-control power play thief. Everywhere he goes, he blocks young defensemen from getting well-deserved power play time. First it was Miro Heiskanen (DAL), [...]
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 — 1. There are always a few items in my fantasy guide that raise an eyebrow or two. I'll be making an appearance on [...]
For the last 20 years (12 with The Hockey News), Dobber has reviewed each team from a fantasy-hockey standpoint and graded them. The site began these reviews on August 8, and today wraps up the 32nd team. These are not reviews of the likely performance on the ice or in the standings, but more in [...]
This week on Frozen Tool Forensics we are diving into the Yahoo rankings. I try to include some sort of Yahoo thematic article every year as there is a significant number of folks that use Yahoo as their platform and there are always some significant odd balls in the projections. Getting an idea of some [...]
The world of fantasy hockey is heavily driven by data and statistical analysis, including traditional metrics such as Zone Start Percentage (ZS%) and Corsi-For Percentage (CF%), standard tools that have been in use since the early to late 2000s. As time has passed and technology has advanced, new frontiers in analytics have emerged, with cutting-edge [...]
We waited 500 episodes but finally got Dobber himself on the pod to talk about some of the most interesting projections from his annual guide. Lots of great potential fantasy sleepers for this season!
For the last 20 years (12 with The Hockey News) Dobber and the team have reviewed each team from a fantasy-hockey standpoint and graded them. The 21st annual review will appear here on DobberHockey throughout the summer. This is not a review of the likely performance on the ice or in the standings but in [...]
In the pro preview, Meghan Angley of The DNVR joins the show to talk about the pros. Forwards: Nathan MacKinnon, Mikko Rantanen, Valeri Nichushkin, Artturi Lehkonen, Ryan Johansen, Jonathan Drouin, Ross Colton, Miles Wood, and Gabriel Landeskog. Defensemen: Cale Makar, Devon Toews, Bowen Byram, and Sam Girard. Goalies: Alexandar Georgiev, Pavel Francouz, and Justus Annunen. [...]
