Fantasy Hockey Life: Draftastic 1 – NHL Draft Talk with Prospect Writers
Victor reports from the NHL Draft in Los Angeles.
Fantasy Take: Sharks Bolster Blue Line by Signing Orlov
In an effort to paper over their extremely thin blue line as they wait for their prospects to mature, the San Jose Sharks have signed Dmitry Orlov to a two-year contract with an AAV of $6.5M. In addition to Nick Leddy being added off waivers and the signing of John Klingberg a couple days ago, [...]
Analytics Advantage: Deep Dive into Point Shares and Drafting/Development Trends
NHL Draft Visualized: Tableau Deep Dive into Point Shares and Development Trends This week, I’ve built on last week’s draft value work by digging into player outcomes with a fresh set of Tableau visuals. The core metric driving this analysis is Point Shares, a stat from Hockey Reference that functions similarly to WAR (Wins Above [...]
Fantasy Take: Burns Extending Career With Colorado
The Colorado Avalanche have signed defenseman Brent Burns to a one-year contract. According to Elliotte Friedman, the contract has a $1 million base and has games-played bonuses of up to $3 million. https://twitter.com/FriedgeHNIC/status/1940597826054246401 Burns has been the anti-Band Aid Boy, having not missed a game since the 2014-15 season. During the prime of his career, [...]
Fantasy Take: KHL Star Maxim Shabanov Signs With Islanders
Fantasy Impact: The New York Islanders have signed diminutive winger Maxim Shabanov to a one-year, bonus-laden deal with a cap hit of $975k and an AAV of $4.475M. I posted my feelings on Shabanov six or seven hours before the signing: https://twitter.com/DobberHockey/status/1940431977858887801 Perhaps he was waiting for my blessing? In all seriousness though, the strong [...]
Injury Ward: Josi, Nugent-Hopkins, Varlamov, Foerster, Brodin & More
Good morning, good afternoon, good evening everyone. Welcome to the Injury Ward. My name is Logan Clarkson and every Wednesday I will be chauffeuring you through injury news and updates from around the NHL. As always, I'd like to thank every single one of you for reading. Now, on to the bad (and some good) [...]
Fantasy Take: Pius Suter Lands with the Blues
Pius Suter has signed a two-year deal in St. Louis with an AAV of $4.125 million. With the move, the Blues continue to reshape their middle-six forward group, and by bringing in Suter they are signing one of the best centers in what was a very thin market. Suter is coming off of a career-high [...]
Forum Buzz: When/how to rebuild, Point, M. Tkachuk, Harley, Keller, Knies, Reinhart, Stankoven, Konecny, Lafreniere & More
Welcome back to Forum Buzz, where I peruse the DobberHockey Forums and weigh in on active, heavily debated, or otherwise relevant recent threads, reminding folks just how great a resource the Forums are. Nearly anything might be covered here, other than trades and signings, which usually get their own separate write-ups on the main site [...]
Fantasy Take: Mangiapane Fills an Opening in Edmonton
The Edmonton Oilers have signed winger Andrew Mangiapane to a two-year, $3.6 million AAV deal. The speedy Mangiapane scored 35 goals for the Calgary Flames during the 2021-22 season, but he has failed to reach 20 goals in each of his past three seasons. In his lone season in Washington, Mangiapane was held to just [...]
Fantasy Take: K’Andre Miller Off To Carolina In Sign-And-Trade Deal
Following the signing of Vladislav Gavrikov (breakdown of the fantasy impact of that deal here) it seemed all-but-certain that the New York Rangers were going to be trading defenceman K’Andre Miller. As happened with Vegas and Mitch Marner, the deal ended up being a sign-and-trade, only this time to the Carolina Hurricanes in exchange for [...]