As an extension of our earlier article ‘Analytics – What to Use for Fantasy Hockey and Why’, we go over a couple of important analytics charts that are provided in our Frozen Tools section. First, we’ll pull the summary “Advanced Stats” report for 2021-22. A team was selected at random, in this case – Detroit. [...]
On this episode of the Keeping Karlsson Fantasy Hockey Podcast, Elan and Brian pick out the most surprising individual performances-- good and bad-- from each team in the 2021-22 NHL season. This show features the first 16 teams; stay tuned for Part 2 with the rest.
The Chicago Blackhawks have hired former NHL defenseman Luke Richardson as their new Head Coach. Richardson was a big (6-4, 210 pounds), tough stay-at-home defenseman who played 1417 career NHL games and compiled 2055 penalty minutes. He works his players hard, but is also a player’s coach in the sense that he does things such [...]
The Minnesota Wild had their best-ever regular season with 113 points on 53 wins in 2021-22. It wasn’t enough as they lost in the first round for the sixth time in the last six times they’ve been in the playoffs. GM and Coach Bill Guerin was named GM of the Wild in August of 2019 [...]
The Columbus Blue Jackets were on the outside looking in last year. How long until the moves they have made start to bear fruit? Mark Scheig of The Hockey Writers breaks it down for Victor and Jesse.
Never be surprised by dumb decisions a GM will make. That goes for both the NHL and your fantasy league. NHL GMs love to overspend on the free-agent market in an effort to show their bosses and the fans that they are committed to improving the team. To do so, they'll often overlook a player's [...]
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. If Valeri Nichushkin is the darkhorse Conn Smythe candidate on the Avalanche, then Ondrej Palat fits that description for the Lightning. Palat [...]
After my disastrous performance last week, I was hoping we’d get to this point so I could get the chance to write another article. Indeed, not only did I go 0-3, my predictions all went in Tampa’s favor, and they ended up getting obliterated 7-0. It would look horrible for me to end the season [...]
Having not expected to write another column until September, I predicted there wouldn’t BE a Game 6. Nonetheless, here’s the next fearless forecast. But wait!! You can’t just go picking players. You need to decide whether the Colorado Avalanche comes with enough determination and desperation to close the series out, or will the Tampa Bay [...]
More and more fans and hockey pundits are referring to advanced stats in their evaluations. Some have become quite good at it, others struggle a little to grasp the concepts, and many often take the results out of context. (Read Part 2 - the charts - here) My background: I have a university Degree in [...]
