On this episode of the podcast Steve is joined by DobberHockey's Alex MacLean to predict some of this season's trends ahead of time. What impact will isolating each division have on style of play? Will it cause an uptick in fighting or scoring? How will teams balance the short but compact schedule? How will trading be affected?
It’s time to empty the mailbag for the final time not just in 2020 but also, fingers crossed, before the 2020-21 season begins. For new readers, this is a column where I answer your fantasy hockey questions while also giving advice that should be useful to all poolies even if they don’t own the specific [...]
In this week’s Eastern Edge, we’ll divide Eastern Conference goaltenders into tiers based on their fantasy hockey value. Keep in mind, there’s a fair bit of subjectivity that goes into these tiers, so use them more to guide your own thinking than anything else. With that being said, feel free to share your own thoughts [...]
Dobber's offseason fantasy hockey grades – New Jersey Devils For the last 17 years (12 with The Hockey News) Dobber has reviewed each team from a fantasy-hockey standpoint and graded them. The 18th annual review will appear here on DobberHockey throughout the summer…er, winter. This is not a review of the likely performance on the [...]
The Los Angeles Kings have signed winger Andreas Athanasiou to a one-year contract worth $1.2M http://www.dobbersports.com The Kings get: a talented, but enigmatic forward who could either way. Either Athanasiou is a 30-goal scorer, as he showed just two seasons ago when he was 24 years old. Or he is a minus-46 defensive liability who [...]
Dobber's offseason fantasy hockey grades – New York Islanders For the last 17 years (12 with The Hockey News) Dobber has reviewed each team from a fantasy-hockey standpoint and graded them. The 18th annual review will appear here on DobberHockey throughout the summer…er, winter. This is not a review of the likely performance on the [...]
In part two of our look at the World Juniors (WJC) revisited for core three players, we will focus on San Jose, St. Louis, Vancouver, Vegas and Winnipeg. Pick up Dobber's 15th annual Fantasy Hockey Guide - updated today - here as an immediate download! San Jose Erik Karlsson (Sweden) – Surprisingly Karlsson only played [...]
The Montreal Canadiens have signed winger Corey Perry to a one-year deal worth $750,000. http://www.dobbersports.com Pick up Dobber's 15th annual Fantasy Hockey Guide here The Canadiens get: a former superstar in the twilight of his career. Perry’s offensive skills have been on the decline for several years now, expedited by injuries. At one point a [...]
With NHL training camps are set to open this week, fantasy general managers are rushing to get their leagues underway. I know plenty of people who haven’t concentrated on hockey over the past eight months, so many are playing catch up. Part of the prep will be trying to remember each player’s value after a [...]
The St. Louis Blues have signed forward Mike Hoffman to a professional tryout contract (PTO). As noted in the Blues’ press release, Hoffman can participate in all training camp activities, but he is free to sign a contract with any NHL team during the PTO. However, according to The Athletic’s Jeremy Rutherford, it appears that [...]
