21 Fantasy Hockey Rambles
Every Sunday, we'll share 21 Fantasy Rambles – formerly 20 Fantasy Thoughts – from our writers at DobberHockey. These thoughts are curated from the past week's ‘Daily Ramblings’. […]
Frozen Tools Forensics: Reviewing past Dobber prospects
With the release of Dobber’s 2019 Fantasy Hockey Prospects Report, we will look at a few of the blue-chip prospects that could have an effect on existing roster players in the next year or two that might be on your fantasy rosters. Dobber Prospect Ranking in parenthesis. Cale Makar (1D) With only 10 [...]
Capped: Recent signings, trades, and buyouts
With the Stanley Cup and all the other hardware awarded, we’re now getting into the fun part of the offseason where teams’ plans are starting to take shape, and we’re seeing some questionable decisions already. Let’s dive into some of the moves, sort the good from the bad, and see what impact this may [...]
Fantasy Take: Kevin Hayes Signs in Philadelphia
Fantasy Impact: It was reported late on Tuesday evening that the Flyers got their man. After dealing for his right ahead of the free agency window, Philly was able to convince the 6'5 center to sign on the dotted line but providing seven years and 50 million dollars. The 7.14 million Kevin Hayes will earn [...]
Fantasy Poll: Which Player(s) Will Never Again Match Their 2018-19 Production?
Whether we pause to realize it or not, the fact is there are dozens of skaters who will never again equal (let alone surpass) their point total from 2018-19. The trick, of course, is being able to know which players have already peaked, and thus whose production has nowhere to go but down. [...]
Eastern Edge: Further goaltender evaluation
In this week’s installment of Eastern Edge, we finish our review of goalie performance from the Atlantic division during the 2018-2019 season. In case you’ve forgotten, here are a couple of stat definitions to keep in mind as we go: Goals Saved Above Average (GSAA) from Hockey Reference: the goals a goalie prevented [...]
Fantasy Take: Flyers acquire Justin Braun
With the monster Erik Karlsson extension still fresh, it was obvious the Sharks would have to make moves to fit both Timo Meier and Kevin Labanc under the cap, along with some smaller signings, while still losing the likes of Joe Pavelski, Joonas Donskoi, and Gustav Nyquist to free agency. My hope was that [...]