Eastern Edge – Reviewing This Season’s Recommendations
It’s been quite the season for goalies thus far – I suppose you should have headed the notion that goalies do not matter? For those of us who avoided Matt Murray, Tuukka Rask, Carey Price, Cory Schneider, it is wheels up for those poolies! Since this is the sixth week of the season I [...]
Lining Up: Gourde’s Hot Start, Getzlaf Underappreciated, and More – November 13
In this week’s installment, we take a look at one hot line and one cold line. The temperature of these lines was determined using Dobber’s Line Production Tool to compare even-strength production over the past 10 games. I compiled a list of the highest scoring line for each team at even strength. Here’s the [...]
Wild West: Head-to-Head Matchups, Erik Karlsson
So this week I wanted to start with a slight deviation. I had something happen last week in one of my leagues that I am sure everyone who plays head-to-head category leagues is familiar with: I had a great week and got killed. This is a 12-team Yahoo League that uses 11 categories, and [...]
Fantasy Hockey Podcast: So Chabot Right Now
Hello! Welcome to another episode of the Keeping Karlsson Fantasy Hockey Podcast. We, Elan and Brian, will be your hosts for today. You know that rule about not investing too much in a goalie on draft day? Well, we've got plenty of real-world examples from the 2018-19 season so far that just offer more support [...]
Top 10 under-the-radar hot starts
Much of the focus so far this season has focused around some of the great surprise players, and with good reason. Thomas Chabot is the newest Erik Karlsson in Ottawa. Elias Pettersson is the greatest rookie in league history. Max Domi is a top-10 point producer. And so on. While much of the attention [...]
20 Fantasy Hockey Thoughts
Every Sunday, we'll share 20 Fantasy Thoughts from our writers at DobberHockey. These thoughts are curated from the past week's "Daily Ramblings". Writers: Michael Clifford, Ian Gooding, Cam Robinson, and Dobber 1. Will Jake Virtanen, who has been considered an underachiever after being selected as a high first-round pick right before William Nylander and [...]
The Journey: Calder Trophy Race – November 2018
This season, there’s no legitimate race for the Calder Memorial Trophy, given to the best rookie in the NHL. Vancouver Canucks’ Elias Pettersson broke all the records and won all the awards last season in the SHL. Now he appears to be taking home the Calder Trophy while breaking some modern rookie records. [...]