20 Fantasy Hockey Thoughts
Every Sunday until the start of the 2018-19 regular season, we'll share 20 Fantasy Thoughts from our writers at DobberHockey. These thoughts are curated from the past week's "Daily Ramblings". […]
Fantasy Impact: Calgary Flames Trade Hamilton, Ferland, Fox to Carolina for Hanifin, Lindholm
The Calgary Flames have traded defenseman Dougie Hamilton, winger Micheal Ferland, and prospect blueliner Adam Fox to the Carolina Hurricanes for defenseman Noah Hanifin and forward Elias Lindholm. The Flames get: A recent fifth overall draft pick who is a stud defensively and has untapped offensive potential. Hanifin hasn’t even come close to [...]
Fantasy Impact: Los Angeles Kings Sign Ilya Kovalchuk
The Los Angeles Kings have signed "retired" free agent forward Ilya Kovalchuk to a three-year deal worth $6.25 million per season. The 35-year-old winger played the last five seasons in the KHL. The Kings get: A proven NHL player and five-time 40-goal scorer, two-time 50-goal scorer. And Kovalchuk's 141 points (63 goals) over the [...]
The Journey – Rising Prospect Defenders
Looking at the June rankings of Dobber’s Top 50 Fantasy Prospect Defensemen you’ll find a few big movers and shakers Note: Sami Niku and Louie Belpedio were the biggest risers this month, however, I covered them recently here Sebastien Aho – NYI, up to 30 from 40 “The other Sebastian Aho” as [...]
Fantasy Take: Capitals Trade Grubauer, Orpik to Colorado
We kept hearing chatter all day about a bunch of trades that were supposed to be in the works and nothing came to fruition. Just as the Entry Draft was about to start, we got our first trade of the day: the Colorado Avalanche traded a second-round pick this year (47th overall) to the [...]
June Top-100 Roto Rankings
This edition serves as a formal end of year recap, with market corrections to some of the more spectacular Roto performances from the playoffs. There are two big moves to note this month. The first is Dustin Byfuglien manhandling his way back into the top 10. Byfuglien is no stranger to being named among [...]
Frozen Tools Forensics: Rebuild in the Big Apple
After the fire sale in Manhattan at the trade deadline, the New York Rangers have officially closed the window on what was more or less a decade’s contention for the Stanley Cup. Though the ultimate prize was once in sight and unfortunately lost to the Los Angeles Kings, the time has come for the [...]
Latest NHL Moves: Barry Trotz Hired as Head Coach for Islanders
Following his departure from the Washington Capitals, one of the immediate straight lines drawn was for Barry Trotz to be heading to the New York Islanders. They had a vacancy and presumably the desire to bring in a coach with a winning pedigree to not only give the fans some hope but to convince a [...]
Capped – Analyzing Recent Signings Around the League
First off, for those who missed it, Gary Bettman made mention on Wednesday that the salary cap for the upcoming 2018-2019 season should be between $79.5M and $80M. Adjust accordingly. **** Now that’s out of the way, let me take a step back and say it’s good to be back in the middle of [...]