Fantasy Impact: In a one-for-one deal, the Montreal Canadiens sent Alex Galchenyuk to the Arizona Coyotes for Max Domi. The Coyotes get: A goal-scoring forward who was drafted as a centre but has struggled to thrive in that position at the NHL-level. Galchenyuk is two years removed from a 30-goal, 56-point campaign. [...]
Though I am not going to say I will make a call like prior Frozen Pool Forensics writer Cam Robinson on a breakout season for Nathan Mackinnon, it’s time to bring some youth-oriented names to the table that seem like they’re ready to bust out in 2018-19. A couple of the following really stood [...]
Over a year ago now, I wrote an article on Brad Marchand, delving in to some of the strange numbers in his career to that point. I had painted a picture of optimism, but still fell short on his production these past two seasons. With him being thrust back into the spotlight for reasons [...]
The game has evolved to producing more shots – it has been covered by Mike Clifford as well. Rather than focus on the trend of shot volume increase, I wanted to take a look at the top scoring players in the East last year and see how their shot volumes changed from 2016-2017 to [...]
Another season in the books, and congratulations to the Washington Capitals. Let's take this opportunity to follow up on the picks I put forward at the beginning of the playoffs and check in on whether any of our prediction strategies were useful this year. To start, we'll touch on the various prediction models. For [...]
Top 10 players who spiked in shooting percentage (2017-18) There are lots of factors to consider why a player all of a sudden saw a dramatic increase in goals from one season to the next: more power play time, more shots, better linemates or a trade to a new team. Looking at players [...]
Here are the Top 50 prospect defensemen to own in your points-only keeper leagues, June edition. This is the final analysis/audit pre-draft. The players were fully reviewed by myself and the DobberProspects staff for the Fantasy Prospects Report (buy it here). The NHL draft later this month will no doubt knock a dozen of [...]
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". […]
