Now that we have wrapped up our high performers for the year, I wanted to revisit a bit of playoff hockey. By next week we should be able to check in on all of the player and team predictions from the beginning of the playoffs, but for this week I wanted to follow up on [...]
While many fantasy general managers focus on avoiding Band-Aid boys, most don’t go the next step and specifically target iron men. It should make sense. A player that is almost guaranteed to play in all 82 games should be more valuable than a player that will play in 75. It doesn’t matter why they miss [...]
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". […]
= First things first, if you haven’t already, make sure you pick up Dobber’s 2018 Fantasy Hockey Prospects Report right here. ** Washington and Vegas have treated us to a very entertaining first couple of games in this year’s Stanley Cup final. They’ve both managed to survive the tough road that is the NHL season, [...]
Everyone has their own favorite I’m sure with 2017-18 seeing some great production from several players at bargain prices on draft day. All of us have one or two of those players where we pat ourselves on the shoulder for that selection at the start. Below, you’ll find some names that should be highlighted for [...]
**** I have been writing for DobberHockey for over a year and a half now, and it has been a wonderful experience. Looking back over the last 20 months, I have put out about 80 articles, and haven’t really taken the time yet to go back over them, sorting out the hits, the misses and [...]
Last week I took a look at the predictive value of primary assists for total points scored (you can find that article here Primary Assist Rates to Monitor). Most of the time was spent discussing the value of a primary rate percentage and whether it is predictive of the total points scored for a player. [...]
The NHL playoffs are where fantasy careers can be made, or even rejuvenated. A player who has struggled all season can make fantasy general managers forget all about that with a couple of good months, or even simply a good first round. The player’s value is boosted, and GMs would be wise to look at [...]
