Geek of the Week: Brayden Schenn
Now with the Blues, Brayden Schenn could become a dominant fantasy force going forward. […]
The Journey: Top Forward Prospects To Watch In Camp
The Journey examines which high-level forward prospects will be battling it out in camp in the next few weeks with the potential to provide value in fantasy leagues. Mathew Barzal – New York Islanders A big topic of conversation this offseason has been the ability of the Islanders to add another pivot to [...]
Latest NHL Moves: New Jersey Signs Drew Stafford
The New Jersey Devils continued a solid off-season by signing right winger Drew Stafford to a one-year deal worth $800K. Going into his age-32 season, the American forward had 21 points in 58 games last year between Winnipeg and Boston. Analysis Over the course of his career, Stafford has never been a high-end offensive [...]
Frozen Pool Forensics: Brayden Schenn
Despite the youth transition the St. Louis Blues are certainly in win-now mode after trading for former Philadephia Flyer Brayden Schenn. In a draft day deal that saw the Blues part with underperforming forward Jori Lehtera, they upgrade with a player that possesses positional flexibility in being both a center and a left wing. Coach [...]
Capped: Team By Team Buy And Sell – Part 3
We are less than two months away from the season! To pass the time, we continue this summer’s buy and sell series. Here we run through each NHL team, and cover one player that you should be trying to get onto your fantasy team, as well as one player you should be trying to get [...]
Update on Dobber’s Battle with Cancer
Further to my announcement on June 10 (here) that I have bone marrow cancer (called Myelodysplastic Syndrome or MDS), I have an update. I finished the first round of chemotherapy and after 35 days in the hospital I was released to be with my family for six whole days. The 35 days were as [...]
Cage Match: Ryan Ellis vs. Jacob Trouba
Is Jacob Trouba a better fantasy option than Ryan Ellis? […]
Eastern Edge – Ones to Watch: Part 1
There are always players with interesting questions heading into their respective training camps. It could be that spiffy new hotshot rookie/first round pick or a new player coming to the team via an offseason trade. Maybe it's a big free-agent signing. It could even be that player coming off of an unusually good or [...]
Keeping Karlsson no. 153 – Early ProjecSchenns with Steve Laidlaw
On the final episode of the Keeping Karlsson Hockey Podcast's 2017 offseason series-- pre-season series begins next episode!-- Elan and Brian are joined by Steve Laidlaw, who lets us in on how the Dobber Fantasy Guide sausage is made. He also shares his thoughts on some of the projections found within this year's guide, including [...]
Fantasy Top-10: Players Ranked Too Low on Yahoo
The most popular fantasy hockey pool host quietly opened on the weekend, and there are a few rankings that leaves me scratching my head. The Yahoo draft layout uses three different sets of rankings: The expert pre-season rankings, the ranking based on league settings, and the average draft position. Note that the autodraft uses the [...]