A Statement from Darryl Dobbs (Dobber) Regarding His Health Some of you may have noticed that I haven’t been around much over the last few weeks. The reason is I’ve been diagnosed with a rare bone marrow cancer called Myelodysplastic Syndrome, or MDS. It is in a high risk, aggressive stage and I will [...]
This week's Capped looks around the league at some other possible buyouts coming this off-season. **** The Capped article from two weeks ago outlining the Dallas Stars’ options with their goaltending moving forward was well-received, so the next step is to look around the rest of the league at other possible buyout options. The [...]
Is there a way to determine which playoff success stories will continue into next season? […]
The Toronto Maple Leafs appear to be ahead of where most pundits predicted they would be on their rebuild timeline. Their reward for successfully battling for a playoff berth was to face the NHL’s top regular-season team. Toronto gave the Capitals all they could handle in a six-game playoff loss, taking five of the [...]
Postseason success and failure for an individual player doesn’t have any impact on next season, but they will have a ton of impact on a player’s perceived value in your fantasy leagues. Remember last year when Robby Fabbri had 15 points in 20 playoff games and many thought he was a shoo-in for a big [...]
Following the draft lottery, we’ve been examining each Western Conference squad’s offseason priorities, emphasizing points-only pool production with some peripheral considerations and highlighting potential breakout candidates. We started in the cellar points-wise and are moving up as we go. We’ll tackle Vegas shortly after the June expansion draft. Last week was San Jose and Calgary. [...]
Every Sunday this off-season, we'll share 20 Fantasy Thoughts from our writers at Dobber Hockey. These thoughts are curated from the past week's "Daily Ramblings". […]
This week, The Journey examines which 2016-17 rookies could star in their sophomore seasons, and who might slightly regress in Year Two. For fun, if you want to look back on this article from last May, you can see it here. Some big hits, and a couple misses as well, as expected. Matthew Tkachuk [...]
Dobber's Band-Aid Boys List - 2014 edition!
It seems as if every season there is a player or two that sneaks up to surprise the hockey world and land a plum job next to talented players and produce fantasy-worthy results. Now, whether this player actually came out of nowhere or was forecasted to have legitimate upside due to some numbers that [...]
