The Journey this week looks at some defencemen that are quickly rising up the fantasy ranks. **** The Journey examines Dobber’s Top 50 Prospect Defensemen list, and assesses the fast risers in the April rankings. Shea Theodore remains atop the list, a spot that appears even more cemented with his quick start in the 2017 [...]
Well, we’ve finally made it. It’s been a long and winding journey that has seen this caravan of fantasy hockey players witness some truly remarkable sights: The feisty second generation NHL’er making his mark in Calgary; a 19-year-old Finn who popped 24 goals; the upstart Pittsburgh rookie who pushed a point-per-game for half a season; [...]
This week's Capped explores some big contracts that failed to produce in their first-round losses. **** Well that was an exciting first round of hockey! Unfortunately though, half of the teams are now booking tee times, and their general managers are wondering what went wrong. Though the picture may be clearer for some teams, [...]
Cage Match - which disappointing power forward is the better fantasy own: Gabriel Landeskog or Boone Jenner? Rick Roos digs deep Among the bigger fantasy disappointments for 2016-17 were Gabriel Landeskog (whose 33 points were barely half the 65 he posted just three seasons ago) and Boone Jenner (who managed only four more points [...]
Looking at the fantasy impact of Vancouver naming Travis Green head coach … […]
The Dobber Hockey panel makes their second-round selections for the 2017 Playoffs. **** We move onto the second round of the 2017 NHL playoffs, which means it's time for a fresh round of picks from the writers and editors that make up the Dobber Hockey panel. First, a quick refresher of how the first round [...]
Looking back at how this season's breakout and bust candidates fared … […]
With the regular season behind us it’s a good time to look at our preseason predictions to see where we hit and where we missed. This week we’ll examine how several top-end rookies and breakout candidates we examined fared. Next week we’ll look at those we thought might rebound from a less-than-stellar 2015-16 as well [...]
Now that the regular season has wrapped up, trades are starting to flow again in fantasy leagues. But it’s tough to make trades in cap leagues when it involves unrestricted free agents. A player signing for $1 million more than you budgeted for can screw over your team quite a bit. This year could be [...]
Round 1 wasn't over when this episode began, but it was by the time we were done, and we've got a whole slate of early lessons learned on this episode of the Keeping Karlsson Fantasy Hockey Podcast! Elan and Brian start off by attempting to rationalize all the surprises we've seen in the playoffs [...]
