When the Nashville Predators signed goaltender Juuse Saros to a long-term extension, the writing was on the wall that prospect goalie Yaroslav Askarov was not likely to remain with the franchise for very long. After reports came out that he had requested a trade and would not report to the AHL, it became an untenable [...]
For the last 21 years (12 with The Hockey News) Dobber has reviewed each team from a fantasy-hockey standpoint and graded them. The 22nd annual review will appear here on DobberHockey throughout the summer. This is not a review of the likely performance on the ice or in the standings, but in the realm of [...]
This week, after a brief break for Bubble Week, we are here to finish our division review. Over the past few weeks we have looked at advanced stats and flagged players whose point pace from 2023-24 looked unsustainable. Our goal is to identify players that may be in line for a return to form, and [...]
It isn’t often we see two very recent mid-first round picks traded for each other, but here we are. It has been no secret that Rutger McGroarty was likely not going to be a Winnipeg Jet, so it was a matter of when he was going to be dealt. That trade came to pass on [...]
For the last 21 years (12 with The Hockey News) Dobber has reviewed each team from a fantasy-hockey standpoint and graded them. The 22nd annual review will appear here on DobberHockey throughout the summer. This is not a review of the likely performance on the ice or in the standings, but in the realm of [...]
Kristy Flannery of the Hockey News joins the show for New Jersey Devils talk. Jesse and Victor ask her about the pros Jack Hughes, Jesper Bratt, Nico Hischier, Timo Meier, Dawson Mercer, Erik Haula, Ondrej Palat, Stefan Noesen, Paul Cotter, Tomas Tatar, Dougie Hamilton, Luke Hughes, Simon Nemec, Vitek Vanacek, Jacob Markstrom, Jake Allen, and [...]
Welcome back to another week of Analytics Advantage! This week, we are continuing our deep dive into player performance by focusing on Fantasy Points Per Game (FPPG) z-scores—a key metric that helps define fantasy hockey success. Unlike our previous analysis of 60-minute rate metrics, this week we shift our attention to how players are performing [...]
For the last 21 years (12 with The Hockey News) Dobber and the team have reviewed each team from a fantasy-hockey standpoint and graded them. The 22nd annual review will appear here on DobberHockey throughout the summer. This is not a review of the likely performance on the ice or in the standings, but in [...]
Welcome back to Forum Buzz, where I peruse the DobberHockey Forums and weigh in on active, heavily debated, or otherwise relevant recent threads, reminding folks just how great a resource the Forums are. Nearly anything might be covered here, other than trades and signings, which usually get their own separate write-ups on the main site and are also normally [...]
At this point of the NHL and fantasy hockey offseason, chatter related to actual hockey news is starting to get noisy once again - indicating nightly action is getting tantalizingly close.Teams across the league will be opening training camps in less than a month, meaning the time for projections and speculation over what line combinations [...]
