Dobber's offseason fantasy hockey grades - Montreal Canadiens For the last 13 years (12 with The Hockey News) I have reviewed each team from a fantasy-hockey standpoint and graded them. My 14th annual review will appear here on DobberHockey throughout the summer. This is not a review of the likely performance on the ice [...]
Fantasy Impact: Winger Jiri Hudler has signed a one-year contract with the Dallas Stars worth $2 million, per Dallas beatwriter Mike Heika. The Stars get: a skilled winger who offers a bit of upside, but also requires a bit of clever fine-tuning on the part of Coach Lindy Ruff in terms of how he [...]
The better fantasy own: Colton Parayko or Seth Jones? (As well as last week's poll results) Thanks again to everyone who voted in the summer Cage Match Tournaments. Participation and readership were far above 2015 levels; hopefully I can measure up when it comes time for the next tournament, which I have pegged for [...]
This week we will be covering the top 10 centers in the Eastern Conference for the 2016-17 season. The focus will be put on points-only leagues. Multi-category leagues will be ignored for rankings purposes because of the increasing availability of categories. Even for forwards, your scoring setup can have a tremendous impact on player [...]
The 10 best centermen in the Western Conference for fantasy hockey. Best of the West: Centers As always this is the deepest category, and this year is no different as even the honorable mentions should at worst come close to 60 points, whereas the wingers and defensemen were barely scratching 50 points by [...]
The Top 10 rookies who are somewhat under the radar for 2016-17... Much of the focus every year in fantasy hockey is on the rookies and who will start to live up to their potential. But too much focus is given on this year's crop of nominees and names in giant media centres. That's [...]
Examining the Jimmy Vesey signing, including comparable players […]
The top 100 goaltenders to own in your keeper leagues - August 2016 edition And in case you missed it - check out the new Top 40 Prospect Goaltenders list right here! These rankings are based on keeper leagues, but how much they can help you this year plays a big part [...]
Jimmy Vesey has signed a two-year contract with the New York Rangers. **** The hockey universe’s last compelling story of the summer – and ‘compelling’ is being used very loosely here – came to an end around supper time on Friday, as free agent Jimmy Vesey signed with the New York Rangers. As Samwell Tarly [...]
This week's Frozen Pool Forensics Takes Its Final Look At Bounce Back Candidates. **** After some popular demand we’re back for one final installment of Frozen Pool Forensics’ Bounce Back Candidates. This week, we’ll take a look at a handful of players due for a return to former glory or perhaps take a step back [...]
