The Dobotomy

For the last 19 years (12 with The Hockey News) Dobber has reviewed each team from a fantasy-hockey standpoint and graded them. The 20th annual review will appear here on DobberHockey throughout the summer/fall. This is not a review of the likely performance on the ice or in the standings, but in the realm of [...]

Co-written by Mat Porter *Usually posted in the Fantasy Guide, but moving forward the Fantasy Guide will link here for reference. Order the Fantasy Guide here. Back in 1997, in a fourth-year university Mathematics class project, I analyzed 15 years of data to determine a system for predicting points. I still use that system to [...]

As an extension of our earlier article ‘Analytics – What to Use for Fantasy Hockey and Why’, we go over a couple of important analytics charts that are provided in our Frozen Tools section. First, we’ll pull the summary “Advanced Stats” report for 2021-22. A team was selected at random, in this case – Detroit. [...]

More and more fans and hockey pundits are referring to advanced stats in their evaluations. Some have become quite good at it, others struggle a little to grasp the concepts, and many often take the results out of context. (Read Part 2 - the charts - here) My background: I have a university Degree in [...]

After struggling with its second-round picks (just one of four correct), the panel rebounded to nail both Conference Final picks. In fact, the panel’s prediction of the Lightning winning in six games over the Rangers was exactly how the Eastern Conference Final went down. The panel wasn’t bold enough to pick Colorado in a sweep, [...]

After being accurate on six of the eight first-round playoff series, the panel did not fare as well in the second round. Colorado was the only winner picked correctly, with favorites Florida, Carolina, and Calgary all now eliminated. At least the panel was also right on the length of the Colorado – St. Louis series [...]

Typically, I have informally added my salary projections to the end of a Ramblings article, but this time I wanted to put them out as a separate page to keep it a little cleaner. I have been working on contract projections since the fall of 2017, and it has been a big help to my [...]

Unlike certain past seasons, there were no major surprises in the first round. That showed in the panel’s results, as it correctly picked the winner from six of the eight first-round playoff series. Only Carolina over Boston and St. Louis over Minnesota were not chosen by the majority of the panel. The panel had predicted [...]

Here is Dobber’s annual printable box pool setup for you and your friends. The 16th annual DobberHockey Interactive Playoff Draft List is now available for download. I’ll be updating it five or six times before the playoffs start, keeping the player notes – and there are lots of notes – current. You can run multiple [...]

The puck is about to drop on the Stanley Cup Playoffs! As is the case every season, the panel is weighing in with predictions for each of the eight playoff series, the Stanley Cup finalists and winner, and Conn Smythe Trophy winner. The panel will also return for more predictions at the start of every [...]