The Dobotomy

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 [...]

A new season is upon us and that means new Twitter Hashtags for the NHL. Why, you ask? Well, because ... I don't know. I mean, why get fancy? Why not stick to an easy-to-remember hashtag that fans can sink their teeth into, and never forget. They would be more widely-used, which in turn would [...]

With the puck about to drop on the 2021-22 season, our writers weigh in on their predictions for both player and team awards and accomplishments.  Brief observations: New season, same award winners? Or just a lack of creativity in the picks? The writers strongly favored Connor McDavid for both the Art Ross and Hart again, [...]

Many people over the age of 40 remember the great game called “Small World”. Thousands and thousands played it and loved it, for all the main sports. You select your team of players and using five transactions per week you would use the inter-game economic system to not only accrue the most points, but acquire [...]

Free hockey pool player boxes, for those who would like to run simple pools at the office... Every year in April (for the NHL playoffs) and to kick off September (for the regular season) I group players into comparable boxes and post them online for people to enjoy for free. Whether it's for the office [...]