The Dobotomy

Darryl Dobbs contributed to much of The Hockey News‘ fantasy content from 2002 through 2014, including nine consecutive issues of The Ultimate Pool Guide. He also contributed significantly to the Score Forecaster(2006-07, 2007-08, 2008-09, 2009-10, 2010-11 and 2011-12 editions), and Pool Expert‘s draft kit, as well as several columns in Canadian newspapers, including the Vancouver Sun. He made several radio appearances (HF Radio, BIG105 in Red Deer, FAN 960, FAN590, 640 Toronto, XM204 and dozens of online podcasts). Today, outside of DobberHockey and DobberProspects, you can find his work on Yahoo! Puck Daddy as well as Sportsnet.ca. Dobber graduated from the University of Guelph with a Degree in Statistics and Minor in Mathematics. Currently, he resides in Pickering, Ontario with his wife Hemwanti and daughters Avery and Mackenzie. Follow him on Twitter (DobberHockey)

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Dobber Hockey Experts Panel, NHL Playoffs 2017 – Round 3

By Michael Clifford|2017-05-12T09:24:49-04:00May 12th, 2017|The Dobotomy|

The Dobber Hockey panel selects their winners for the 2017 Conference Finals. **** Like others around the hockey world, the Dobber Playoff Panel did not feature a single member that went four-for-four on their second-round picks. Only Mario Prata, Cam Robinson, Chris Wassel, and Kevin Wickersham picked Pittsburgh to advanced past Washington, but three of [...]

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Dobber Hockey Experts Panel – NHL Playoffs 2017, Round 2

By Michael Clifford|2017-04-25T13:57:15-04:00April 25th, 2017|The Dobotomy|

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 [...]

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DobberHockey’s Two Free Playoff Challenges

By Dobber|2017-04-12T14:14:03-04:00April 12th, 2017|The Dobotomy|

Itching for the playoffs to begin? Why not kill some time by challenging your peers in hockey knowledge? With some luck, you might actually win! First of all, you can join my DobberHockey NHL Bracket Challenge. You all know about it - what it is and how it works. So join with your DobberHockey [...]

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DobberHockey Experts Panel – NHL Playoffs 2017

By Dobber|2017-04-10T21:20:53-04:00April 10th, 2017|The Dobotomy|

Back for another year of calling the winners of each round. Each year the members of the DobberHockey Panel (made up of DH writers) have their ups and downs with making calls on each series. But as a group, the Panel’s consensus picks are eerily good. After seven years of doing this, the Panel’s record [...]

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Dobber’s Interactive Playoff Draft List

By Dobber Sports|2017-04-11T14:17:51-04:00April 10th, 2017|The Dobotomy|

Just $8.99 to win your Playoff Pool! These Cheat Sheets are GOLD BUY IT NOW (Template will be available for download IMMEDIATELY - updated April 11). The winning formula - your hunch combined with my player knowledge! Why is that great? Because you know what teams will get out of the first [...]

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Free NHL Playoff Hockey Pool Boxes – 2017

By Dobber|2017-04-07T15:06:31-04:00April 5th, 2017|The Dobotomy|

Free playoff player boxes, for those who would like to run simple pools at the office... Every year in April (for the NHL playoffs) and in August (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 or just [...]

Dobber’s Mock Vegas Golden Knights Expansion Draft

By Dobber|2017-03-29T12:22:18-04:00March 28th, 2017|The Dobotomy|

It will be a busy week for NHL GMs in late June. The Las Vegas Expansion Draft takes place on June 21, a Wednesday. The NHL Entry Draft is two days later on the Friday and Saturday. I wanted to get a pretty good picture of which players will be available, which ones will [...]

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Top 25 fantasy hockey impact items of 2016 – Part 2

By Dobber|2016-12-25T08:52:30-05:00December 26th, 2016|The Dobotomy|

With no games going on and hockey sites generally dead zones at this time of year, why not take a moment to reflect on the year that was? Both long- and short-term events and items were considered. Also under consideration was not just the actual impact, but the expected impact. Perhaps something happened that [...]