The Dobotomy

For the last 20 years (12 with The Hockey News) Dobber has reviewed each team from a fantasy-hockey standpoint and graded them. The 21st annual review will appear here on Dobber Hockey throughout the summer. This is not a review of the likely performance on the ice or in the standings, but in the realm [...]

For the last 20 years (12 with The Hockey News) Dobber has reviewed each team from a fantasy-hockey standpoint and graded them. The 21st annual review will appear here on Dobber Hockey throughout the summer. This is not a review of the likely performance on the ice or in the standings, but in the realm [...]

As an added article for Bubble Keeper Week, I thought there should be some extra love chipped in for a player from the bottom teams from each division. Too often, our projections for each upcoming season reflect the past - and we know in our rational moments that change is inevitable. The Golden Knights missed [...]

The Stanley Cup Final starts on Saturday. One finalist was the top seed in its conference. The other finalist is an 8-seed giant killer that has knocked off three of the top four teams (by points) in its conference. Easy pick for the panel to make, right? Well, you’ll soon find out. The writers didn’t [...]

With the Stanley Cup finals soon to be underway, and only a month until the NHL draft, the offseason is really starting to sneak up on us. Soon after the draft we have the time of year where GMs really get crazy, throwing a whole bunch of excess money at older players they don’t really [...]

The second-round projections didn’t quite go as planned for the panel, as they picked only one correct series winner (Dallas). None of the individual writers picked all four series correctly either. Perhaps the teams remaining in the final four haven’t received the respect that they deserve. That’s why it shouldn’t be that much of a [...]

As the majority of series ended, the playoffs appeared to going perfectly to form as far as the favorites winning (Carolina, Toronto, Dallas, Vegas, Edmonton). Then Sunday hit with the two major Game 7 upsets of Florida over Boston and Seattle over Colorado. A minor upset of the Devils over the Rangers on Monday resulted [...]

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 [...]

Here is Dobber’s annual printable box pool setup for you and your friends. The 17th 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 [...]

This year’s projections come out a little later than last year, but that does mean this time around that it comes just in time for the trade deadline action, and that a few of the trades and extensions have already been sorted out. Before we dive into some of the notes, a quick foreword on [...]