Brad Hayward studies DFS and uses his experience to pass along his most optimal lineup for Saturday’s busy slate of games.
I’m unabashedly a Pittsburgh Penguins fan, so the biggest news this week from their organization was that Jaromir Jagr’s #68 jersey retirement will be honored on February 18 at PPG Arena, after his playing days finally ended (?) at age 51 in Czechoslovakia. Jagr has delayed his own Hall of Fame induction by continuing to [...]
Almost a month in, what have we learned about the beginning of this NHL season, and how can we use the information to our advantage (and make better wagers?) Let’s look at a few variables that we’ve been programmed into believing. First, home teams win more. (My statistics are through Thursday.) For this season, home [...]
Happy Halloween! And apparently, it’s time to take a few masks off - it’s still October, and some hockey writers are prematurely out there awarding trophies. Jack Hughes for the Hart! Connor Bedard for the Calder! (Of course, that one was “settled” pre-season, maybe even before the draft lottery - Bedard actually HAS the trophy [...]
Two weeks (not quite) into the NHL season, and we find some pretty familiar stories. Las Vegas and Colorado are already being crowned out west, and Boston and Philadelphia (?) lead the Eastern divisions. Carter Hart has three wins already, and Sean Couturier ($4800) leads the league with a (+7), on a team that has [...]
Welcome to the Saturday DFS series! Last season, aided by a ballsy $5 wager that Florida would take out the Boston Bruins, and specifically in seven games, I finished the hockey season up just about $100. But yeah, I’m not a hard-core gambler - fantasy sports exist to be fun, to make us all better [...]
With Game 6 and 7 of the Stanley Cup Finals set for next Friday and Monday respectively, today’s DFS Saturday article will serve as my last of the season. It’s been another fun year here at Dobber Hockey and I hope I’ve been able to provide some sort of valuable information to you readers throughout [...]
I’m going to start off today having total agreement with Steve Dotzel’s Saturday article – that for these single-game fantasy picks, you first need to imagine a final score and then run with that scenario. But the issue for that plan tonight is that I envision a 4–3 overtime game that’s a coin flip as [...]
With Game 1 of the Stanley Cup Finals on tap for tonight, the biggest storyline for me is going to be how each team handles all the time off they’ve had. Vegas comes in having been off for the last four days, however Florida has been idle for a staggering nine days! I am sure [...]
Something that caught my attention the other day was that for a few moments, both the Eastern Conference and Western Conference series in each of the NHL and NBA playoffs were 3-0. I have to think that is something that has never happened before. On the NHL side, the Panthers were able to bring the [...]
I think we were all getting settled in for another overtime marathon last night, popcorn and beer refills all around, when BOOM! And yet another of the Cup favorites found themselves on the wrong end of the handshake line, with another season of what could’ve been. I look at the Hurricanes today a bit like [...]
