Hockey Rambling

Over the weekend, these Ramblings covered Yahoo’s opening of their fantasy hockey lobby, as well as their rankings for individual positions. Having gone through the three forward positions, it’s time to move to the blue line to go through their defence rankings and where some may be too high or too low. Keep in mind [...]

Doughty vs. Hamilton, Radulov, plus more… […]

As nerdy as it sounds to say, I always look forward to the right-wing position (in hockey! let’s not get political here) more than others when projection time comes around. For basically the last decade at left wing, it’s been Alex Ovechkin, and then a handful of elite players behind him that have emerged at [...]

A favourite pastime of many fantasy hockey owners (present company included) is always to dissect the rankings of others. The FantasyPros site makes it easy to access the rankings of several people simultaneously while the bigger sites have theirs. Which reminds me, don’t forget to check out the Dobber Shop to grab your copy of [...]

There are certain events that start to signal the beginning of the fantasy hockey season. The actual first day of the season is an obvious one, the start of training camp, the release of Dobber’s fantasy guide at the start of the month as well. When some of the bigger sites like ESPN and Yahoo! [...]

Marner, Kuznetsov, Zetterberg (Aug 23) […]

  Here's an interview (in French) with Jakub Jerabek about what's needed for him to successfully make the jump from the KHL to the NHL. It seems unlikely that Jerabek will have a prominent role out of the gate with Shea Weber, Jeff Petry, Mark Streit, David Schlemko and Karl Alzner all in tow. Jordie [...]

Last Thursday saw the end of my team by team review of relevant fantasy performances from the 2016-17 season. It’s an exercise that helps put the year in context, figure out what went right/wrong, and how it can help move forward. I hope that it helped some of you along the way. To cap all [...]

Replacing One Z With Another, Lundqvist, Boeser (Aug 20) […]

  Next weekend, I'll be attending and presenting at The Fantasy Sports Show taking place at The International Centre Hall in Mississauga. Please, if you're in the area, stop by and say hello. It has the makings of an excellent event, and it would be awesome to see some Dobberheads. I'll be doing a number [...]