Analytics Advantage: Shooting Percentage, Expected Goals, and Over/Underperformance
In fantasy hockey, player evaluation increasingly relies on a blend of traditional and advanced metrics. Among these, Shooting Percentage (SH%) and Individual Expected Goals (ixG) stand out for their ability to provide a deeper understanding [...]
Capped: Mark Stone, the Tampa Bay Lightning, and the Long-Term Injured Reserve
Welcome back my CapFriendlies! Stop me if you’ve heard this before, but last week Mark Stone was put onto long term injured reserve. This sparked a discussion in my main fantasy league’s chat and of [...]
Ramblings: Updates on Seider and Norris; Tanev Traded; Declines for Ekblad, Ekholm, Doughty, and More – February 29
There was some concern that Detroit defenceman Moritz Seider might miss time after blocking a shot on Tuesday night, but Ted Kulfan reports that Seider is just fine after getting X-rays completed that came back [...]
Fantasy Take: Chris Tanev Becomes a Star
The Calgary Flames shipped out Chris Tanev to the Dallas Stars, possibly opening the floodgates on the rental defenceman market around the NHL. For a sought-after right-shot defenceman, it is surprising that they weren’t able [...]
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Ramblings: Pinto Suspended; Updates on Spurgeon, Boldy, Barabanov, and Bennett; Vrana Scratched – October 27
The big news from Thursday was that Ottawa forward Shane Pinto will be suspended for half the regular season – 41 games – for a violation related to gambling but unrelated to gambling on the [...]
Analytics Advantage: Takeaways/Giveaways, Shot Attempts/Points Per Game, and Player Involvement
Welcome back. I hope everyone had an amazing experience watching frozen frenzy; it’s good to see ESPN capitalizing on the uber-popular NFL Redzone. As the NHL season gains momentum, so should your fantasy strategies. This [...]
Capped: Surprising Starts for Vatrano, Chabot, and Hartman
Hello and welcome back my Salary Cap-friendlies! By now we’re at the very early part of the season where you’re probably scrolling up and down your roster looking at each player and pondering whether they [...]
Ramblings: New Role for Roslovic; Starts for Hughes, Sanheim, Hedman, Moore, and Others – October 26
It was a successful first effort for the NHL with its Frozen Frenzy on Tuesday night. Despite some hiccups in Columbus, or with a couple production issues, it seemed to have gone off without a [...]
Injury Ward: Zucker, Hall, Laine, McDavid, Pietrangelo & More
Here's the latest injury news from across the NHL! If you're looking for information about a certain player and don't see their name in this article, there probably haven't been any significant updates about their [...]
Forum Buzz: DeBrincat; Kakko vs. Laffy; Donato; Soderblom; Rossi vs. Newhook; Guentzel; Couturier vs. ROR; Schmid vs. Thompson & More
Welcome back to Forum Buzz, where I peruse the DobberHockey Forums and weigh in on active, heavily debated, or otherwise relevant recent threads, reminding folks just how great a resource the Forums are. Nearly anything might be [...]