Ramblings: Markstrom and Dubois Traded; Hronek’s Extension; Thoughts on Ehlers, Larkin, Couturier, Hertl, and More – June 20
On Tuesday, Vancouver extended defenceman Filip Hronek for eight years at $7.25M. While that might seem like a big number, as a percentage of the cap in 2024-25, that works out to just over 8%, [...]
Fantasy Take: Kings and Capitals Swap Kuemper for Dubois
Unlike the Jacob Markstrom to New Jersey trade that had been teased for months if not a year, this bombshell came out of nowhere. https://twitter.com/PierreVLeBrun/status/1803502883041898781 The Capitals are taking on some huge term, banking [...]
Fantasy Take: Flames Finally Make a Markstrom Deal With the Devils
The New Jersey Devils acquired Jacob Markstrom (salary 31.25% retained), and he will now form a tandem next year with Jake Allen. This is a /significant/ improvement over the options from last season. The return [...]
Fantasy Hockey Poll: Scoring Increase Streaks
It’s time for another of my annual offseason polls. This one focuses on players who have seen their scoring pace rise for three or more consecutive seasons, or who’ve played a total of only three [...]
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The Wild West – NHL Edge Stats – Skating Speed
This week, we will look at each team in the Western Conference and see who had the fastest top speeds during the 2023-24 regular season. I will also look at what players hit 20 miles [...]
Ramblings: Skinner & Special Teams Sink the Stars; Power-Play Production Boosts for O’Reilly, Granlund, Jarvis, Vatrano & Drouin (June 3)
Stuart Skinner and the Oilers’ power play carried the team to a series-clinching 2-1 victory over Dallas on Sunday. Connor McDavid and Evan Bouchard factored in on both of Edmonton’s goals while Zach Hyman and [...]
21 Fantasy Hockey Rambles
Every Sunday, we share 21 Fantasy Rambles from our writers at DobberHockey. These thoughts are curated from the past week's ‘Daily Ramblings’. Writers/Editors: Ian Gooding, Michael Clifford, Alexander MacLean, Brennan Des and Dobber — 1. [...]
Ramblings: Panthers Back in Final, Shesterkin Sensational in Playoffs, My Best Picks of the Season (June 2)
The Florida Panthers will be making a return trip to the Stanley Cup Final, hoping this time they’ll get their hands on the holy grail. Sam Bennett and Vladimir Tarasenko scored for the Panthers in [...]
The Journey: Top 36 Draft Ranking; Zero Picks Strategy; Prospects Who Slipped Through a 5-Round, 12-Team Dynasty Draft
Welcome back to The Journey, where we track the development of prospects as they excel in junior, make the NHL, and push towards stardom. *** As a quick preface, this week’s article builds off a [...]
Ramblings: Oilers Take Series Lead with Two Nuge Goals, Analyzing Backup Goalie Productivity (June 1)
The Oilers’ special teams are a major reason that they are now one win away from the Stanley Cup Final. Ryan Nugent-Hopkins scored two power-play goals to lead the Oilers to a 3-1 win over [...]