As much reading, researching and studying a fantasy general manager may conduct into potential breakouts, a player's success can often come down to one word: Opportunity. A player with the chance to play in a top-six role or on the top power-play unit will generally be more successful than those who don't get the same [...]
Shea Theodore was recently placed on Injured Reserve, a move which requires him to miss at least a week of action. Given that he last played on November 22nd, Theodore won’t be eligible to face the Flames on Monday or the Oilers on Tuesday. The earliest he can return is Thursday against the Canucks. However, [...]
Hello and welcome back to Geek of the Week! In this week’s article, I am going to bring up two players that have disappointed their fantasy managers so far, but who are bound to improve based on underlying stats. These players may be great buy-low candidates if you don’t own them. The statistics mentioned do [...]
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. Andrei Vasilevskiy made his season debut on Friday, stopping 22 of 24 shots he faced in posting a win. Vasilevskiy [...]
As with the skaters, early-season numbers for the goalies aren’t causing an overreaction in the list here. Stuart Skinner looks like a great buy-low, with his three years remaining on a bargain deal. Meanwhile, Ilya Samsonov, Jeremy Swayman, and Carter Hart are all fighting (with varying success) for a big new contract this summer. If [...]
In allowing seven goals to the Rangers, Linus Ullmark was tagged with his first really bad start of the season. That being said, he had to face 40 shots, which tied for the highest number of shots faced in a single game for him this season. I was more confident than most on Ullmark this [...]
Welcome back to The Journey, where we track the development of prospects as they excel in junior, make the NHL, and push towards stardom. This week we will profile a number of top NHL prospects who are dominating professional men’s leagues in Europe. *** SHL In the SHL, Jonathan Lekkerimaki (VAN) has slowed quite a [...]
It’s two days after USA Thanksgiving, and as a bona-fide descendant of those first Pilgrims, here’s a short list of things to be thankful for: The Old Guys - Of the top 20 scorers (and ties) at the turkey-day milestone, seven have passed their 30th birthday, led by Sidney Crosby at 36 years, and by [...]
It’s early in the year, and this list doesn’t greatly overreact to the small sample size of the early part of the season. If someone like Travis Sanheim or Mason McTavish keep up their prolific scoring paces into the new year, then that’s where we really start to see the rankings move. In the meantime, [...]
I did not shop on Black Friday at all. Not just because I had to write the Ramblings, but because I have nothing to buy for myself and I’m not ready to start Christmas shopping yet. Plus I don’t care for mall crowds. If you don’t like shopping, fortunately there were a LOT of hockey [...]
