Good morning, good afternoon, good evening everyone. Welcome back to the Injury Ward. My name is Logan Clarkson and every Wednesday and Sunday I will be chauffeuring you through injury news and updates from around the NHL. I’ll do my best to offer useful analysis and opinion as it relates to fantasy throughout. As always, [...]
Ramblings: Dobber Muses about Boston Goaltending, Calgary’s Woes, Stamkos, Panarin, Kurashev and Robertson vs. Cowan I think the Bruins are doing as well as can be expected. Even better, in fact. So them being at .500, and that’s considered “good”, well – safely count them out of the playoffs. The David Pastrnak line is flying, [...]
Welcome back to The Journey, where we track the development of prospects as they excel in junior, make the NHL, and push towards stardom. The KHL is widely regarded as one of the top three leagues in the world, and unlike most development circuits, its coaches prioritize winning over prospect development. Young players must earn [...]
Maybe it’s been the World Series distraction and absolute pandemonium that has been this Toronto Blue Jays playoff run, but our first two goes at Saturday picks have produced lackluster results to the tune of a 4-8 overall record. However, as they say in this sports gambling business: you have to spend money to make [...]
Ramblings – Dobber chimes in on Necas, Finnie, Catton, Misa, Dickinson and more… As promised on Tuesday, I’m going to look at some of the rookies and where I think things are going this year for them. I’ll start with Emmitt Finnie, who was a prospect who caught my eye when putting together the Fantasy [...]
This week’s standouts mix skill efficiency with strong deployment trends — whether it’s a playmaker finally surrounded by talent, a rookie converting hustle into offense, or a veteran rediscovering form through simplified usage. Player Data is from Natural Stat Trick with Yahoo roster percentages via Frozen Tools. Line combinations and power-play deployment via Daily Faceoff [...]
Welcome back to another year of fantasy with Dobber Hockey! With the NHL season underway, this also means fantasy managers are in the midst of their league season. Whether you are scanning the waiver wire for possible adds or scouring the trade market, we have the information you need. Managers, let’s take a look at [...]
There have been many impressive performances to start the season and a surprising number of them have been from this year’s rookie class. For today we are going to take a look at some of the top scoring rookies. In a standard redraft league rookies are typically not that helpful. They go hot and cold, [...]
The Colorado Avalanche had extended winger Martin Necas for eight years with an average annual value of $11.5-million, according to Elliotte Friedman. Necas was set to hit free agency this coming offseason but is another big name off the board along with the likes of Jack Eichel and Kirill Kaprizov. This will make him a [...]
Good day DFS crew! This is a tougher slate for me to gage and resist the urge just to throw in an Edmonton Oilers stack against the New York Rangers and call it a day. I haven’t built yet and Edmonton’s top line is almost always in play, but there are a couple spots that [...]
