First off, Bubble Keeper Week will be starting one week from now, on July 23. If you’re not familiar with Bubble Keeper Week, articles that week will focus on players who are “on the bubble” in terms of being kept on a keeper or dynasty team. Bubble Keeper Week is a perfect opportunity to discover [...]
Welcome back to The Journey, where we track the development of prospects as they excel in junior, make the NHL, and push towards stardom. Now that the real NHL draft is over, fantasy leagues have the green light to hold their own. Most managers are well acquainted by now with the big names in 2023, [...]
The draft and July 1 free agency have come and gone. Even though offseason transactions aren’t all complete, player values for 2023-24 are starting to take shape. Many of this month’s adjustments – but not all – are related to increases and decreases in value related to player movement. Available July 28! The 18th annual [...]
The Flyers have placed Tony DeAngelo on waivers for the purposes of a buyout. According to CapFriendly, DeAngelo is the first-ever player to ever be bought out more than once dating all the way back to 2006. (If you see any other players listed more than once, it is because the player’s buyout was split [...]
The Nashville Predators signed Denis Gurianov a couple days ago to a one-year deal with an $850K AAV. He was acquired by Montreal last season but the team let him walk this summer. He had 7 goals and 10 assists in 66 games last year. Even as an ardent Gurianov proponent, I will admit it's [...]
Alex Newhook signed a four-year deal with Montreal a couple of days ago, so the team is committed to making it work. He will have every opportunity to step into the team’s top-6 forward mix and contribute offensively. There was a good read from Arpon Basu over at the Athletic about why Newhook struggled in [...]
Here are the top 50 prospect defensemen to own in your points-only dynasty leagues - July edition! Available July 28! The 18th annual Fantasy Hockey Guide (order it here), or order one of our packages (Keeper League Pack here, and Ultimate Fantasy Pack here). Or simply subscribe! * * * * * Get Notified By [...]
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 covered here, other than trades and signings, which usually get their own separate write-ups on the main site and are also normally [...]
I’m filling in for Alex Mclean today and have a few topics that I wanted to touch on today. I did speak about player valuations in my Wild West column last week, but I wanted to expand on it a little here. Some of the questions I had were: What teams are getting the best value [...]
In this week’s Eastern Edge, we’ll begin a review of the ‘Core Four’ for every team in the East. Grant Campbell, who covers the Western Conference here at DobberHockey, kicked the series off in yesterday’s article, with a look at Anaheim, Arizona, Calgary and Chicago. As Grant established, ‘The Core Four’ are players who should [...]
