Ramblings: McDavid for Conn Smythe, Nedeljkovic Signed, Possible Values of Players That Could Be Traded (Jun 21)
Well, we have a Stanley Cup Final series now. There’s no way the Panthers wanted to make the long trek back to Edmonton for another crack at winning the cup. The good news for Florida [...]
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%, [...]
Keeping Karlsson Short Shifts – Very Early Impressions
Jeremy and Shams cover the latest injury news and do their best to make sense of the first few games of the season. Jeremy gives his fantasy hot takes for Shams to weigh in on and closes out the show with a laundry list of goalie takes based on recent play and coach speak.
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 [...]
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| 21.6 | WYATT JOHNSTON EVGENII DADONOV JAMIE BENN | |
| 18.9 | TYLER SEGUIN MASON MARCHMENT MATT DUCHENE | |
| 15.7 | LOGAN STANKOVEN JASON ROBERTSON ROOPE HINTZ | |
DFS Saturday: Ovi Defies Father Time
Goalies (in fantasy hockey): I’m going to discuss this from a number of angles. First, for our Yahoo or Fantrax fantasy leagues, goalies tend to make up an inordinate percentage of categories (or points, to [...]
Ramblings: Nylander’s Homecoming; Sabres’ Power Play; Montour and Ekblad Return (Nov 18)
On Friday, William Nylander put on a show for friends, family and fans on home soil, tallying three points in game two of the NHL’s Global Series in Sweden. Although he was born in Canada, [...]
Looking Ahead: Lafreniere; Colton; Carolina & the Global Games
Welcome back! A little bit of a stranger NHL schedule this week, but that mostly has to do with the Global Games taking place. At least, for some clubs. I still for the life of [...]
Frozen Tool Forensics: Evaluating Multi-Category Defencemen
This week on Frozen Tool Forensics we are shifting gears a bit. So far we have been focused on trivial things like goal scoring and point production, but today we dig into peripheral categories, specifically [...]
Analytics Advantage: Demystifying and Using PDO to Find Fantasy Value
PDO is a key metric for evaluating player performance and is often used to measure luck or variance. While PDO can regress towards a league average, suggesting predictability, its interpretation requires caution. A high or [...]
Capped: Checking in on the Bedard-Fantilli-Carlsson Triumvirate
Welcome back my Salary Cap-friendlies! Last week we talked about all things goaltending, so this week I thought it would be good to go into a little rookie-check in. It’s like in your first year [...]
DobberHockey Podcasts
Keeping Karlsson Short Shifts – Very Early Impressions
Jeremy and Shams cover the latest injury news and do their best to make sense of the first few games of the season. Jeremy gives his fantasy hot takes for Shams to weigh in on and closes out the show with a laundry list of goalie takes based on recent play and coach speak.
Keeping Karlsson: Smooth Like Cutter
Elan and Brian single out the players around the NHL whose preseasons have turned heads the most, for better and for worse.
Fantasy Hockey Life: Tidy Takes
Today marks the first edition of this year’s TiDy takes. Listen to TiDy Admiral Ryan and Victor break down some of the early trades in tiered dynasty leagues with rationale from the trade participants, voting results of the other league participants, and analysis from Victor and Ryan. Expect lots of Pavel Mintyukov talk! Our show […]
Keeping Karlsson: 2024-25 Matchup Maximizer – Week 1
Elan looks at the schedule for the upcoming week of NHL action and recommends some players with good schedules that you should consider streaming in to win your head to head matchups.
Fantasy Hockey Life: Bangers and Regressors
With the season just around the corner, Jesse and Victor discuss some of Victor’s bashers and regression risks from the EP Rinkside fantasy guide. Hear discussion of: Jeremy Lauzon, MacKenzie Weegar, Radko Gudas, Charlie McAvoy, Sam Reinhart, Lucas Raymond, Shea Theodore, Shayne Gostisbehere, JT Miller, and Filip Hronek. Our show is part of the Dobber […]