The past few weeks in the NHL have been, for the most part, whisper quiet. After the July 1st frenzy that saw franchises across the league shuffle rosters at a frenetic pace while spending well over a billion dollars, teams have been relatively dormant while the dog days of summer wind down and we get [...]
For the last 21 years (12 with The Hockey News) Dobber has reviewed each team from a fantasy-hockey standpoint and graded them. The 22nd annual review will appear here on Dobber Hockey throughout the summer. This is not a review of the likely performance on the ice or in the standings, but in the realm [...]
The 2024-25 Dobber Hockey Fantasy Guide has been released! We like to get it out earlier than other publications so that it gives fantasy hockey fanatics a couple of months to prepare for the season at their leisure, but there is another by-product, too. With it being online-only, it gets constantly updated through to the [...]
This week we will look at some regression candidates from the Western Conference. We will focus on shooting percentage, PDO, 5on5 shooting percentage and secondary assist percentage to see where the players below were outside the norm in 2023-24. Shooting percentage is self explanatory as it will affect goals, whereas PDO can be an indication [...]
In the sports world, when it comes to projecting and prognosticating, no one does it better than Vegas oddsmakers - the house always wins for a reason. Which is why we’ve recently been using their odds to help shape our top-10 list while comparing the best players in the fantasy hockey realm across all positions. [...]
The DobberHockey Fantasy Guide is now available for download! In it you’ll find player projections, sleeper picks, Calder nominees, analysis of goalie hierarchies, and so much more! Pick up your copy to support the site and bring yourself one step closer to a fantasy championship! ~ During an NHL season, we’re able to pay close attention to [...]
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. It might be the middle of summer, but there's lots happening here at DobberHockey. Doesn't seem like a holiday to [...]
The DobberHockey Fantasy Guide is now available for download! It’s the same guide that you’ve come to know and love every year, which includes player projections for scoring and peripheral categories in PDF form by team and by Excel list. Included are sleepers, draft review, Calder nominees, stock drops, goalies, and much more. In addition, [...]
Welcome back to another week of Analytics Advantage! This week we are going to be covering 5-year takeaway graphs, so just as the previous two installments, we are going to be looking at more graphs than anything. As always, let’s make sound decisions and use all our available context and information to help aid in [...]
Welcome back to The Journey, where we track the development of prospects as they excel in junior, make the NHL, and push towards stardom. With most of the elite free agents now signed, we can start to get a general idea of what lineups might look like for the upcoming NHL season. Following last week’s article on [...]
