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 — If you haven't already, you can purchase your Playoff Draft List here. — 1. If Mark Stone is ready just in [...]
Saturday’s New York matinee saw the Rangers secure a 3-2 shootout win over the Islanders. With the victory, NYR maintains their narrow lead in the Presidents’ Trophy race, with Dallas and Carolina being the only teams that can catch them. Although they came away with the loss, the Islanders have now limited opponents to two [...]
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 regular seasons have concluded for the three leagues in the Canadian Hockey League (WHL, OHL, QMJHL), we can officially crown the WHL’s Jagger Firkus (SEA) the CHL [...]
It’s here. The final Saturday on the NHL betting board has arrived and what a season it’s been. Even though the playoffs are only days away, the Eastern Conference playoff picture is still very much blurry, as the New York Islanders, Washington Capitals, Pittsburgh Penguins, Detroit Red Wings, and Philadelphia Flyers are all still vying [...]
You couldn’t write this, and be believed! With three games remaining - under a week now - that last Eastern Wild Card has four teams scrambling, and all within one point in the standings. Do the Penguins hold a theoretical advantage, with the single point lead? They play three playoff teams (unless the Islanders implode), [...]
An update for those who have purchased the playoff draft list: Currently it is still in progress, but it should be ready early next week. I know Dobber mentioned that he would have it ready for early April, but unfortunately his current health situation doesn’t allow him to work on it this season as he [...]
With about a week’s worth of regular season action left I wanted to take a moment for what has become an annual tradition over here in Frozen Tool Forensics. We are using our regular season stats to look forward to playoff leagues and see if we can predict some unlikely playoff heroes. This all started [...]
Anaheim announced that forward Jakob Silfverberg is going to retire at the end of the season. The 33-year-old winger has over 800 regular season games to his name where he’s amassed 168 goals and 205 assists, and 69 playoff games with 18 goals and 26 assists in that time. He hasn’t had much fantasy hockey [...]
In the competitive realm of fantasy hockey, the discerning manager knows the importance of a robust goaltender—an individual whose performance can swing the pendulum of league standings. Within this analytical domain, two metrics stand paramount in quantifying a goalie's value: Goals Saved Above Average (GSAA) and Goals Against Average (GAA). These statistics offer more than [...]
Hello and welcome back in to all my Cap-Friendlies out there. Fantasy playoffs are now all but over, but the best time of the year, in my opinion, is finally upon us and this goes beyond the ice as well; the Masters (hello friends), baseball is back with us, and of course round one of [...]
