Ramblings: Swayman Saves the Day; Oilers Remain Alive; Early 2024 Draft Thoughts (May 15)
I would have thought that Valeri Nichushkin’s suspension (discussed by Cliffy yesterday) would have made room in the lineup for another black-ace scorer on the wing in Nikolai Kovalenko. Kovalenko put up excellent numbers in [...]
Eastern Edge: Fantasy Breakouts Looming for Benson, Knies, Marchenko, and Hughes
Last week’s iteration of Eastern Edge featured a retrospective into some of the best under-the-radar fantasy hockey performances of the previous regular season from players on non-playoff teams. As mentioned, sometimes in the fantasy game [...]
Ramblings: Soucy and Nichushkin Suspended; Reviewing Calgary’s Season, Including Kadri, Pospisil, Huberdeau, Weegar, Andersson, and More – May 14
The NHL announced Carson Soucy is suspended one game for his cross-check on Connor McDavid on Sunday night while Nikita Zadorov got a $5000 fine for another cross-check on McDavid a split-second before the Soucy [...]
Fading Assets: Top 10 Players Who’ve Hurt Their Fantasy Value This Postseason
Regardless of what series you’re talking about, all teams remaining in the playoffs clearly have talented rosters with fantasy-relevant pieces up-and-down their lineups. However, just like with any team sport and a prolonged postseason push, [...]
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Ramblings: Fading Goalies Skinner, Hart & More; Projecting Those Adding Winger Eligibility (Aug 30)
Yesterday was my one annual fantasy football draft. It’s always fun to get a different draft perspective, especially in a sport that I don’t know as well as hockey. It forces a bit more thought [...]
Eastern Edge: Potential Top Line Third Wheels Including Newhook and Wahlstrom
In this week’s Eastern Edge, we’ll look at potential third wheels for dynamic duos in Montreal and New York. Montreal Canadiens The star duo of Nick Suzuki and Cole Caufield will likely spend the year [...]
Dobber’s Offseason Fantasy Grades – Philadelphia Flyers
For the last 20 years (12 with The Hockey News) Dobber has reviewed each team from a fantasy-hockey standpoint and graded them. The 21st annual review will appear here on DobberHockey throughout the summer. This [...]
Ramblings: Gagner to Edmonton; More Early Draft Values Including Drysdale, Mangiapane, Bjorkstrand, Thompson, and More – August 29
For most of the last decade, the Edmonton Oilers have been trying to get some scoring depth and they may have added some by bringing in Sam Gagner on a professional tryout. The 34-year-old was [...]
Dobber’s Offseason Fantasy Grades – Ottawa Senators
For the last 20 years (12 with The Hockey News) Dobber has reviewed each team from a fantasy-hockey standpoint and graded them. The 21st annual review will appear here on Dobber Hockey throughout the summer. [...]
Wild West: Ranking the Western Conference Teams – Part One
Before the 2022-23 season, I attempted to rank the Western Conference teams from one to sixteen and put them in tiers of being contenders, playoff-bound, bubble teams, risers or bottom dwellers. I then re-ranked the [...]