I’ve long held the belief that Corsi is a bit of a flawed stat, which has been unfair for players who have offensive zone starts (OZ%) below 40 percent. As of games to November 20th, there were 116 players who had OZ starts below 40 percent. Of those 116 players only 14 players had a [...]
It's impossible to find the perfect hockey player. A player might reach 100 points but finish with a negative plus/minus. A defenseman could get a bunch of power-play points by rarely throw a hit. A heavy hitter might not get any penalty minutes. It's even more frustrating when a player refuses to provide anything in [...]
The only No.1 goalie to start on Sunday – out of four – lost the game. And that’s been much of the story this season when it comes to goaltending. It often seems that whenever you pick who to activate for the week or for the day, the opposite of expectations will happen. Another case [...]
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 and Dobber — 1. Whether or not you like analyst Craig Button, he had a big take about Bo Horvat this past week, saying Horvat was [...]
The New Jersey Devils won their 12th consecutive game in a Saturday matinee, and they were able to do so without much offense from their three main scoring threats in Jesper Bratt, Jack Hughes, and Nico Hischier (just one combined point). The Devils are firing on all cylinders right now and are a team that [...]
Welcome back to The Journey, where we track the development of prospects as they excel in junior, make the NHL, and push towards stardom. If you often root around in the “Advanced Stats” tab on Frozen Tools player profiles, you will doubtless be familiar with the Player Usage charts. Once you learn how to read [...]
What a day of NHL games we have in store for us on Saturday with a whopping 15 games on the schedule! Every team is in action except for the Canucks and the Coyotes. Some highlights on the day, with matchups between two teams that are top 10 in points at the moment, include Kings [...]
The NHL schedule makers don’t care that you might have had no one to roster on Friday, but on Saturday you’ll have a surplus of players that you’ll need to make start/sit decisions on. If you were looking to get your hockey fix on Friday, only one game was on the schedule, and it was [...]
Ah, Friday is here and it’s time to watch some hockey. Let’s gather everyone around the TV for…yep, one game. NHL scheduling. Buddy. Pal We’re right in the thick of a stretch of lopsided slates, but let’s see if we can’t help swing a matchup or two. Let’s dive in!The Immediate Fix (Grab this guy [...]
Thus far in the early going we have tackled surprises, changes in ice time, and cold streaks. In each of these cases we are looking at league wide reports and filtering down to find the notable items to bring to the column. Through the process of filtering though, we have focused mostly on forwards and [...]
