We're only a month into the NHL season, but you know that plenty of fantasy general managers are already panicking about their team's slow start. Maybe they're already 40 points out in a points-only league, have a 1-3 record in a head-to-head league, or find themselves in eighth place out of 10 in a roto [...]
The Leafs are in goaltending trouble, as we had expected would happen this season. Matt Murray is sidelined, though is set to return likely this week. And now Ilya Samsonov is out. Being tight against the cap, Toronto has no Plan B. Erik Kallgren has been putting up backup-type numbers, but he’s really not more [...]
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. Did you have the Boston Bruins falling out of the playoffs this season? Well, they've now won seven consecutive games and are [...]
Hey everyone, happy to be back for another week of fantasy hockey discussion! Besides the Colorado/Columbus two-game set in Finland this week, it’s pretty much been business as usual this week in the NHL. Tage Thompson owners had to have been happy Monday night when he erupted for three goals and three assists. He had [...]
I wanted to run through the NHL and list off some of the biggest surprises for me thus far in the fantasy realm. Teams in order of NHL standings as of Nov 4: Boston Bruins: Believe it or not, but I’m not too surprised that they have been able to manage to survive the lack [...]
Welcome back to The Journey, where we follow hockey prospects and their paths to the NHL, providing fantasy predictions and analysis along the way. This week, we will scan for intriguing outliers in terms of luck (PDO), involvement in team scoring (IPP), shifting opportunity, Breakout Thresholds, and shooting percentage. It is an interesting time to [...]
As the calendar flips to November the first month of the NHL season is in the books. How about some early fantasy MVP’s? Well of course Connor McDavid leads the way but that’s a surprise to no one. Some other notable performances early on are the resurgence of Erik Karlsson and his ten goals on [...]
Happy weekend! I’m covering for Ian Saturday and Sunday, so you get an extra dose of Alex this week. * The Avalanche and Blue Jackets kicked off their weekend double header yesterday, with both games being hosted in Finland. We’ve seen a few of these overseas games in the middle of the season before, and [...]
Whether or not we all want to admit it, if you’re in more than one fantasy league, there’s always one league that you likely give favor to. It might be like picking between children, but there’s always that “favorite” league out of the bunch. That’s the league you’re on the waiver wire more often, give [...]
In this Frozen Tools column we love to keep an eye on deployment, it has become a bit of a theme of the articles over the years. Getting access to top-six minutes and top power-play time is usually critical to success. Unless you are somehow able to watch every game it is hard to stay [...]
