It is Bubble Keeper Week here at Dobber Hockey! This started years ago for a number of reasons but there are two that stick out, specifically. First is that this is (normally) a dead zone for hockey information. Free agency is mostly over and we’re just waiting for training camps to start (though the World [...]
After the frenzy that was the free agency period, offseason news has slowed to a crawl during August. That’s why there aren’t a ton of changes from last month. Expect more in the way of changes in September as mock drafts and real drafts start to take place. Keep in mind that these are [...]
Over the last few seasons, during bubble week I have focused on the format I know and that is a 25-team salary cap ($82.5 million) keeper pool with 27 players on each roster (20 active and seven in reserve, but all salaries count). As it is the off-season, we allow each team to carry 28 [...]
Dobber’s offseason fantasy hockey grades – Columbus Blue Jackets For the last 19 years (12 with The Hockey News) Dobber and the team have reviewed each team from a fantasy-hockey standpoint and graded them. The 20th annual review will appear here on DobberHockey throughout the summer. This is not a review of the likely performance [...]
Figuring out which bubble players to drop and which ones to keep will lead to the most challenging decisions a fantasy general manager will have in the offseason. There are just too many unanswered questions. "Will the player be used on the top line or third line on their new squad? Will they lose their [...]
OUT NOW! I released the Fantasy Guide on August 4, but guess what? On Sunday the 14th I re-uploaded it with updates for the ninth time. That’s right – nine updates already. I don’t like having a single thing wrong in this Guide. The best person to have putting together and updating a Guide is [...]
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 *** The 2022-23 Fantasy Guide is now available in the Dobber Shop! Dobber, our team of programmers and editors, as well as our wonderful [...]
While summer continues to roll on, it’s about that time of the year where we start prepping and planning for the fantasy season that’s in the not-too-distant future. Today Dobber Hockey kicks off Bubble Keeper Week. For the next week, we are going to highlight players worth considering in your various keeper league formats. When [...]
For the last 19 years (12 with The Hockey News) Dobber has reviewed each team from a fantasy-hockey standpoint and graded them. The 20th annual review will appear here on DobberHockey throughout the summer. This is not a review of the likely performance on the ice or in the standings, but in the realm of [...]
Before I drop the puck on Bubble Keeper Week… The August edition of the Top 100 Roto Rankings will be posted shortly. In the meantime, please leave any feedback on the rankings. Some of you might be using them for drafts come September, so any input you can provide or even questions about the rankings [...]
