As an extension of our earlier article ‘Analytics – What to Use for Fantasy Hockey and Why’, we go over a couple of important analytics charts that are provided in our Frozen Tools section. First, we’ll pull the summary “Advanced Stats” report for 2021-22. A team was selected at random, in this case – Detroit. [...]
Timothy Liljegren has signed a two-year extension with the Toronto Maple Leafs, locking him up for his age-23 and age-24 seasons. Liljegren is coming off his first full-ish season with the Leafs, totalling 23 points in 61 games. The terms of the deal are here: https://twitter.com/sunhornby/status/1541439342983495681 For the fantasy game, there could be some very [...]
The Chicago Blackhawks have hired former NHL defenseman Luke Richardson as their new Head Coach. Richardson was a big (6-4, 210 pounds), tough stay-at-home defenseman who played 1417 career NHL games and compiled 2055 penalty minutes. He works his players hard, but is also a player’s coach in the sense that he does things such [...]
The Minnesota Wild had their best-ever regular season with 113 points on 53 wins in 2021-22. It wasn’t enough as they lost in the first round for the sixth time in the last six times they’ve been in the playoffs. GM and Coach Bill Guerin was named GM of the Wild in August of 2019 [...]
Never be surprised by dumb decisions a GM will make. That goes for both the NHL and your fantasy league. NHL GMs love to overspend on the free-agent market in an effort to show their bosses and the fans that they are committed to improving the team. To do so, they'll often overlook a player's [...]
The Fantasy Prospects Report was released on June 14! If you didn’t pick it up, you can do so here. The NHL Draft is just a week and a half away! Unrestricted Free Agency opens July 13 and the NHL Entry Draft is July 7. * Congrats to the Avalanche – this year’s Cup Champs! [...]
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. If Valeri Nichushkin is the darkhorse Conn Smythe candidate on the Avalanche, then Ondrej Palat fits that description for the Lightning. Palat [...]
After my disastrous performance last week, I was hoping we’d get to this point so I could get the chance to write another article. Indeed, not only did I go 0-3, my predictions all went in Tampa’s favor, and they ended up getting obliterated 7-0. It would look horrible for me to end the season [...]
Having not expected to write another column until September, I predicted there wouldn’t BE a Game 6. Nonetheless, here’s the next fearless forecast. But wait!! You can’t just go picking players. You need to decide whether the Colorado Avalanche comes with enough determination and desperation to close the series out, or will the Tampa Bay [...]
Since his debut in the 2013-14 season, only five players have registered more hits than Tom Wilson. Over that time, Wilson has gradually developed into a scoring threat as well, all the way from his 10-point rookie season to his career-high 24 goals and 52 points last season. The combination of scoring and peripherals makes [...]
