According to multiple reports, the Winnipeg Jets will hire Rick Bowness to be their new head coach. A onetime Jets player and head coach, Bowness is an experienced bench boss who coached the Dallas Stars to a Stanley Cup Final in the 2020 playoff bubble. He is known for a defensive structure, which is not [...]
Welcome back to The Journey, where we follow hockey prospects and their paths to the NHL, providing fantasy predictions and analysis along the way. The Memorial Cup, a Champion’s League for Canadian junior hockey (WHL, OHL, QMJHL), concluded on Wednesday this week with the Saint John Sea Dogs overcoming the Hamilton Bulldogs by a score [...]
Hope your Canada Day was enjoyable, for those who celebrate. Might as well wish my American friends an early happy Fourth of July while I’m at it. The Vancouver Canucks took care of some offseason business with one player while possibly hinting at which direction they will go with another player, signing RFA Brock Boeser [...]
The Boston Bruins have officially announced Jim Montgomery as their new head coach. Montgomery was most recently a St. Louis Blues assistant coach, but he was also the head coach of the Dallas Stars during the 2018-19 season and part of the 2019-20 season. Montgomery was not let go from the Stars for the team’s [...]
The San Jose Sharks have terminated head coach Bob Boughner as well as three assistant coaches. The timing of this decision seems unusual, since the Sharks have still not yet hired a general manager. However, it’s possible that the Sharks have shortlisted candidates that have indicated that they would like to bring in their own [...]
Welcome to our final playoff deployment review. We are wrapping up with the final four teams for the 2021-22 playoff season: Colorado, Edmonton, Tampa Bay, and New York (Rangers). Given that these are the final four, they have the biggest sample sizes. In most cases we are looking at between 16-23 games depending on the [...]
Happy Canada Day! We’ve become so used to that day becoming signing day throughout the years, but of course COVID altered the normal plan. Your normal Canada Day plans (or early Fourth of July plans) of BBQ, beer, celebrations, or simply general relaxation were always accompanied with a flurry of signings. As it stands now, [...]
Co-written by Mat Porter *Usually posted in the Fantasy Guide, but moving forward the Fantasy Guide will link here for reference. Order the Fantasy Guide here. Back in 1997, in a fourth-year university Mathematics class project, I analyzed 15 years of data to determine a system for predicting points. I still use that system to [...]
First and foremost, I must give the Colorado Avalanche a shout out for winning the Stanley Cup. Some like to say that they had an easier path than some other cup champions in years prior, but at the end of the day they faced off against a St. Louis Blues team who’s cup winning core [...]
The 2022 NHL Entry Draft is just around the corner - a week away - meaning there is no time like the present to get caught up on all the prospects fantasy owners need to know. Head on over to the Dobber Shop to grab your copy of the 2022 Dobber Fantasy Hockey Prospects Report. [...]
