The Winnipeg Jets and Pittsburgh Penguins swapped prospects Rutger McGroarty and Brayden Yager yesterday. I wrote up my thoughts on the trade here. In yesterday’s Ramblings, I went over some players whose ADPs I think are good value as we round into fantasy draft season. Today, it’s only right to go in the other direction [...]
It isn’t often we see two very recent mid-first round picks traded for each other, but here we are. It has been no secret that Rutger McGroarty was likely not going to be a Winnipeg Jet, so it was a matter of when he was going to be dealt. That trade came to pass on [...]
For the last 21 years (12 with The Hockey News) Dobber has reviewed each team from a fantasy-hockey standpoint and graded them. The 22nd 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 [...]
Welcome back to another week of Analytics Advantage! This week, we are continuing our deep dive into player performance by focusing on Fantasy Points Per Game (FPPG) z-scores—a key metric that helps define fantasy hockey success. Unlike our previous analysis of 60-minute rate metrics, this week we shift our attention to how players are performing [...]
On Tuesday night, the Seattle Kraken extended forward Matty Beniers for seven years with a cap hit just over $7.1M per season. Beniers was the Rookie of the Year in 2023 thanks to posting 57 points in 80 games, but took a huge step back, production-wise, with 37 points in 77 games in 2023-24. He [...]
For the last 21 years (12 with The Hockey News) Dobber and the team have reviewed each team from a fantasy-hockey standpoint and graded them. The 22nd 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 [...]
Welcome back to Forum Buzz, where I peruse the DobberHockey Forums and weigh in on active, heavily debated, or otherwise relevant recent threads, reminding folks just how great a resource the Forums are. Nearly anything might be covered here, other than trades and signings, which usually get their own separate write-ups on the main site and are also normally [...]
The news came down Tuesday morning that the Edmonton Oilers would not be matching the offer sheets of defenceman Philip Broberg and winger Dylan Holloway. Both will now be members of the St. Louis Blues. As compensation, the Blues will send the Oilers a third-round pick for Holloway and a second-round pick for Broberg. For [...]
At this point of the NHL and fantasy hockey offseason, chatter related to actual hockey news is starting to get noisy once again - indicating nightly action is getting tantalizingly close.Teams across the league will be opening training camps in less than a month, meaning the time for projections and speculation over what line combinations [...]
Here are the top 200 prospect forwards to own in your points-only dynasty leagues - August edition! But first, the 19th annual Fantasy Hockey Guide was released just a couple of days ago. That's right, I've earned your trust for 19 years. You can order your digital copy here for immediate download, or for another [...]
