Analytics Advantage: Shooting Percentage, Expected Goals, and Over/Underperformance
In fantasy hockey, player evaluation increasingly relies on a blend of traditional and advanced metrics. Among these, Shooting Percentage (SH%) and Individual Expected Goals (ixG) stand out for their ability to provide a deeper understanding [...]
Capped: Mark Stone, the Tampa Bay Lightning, and the Long-Term Injured Reserve
Welcome back my CapFriendlies! Stop me if you’ve heard this before, but last week Mark Stone was put onto long term injured reserve. This sparked a discussion in my main fantasy league’s chat and of [...]
Ramblings: Updates on Seider and Norris; Tanev Traded; Declines for Ekblad, Ekholm, Doughty, and More – February 29
There was some concern that Detroit defenceman Moritz Seider might miss time after blocking a shot on Tuesday night, but Ted Kulfan reports that Seider is just fine after getting X-rays completed that came back [...]
Fantasy Take: Chris Tanev Becomes a Star
The Calgary Flames shipped out Chris Tanev to the Dallas Stars, possibly opening the floodgates on the rental defenceman market around the NHL. For a sought-after right-shot defenceman, it is surprising that they weren’t able [...]
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Wild West: The Best and Worst Player Values per Team in the West
This week we are going to go through each team in the Western Conference and see which player on each roster has the most value per their contract and which player has the least. Some [...]
Top 10 Younger Players to Trade for in Keeper Leagues
While the goal of fantasy hockey is always to win a championship, many fantasy GMs won't be competing any time soon as they are just starting or in the middle of a rebuild.Many keeper leagues [...]
Ramblings: Thoughts on Harvey-Pinard, the Tolvanen/Bjorkstrand Combo, Grubauer, Tippett and more … (Feb. 12)
It’s worth noting that the only two teams that were fresh – i.e., they were not on the tail-end of a back-to-back situation – both won their games. All of Sunday’s losses were by teams [...]
21 Fantasy Hockey Rambles
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. Vladimir Tarasenko [...]
Geek of the Week: Mid-February Roster Additions
Happy Super Bowl Sunday everyone! As is the case most years on the day of the big game, we are treated to a busy matinee slate of hockey games since I’m sure Uncle Gary doesn’t [...]
Ramblings: Chychrun Scratched For Trade, Breadman Four Goals, Beauvillier Liking the Canucks (Feb 12)
A Jakob Chychrun trade might be forthcoming, although it didn’t happen on Saturday night. Chychrun was made a healthy scratch by the Coyotes for “trade-related reasons.” Not long after the game start in the HNIC [...]