Well, it was just a short summer layoff, but thankfully the 2021-22 season kicked off this week as we are officially back into the swing of things in fantasy hockey. With a very small sample size to go off of so far, it’s hard to say what players are must-haves and which players might be [...]
According to Elliotte Friedman, Max Pacioretty is expected to be out for approximately six weeks (reportedly a fractured foot), while the Golden Knights are waiting for further information on Mark Stone. The team’s Twitter account later clarified that Pacioretty is out week-to-week, while Stone is currently day-to-day and currently being evaluated. Pacioretty and Stone were [...]
Welcome back to The Journey, where we follow hockey prospects and their paths to the NHL, providing fantasy predictions and analysis along the way. This week, I wanted to highlight the wave of rookies playing their first-ever NHL games and how well they’ve been able to adjust to the league’s high tempo and pressure. Some [...]
Can you feel it? Maybe you can even smell it? It’s the scent all degenerate gamblers and hockey fans clamor for: Super Saturday in the NHL. That’s right, people, Saturday Picks are back at DobberHockey and to say that I’m fired up for my fourth season rocking with y’all on the picks front would be [...]
It’s back! The NHL season has started and we are set for what *looks* to be a “normal” season. Don’t get me wrong, I was glad to have hockey back in my life earlier this year when the league had it’s 2020-2021 season but from a fantasy perspective, the repetitiveness of it all got to [...]
If there’s a time of year where fantasy team managers are the most hyper-focused, this is the one. I see a lot of questions like the following: “What do you think of my team?” My stock answer: It looks great, but you’ll probably want to make waiver-wire moves throughout the season. No fantasy team is [...]
The Immediate Fix (Grab this guy and use him for the next several days)Evgenii Dadonov, RW/LW, Vegas Golden Knights (Available in 37.5% of ESPN leagues, 40% Fantrax leagues) - So let’s start with Florida Evgenii. He was once a 20-goal scorer in this league and a sneaky cheap DFS player from time to time in [...]
League drafts are now in the books, so where do players rank now? These rankings take into account average draft positions (ADPs) as well as actual values. You could use these rankings to compare one player to another as you evaluate your roster, make start/sit decisions, or even consider trade offers. We’re also factoring in [...]
Alex Ovechkin is already going to go down in history as one of the best goal scorers of all time. The only question is just where exactly on that list does he sit? After his two-goal premier and moving into fifth place all time, it seemed like time to take a look at where he [...]
The last of the big-name RFAs has officially signed on the dotted line. Brady Tkachuk has agreed to a seven-year contract worth $57.5 million, which means Senators fans and fantasy managers won’t be subjected to a lengthy holdout. The signing should also dispel rumors that he only wanted a bridge deal because he doesn’t want [...]
