You’re probably had enough of COVID by now. Yet judging by the number of cases, hospitalizations, and deaths still happening around the world, COVID hasn’t had enough of you. Or your fantasy team, given the number of key players that have spent time in COVID protocol this season. Last season was exceptional in the fact [...]
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, we’ll be taking a look at the blueliners that have shifted around in Dobber’s top-50 points-only dynasty league defense prospects ranking, which came out right before the start of [...]
Week 1 in the NHL is officially in the books. As expected, this week’s action saw plenty of unpredictability from a betting perspective. Whether it be the red hot San Jose Sharks, the ice cold Montreal Canadiens, or the upstart Buffalo Sabres, there’s plenty of intriguing storylines to keep an eye on. Onto today’s tilts: [...]
The second Saturday of the NHL season has arrived and while last week was fun, we really had yet to see a majority of the teams in action. Headed into this week, things are starting to feel a little more normal. Well except for the fact that Buffalo is 3-1-0 and Colorado is 1-3-0. But [...]
Sidney Crosby might have to wait a while longer to make his season debut. He will not be ready for Saturday’s game and there is still no set return date. With Jeff Carter still in COVID protocol and also out for Saturday, Evan Rodrigues is now the first-line center for the Pittsburgh Penguins. Rodrigues skated [...]
So hands, please who drafted the Buffalo goalies? No? Your loss. The start of the season has given us some real surprises in net. The caveat here is of course we are dealing with one, two, and three-game samples for the most part. Most goalies in the league can pull off one good game every [...]
The Immediate Fix (Grab this guy and use him for the next several days) Derick Brassard, C, Philadelphia Flyers (Available in 97% of ESPN leagues, 85% Fantrax, 97% Yahoo )- Sometimes the best way to search for value is look to a club that sustained an injury and look for the player that has filled [...]
We’re getting to the point of the season where drops are likely being made in fantasy leagues. I still think it’s too early to make any significant changes outside of both injuries and demotions, but that doesn’t mean other people aren’t doing it. Here are some players I think fantasy owners might be having a [...]
Welcome back for the fifth and final part of the team by beam buy and sell series. This week we cover seven teams starting with the St. Louis Blues. You can find the previous parts to this series here. In case you are jumping in without having read the first four parts I’ll reiterate that [...]
At this point of the fantasy season, there just isn’t a whole lot to talk about. There are a handful of injuries and line changes across the league, but we have lots of columns here at Dobber Hockey that cover those things. We have Ryan Sheppard covering line changes in his ‘Lining Up’ columns and [...]
