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 [...]
Congrats to Sidney Crosby for scoring his 500th career goal, and everyone knew it was going to come against the Flyers. https://twitter.com/penguins/status/1493758030508216326 It’s a shame that we were robbed of three of his prime seasons, but even without that he has become one of the best players ever. It’s great that he is healthy again, [...]
In this week’s Eastern Edge, we’ll look at a few hot streaks around the conference. If you want to see a longer list of players riding highs, as well as those stuck in lows, Dobber’s Frozen Tools are an invaluable resource. Bryan Rust Across the league, nobody has more points than Bryan Rust in 2022. [...]
Because COVID protocol lists are shrinking (finally!), there are more players being squeezed out of the Top 100 Roto Rankings than are being added. Some tough calls to make, but thank you to a few Twitter followers with the suggestions. Keep in mind that these are single-season rankings for a head-to-head or rotisserie league using [...]
Here are the top prospect forwards to own in your points-only dynasty leagues - February edition! As always, players with a Prospect Rating between +/-5.0 rating points should be considered equal value and at that point become a matter of team need or personal bias (i.e. wait time vs. upside vs. certainty). Click a player [...]
Welcome to another edition of Lining Up. This week will continue the Olympic theme and examine some roster worthy players from Team USA, Team Russia and Team Finland. With playoffs just around the corner and without further ado let’s dive in. Team USA Blake Wheeler – Ryan Hartman – Phil Kessel The current WPG forward [...]
There was a very significant trade on Monday as Tyler Toffoli was traded to the Calgary Flames. Going the other way is Tyler Pitlick, a first-round pick, a fifth-round pick, and prospect Emil Heineman. His Dobber Prospects profile can be viewed here. Dobber wrote about the trade yesterday and readers can check out his column [...]
The Montreal Canadiens have traded Tyler Toffoli to the Calgary Flames for prospect Emil Heineman, a first- and a fifth-round draft pick. The Flames get: a (COVID pro-rated) two-time 30-goal scorer coming off a pro-rated 38-goal season. Toffoli is only on pace for 58 points this season, but he has 17 points in his last [...]
I hope everyone enjoyed Super Bowl Sunday and having to watch the four NHL games in the morning (on the West Coast at least). For this article, I’m going to focus on some players in the West and look at who has played 300 NHL games or more and are pushing for career-highs in goals [...]
Twitter isn't the only place where hockey players can be trending. Too often, we look at hot/cold streaks from a perspective of points only. While there are some of those on this list, there are always other trends and streaks you should be aware of. You need to know who is doing much better than [...]
