Now that the free agent frenzy and main trade period have passed, we are now in the dog days of the offseason. Some of the offseason signings have resulted in major swings in value for certain players. As you can see in the Change column, the greatest swings in value (positive or negative) are from [...]
It’s Christmas in (checks month) August today! Get your Fantasy Guide at the Dobber Sports shop. If you’ve preordered it, you should now be able to download it by going to Downloads on the Dobber home page. Go ahead, order it and download it, and come back and read the Ramblings later. I’ll wait here. [...]
The 2021-2022 NHL season is set to commence on October 12, and is already shrouded with mystery as multiple teams drastically changed their projected lineup in the last few weeks. From blockbuster trades to shrewd free agency pick-ups, teams such as the New Jersey Devils have gone from bottom-standing clubs to playoff race contenders overnight, [...]
In news that seemed to arrive completely out of left field, Joe Thornton has signed a one-year, $750,000 contract with the Florida Panthers. Thornton is picking a team that he believes can help him land that elusive Stanley Cup (fill in obvious Florida retirement home joke here). In case you think Thornton is washed up, [...]
Now that the dust has settled a bit, I wanted to return to Seattle’s expansion team. There has already been a lot written on their apparent strategy (or lack thereof), from questionable selections to the lack of side deals and asset accrual. At the end of the day the line seems to be that they [...]
The Jets and Andrew Copp avoided arbitration, agreeing to a one-year, $3.64 million extension. In a shortened season, Copp set career highs in both goals (15) and points (39). In other words, he was very quietly on a 58-point pace. That’s not bad for a player who received spurts of top-6 icetime, but whose most [...]
A few days ago, Jakub Vrana signed a three-year extension with the Red Wings. That specific type of contract really caught me by surprise. A three-year deal covers his age-25/26/27 seasons, walking him right to free agency. Steve Yzerman is, habitually, a very smart general manager. He knows that if Vrana shows out for these [...]
Welcome back to Goldipucks and the Three Skaters, a play on words of the Goldilocks and the Three Bears story. Instead of there being three bowls of porridge though, I cover three skaters and declare one too hot (i.e., doing unsustainably better than he should), another too cold (i.e., doing unsustainably worse), and a third [...]
Only three more days until the 2021-22 DobberHockey Fantasy Guide drops! Order yours here before you’re behind the eight-ball and trying to play catch-up with your league-mates. Jumping back into my takes on the offseason moves, this week I’m going to review a whole wack-load of signings, some of my thoughts on fantasy impacts, and [...]
In this week’s Eastern Edge, we’ll continue discussing the fantasy impact of recent moves around the conference. In particular, we’ll focus on Cam Atkinson joining the Flyers, Will Butcher in Buffalo and Sam Reinhart in Florida. Cam Atkinson In moving from Columbus to Philly, Atkinson sees a significant upgrade in supporting cast. He leaves behind [...]
