Eastern Edge: Bold Predictions for the 2023-24 Campaign
With a new season just underway, we’ll use this week’s Eastern Edge to predict an aspect of each team’s 23-24 campaign. Boston Bruins - Pavel Zacha finishes second in team scoring This is a slightly [...]
Ramblings: Bedard’s Debut; Notes on Korchinski, Paul, Parssinen, and Other Opening-Day Tidbits (Oct 11)
My favourite bit of news to kick off yesterday was the record that Sidney Crosby, Kris Letang, and Evgeni Malkin were breaking: https://twitter.com/TaylorHaasePGH/status/1711604049848541426 Bryan Rust opened the scoring for the Penguins for the third season [...]
Lining Up: Important Lineup Notes for the First Week Including DeAngelo, Chabot, Howden, and Donato
Welcome back to another edition of Lining Up and Happy-Start-Of-Hockey Day! With the NHL kicking the season off tonight, today will focus on teams updating the notes from last two Lining Up articles for teams [...]
15 Fearless Forecasts for the 2023-24 NHL Season
I don’t normally dwell on how my prior season’s Fearless Forecasts fared, admittedly because usually far fewer actually pan out versus those that don’t. But as can be seen from my May recap column, I [...]
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Frozen Tool Forensics: Players on the Breakout Threshold
As with the faceoff article posted a few weeks ago, I like to occasionally check in on stats, and therefore players, that are a bit more on the peripheral (see what I did there?) Categories [...]
Dobber’s Offseason Fantasy Grades: Tampa Bay Lightning
The 20th annual review will appear here on DobberHockey throughout the summer/fall. This is not a review of the likely performance on the ice or in the standings, but in the realm of fantasy hockey [...]
Ramblings: Oettinger Signs, Draisaitl vs. Matthews, Drafting D-Men Early (Sept 2)
Anyone relying on Jake Oettinger this season no longer needs to worry about his contract status. The Stars signed Oettinger to a three-year extension worth $4 million per season. This amount certainly seems affordable given [...]
Dobber’s Offseason Fantasy Grades: St. Louis Blues
For the last 19 years (12 with The Hockey News) Dobber has reviewed each team from a fantasy-hockey standpoint and graded them. The 20th annual review will appear here on DobberHockey throughout the summer/fall. This [...]
Dobber Ramblings: Deep Dive on Tage Thompson and His New Contract; Thoughts on Tuch and Quinn – September 1
The big news from the last couple of days is surely the huge extension from Sabres centre Tage Thompson. He signed a seven-year, $7-million AAV contract with Buffalo, a deal that will take him through [...]
Dobber’s Offseason Fantasy Grades: Seattle Kraken
The 20th annual review will appear here on DobberHockey throughout the summer/fall. This is not a review of the likely performance on the ice or in the standings, but in the realm of fantasy hockey [...]