While revamping the downloads section, the new updated guide was inadvertantly removed and the one from Sept 12 was made available. I have switched this back now so it is the Sept 15 Fantasy Guide you can update now. Ditto for the Spreadsheet. I'm normally not in agreement with Damien Cox, so this [...]
The left-wing lock was a defensive strategy popularized by Scotty Bowman and the Detroit Red Wings in the 1990s. In essence, it was very simple. If the opposing team gained possession of the puck, the left-winger would drop back with the defensemen. It helped reshape the Red Wings into a team that could frustrate opponents defensively as well as bury them on the scoreboard.
Today, I wonder if we poolies face another form of left wing frustration - an apparent scarcity of quality left wingers to draft. Call it the leftwing lockout if you will. But whatever you call it, within a matter of weeks we will all have to draft our teams for the coming campaign, so let’s examine the potential problem.
Justin Bourne with a must-read article today on Puck Daddy - steroids in hockey. DobberHockey's 2010-11 Pool Guide - updated through September 15th and available here. Dobber - Breaking: The Penguins have announced that Jordan Staal underwent a procedure in his foot to cure an infection. Recovery is five to six weeks, meaning [...]
The key to making money on the stock market is buying a stock right before it takes off. Dividends are nice, but nothing beats the return of buying low and selling high. The same goes for fantasy hockey; it’s nice to have good players on your team, but when you’ve acquired them with shrewd, late picks, you’re bound to move to the top of the heap in your pool.
Dobber: Fantasy Guide updated with all of the blue highlights removed from the previous updates. Includes the O'Sullivan signing is in the Guide (try and find that anywhere else!), the Cormier news (broken foot) and Enver Lisin is trying out for...Atlanta. It's all there! Goldie: I posted a Top-10 Training Camp Battles piece on [...]
Fantasy Impact: The Hurricanes have signed winger Patrick O’Sullivan to a one-year, two-way contract. He was a member of the organization for about five minutes during the 2008 trade deadline. Carolina moved Justin Williams to Los Angeles for him, but then he was quickly flipped to the Oilers for Erik Cole.
I'll be running a live blog during my first draft this afternoon. I'll keep it going at the bottom of the ramblings. A significant shift in team building philosophy has occured over the past few years in the NHL. Many teams have gone from two scoring lines, one checking line, and one energy line [...]
I am currently in five fantasy hockey leagues, and yesterday kicked off five drafts in 12 days for me . The Ultimate Fantasy Pool is a head-to-head league, and all of the league’s members are readers of DobberHockey (a few of them are regular contributors on the hockey forum as well). The team (The Crosby Show), was audited by the HockeyPoolGeek crew back in August (you can read the in-depth analysis here).
I went in to the draft with a few goals, and in the end I think I accomplished what I set out to do.
Rob Rossi reports on an interesting line practicing together in Pittsburgh - Mike Comrie at center with Evgeni Malkin and Eric Tangradi. Okay Comrie owners, you can put your arms down now. Looking for the Fantasy Guide? You can pick it up here. With Marc Savard having played the last several [...]
Why these young centermen will clear 60 points this campaign
In with the old and out with the new. You see it every season. A young forward joins the ranks of 60-point players, replacing an older forward who habitually got there throughout his career, but now falls short. Don’t underestimate these players at the draft table, as they are part of the next wave.
