Ramblings: Wolf Called Up; Updates on Laine, Shesterkin, Pesce, and Addison; Bedard Piles on Points – November 10
Something that had been a bit confounding – maybe a lot confounding – about the Calgary Flames is their utter refusal to even bother giving minor league goalie Dustin Wolf a shot at the NHL [...]
Analytics Advantage: Comparing Expected Goal Scoring with High-, Medium-, and Low-Danger Scoring
In the realm of fantasy hockey, where every point can be the difference between triumph and mediocrity, a deeper dive into advanced statistics becomes not just a strategy, but a necessity. This season, we're peeling [...]
Capped: Impact of Current Contracts from Campbell, Demko, and Jarry
Hello and welcome back my Salary Cap-friendlies! We haven’t really touched on goaltenders too much in Capped and there’s sort of a reason for that. Outside of Sergei Bobrovsky they mostly earn salaries and off [...]
Ramblings: Addison/Bogosian Traded; Updates on Shesterkin, Duchene, and Cozens; Changes in Shot Ratios – November 9
The Minnesota Wild made some adjustments to their blueline on Wednesday by trading Calen Addison to the San Jose Sharks, then turning around and getting Zach Bogosian from Tampa Bay. I wrote up a bit [...]
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Forum Buzz: Ranking Defencemen; Fiala; Ekblad; Ehlers; Hoarding Goalies; Pettersson & More
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 [...]
Ramblings: Chara, Subban & Yandle Retire; MacKinnon’s New Contract; Drafts Targets Past Pick #100 (Sept 21)
Within the span of an hour yesterday we had retirement announcements from three excellent defencemen over the last two decades, with Zdeno Chara, P.K. Subban, and Keith Yandle all hanging up their skates. Chara leaves [...]
Eastern Edge: Defensemen Tiers from Hedman to Wideman
This week, Grant Campbell and I organized the league’s defensemen into tiers based on projected fantasy value this season. Grant covers the Western Conference here at DobberHockey, and you can check out his tiers of [...]
Ramblings: Training Camp Battles to Watch in Detroit, Montreal, Minnesota, and Elsewhere; Couturier Update – September 20
Training camp starts this week across the NHL and that means we finally start to get some actionable information. To this point, the only information we have besides projections – which are educated guesses themselves [...]
Fantasy Impact: Dallas Stars Acquire Nils Lundkvist
The Dallas Stars have acquired prospect defenseman Nils Lundkvist from the New York Rangers in exchange for a first-round draft pick in 2023 and a fourth-round draft pick. Both picks are reportedly conditional, per Shayna [...]
Wild West: Defense Tiers from Makar to Ceci
This week and next, Brennan Des and I will tier defense and forwards from the East and West. I will start with the West today but just a reminder that these tiers are subjective and [...]