Ramblings: Nylander’s Homecoming; Sabres’ Power Play; Montour and Ekblad Return (Nov 18)
On Friday, William Nylander put on a show for friends, family and fans on home soil, tallying three points in game two of the NHL’s Global Series in Sweden. Although he was born in Canada, [...]
Looking Ahead: Lafreniere; Colton; Carolina & the Global Games
Welcome back! A little bit of a stranger NHL schedule this week, but that mostly has to do with the Global Games taking place. At least, for some clubs. I still for the life of [...]
Frozen Tool Forensics: Evaluating Multi-Category Defencemen
This week on Frozen Tool Forensics we are shifting gears a bit. So far we have been focused on trivial things like goal scoring and point production, but today we dig into peripheral categories, specifically [...]
Analytics Advantage: Demystifying and Using PDO to Find Fantasy Value
PDO is a key metric for evaluating player performance and is often used to measure luck or variance. While PDO can regress towards a league average, suggesting predictability, its interpretation requires caution. A high or [...]
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Ramblings: Injury Updates, Answering Frequently Asked Questions (Sept 30)
Rasmus Sandin and the Leafs have finally agreed on a contract, a two-year deal with a $1.4 million cap hit. Injuries on defense may have expedited the signing (more on that in a bit). In [...]
Capped: Breakout Candidates, Including Podkolzin, Byram, Bouchard, and Georgiev
My favorite time of year is upon us, the fantasy draft season and with that comes plenty of talent evaluations to become prepared for your league’s draft. There are so many players to go around [...]
Ramblings: Werenski, Durzi, Girard, Forsling, and More Defence Values – September 29
My last few Ramblings have discussed projections I’ve made for the 2022-23 fantasy hockey season and we’re continuing that trend today. On Tuesday, we went over some players that I wrote of often throughout the [...]
Fantasy Hockey Poll: First-Time Point-Per-Game Scorers
Last season 44 skaters produced at a point per game pace while appearing in at least half of their team’s games. Of them, 13 hit that threshold for the first time in their careers. If [...]
Ramblings: Pre-Season Checklist – Research, Management & Preparation (Sept 28)
If you’re reading this then odds are that you’re in at least one fantasy hockey league, and you’re now really ramping up for the NHL season. What that means differs from person to person. Maybe [...]
Eastern Edge: Forward Fantasy Tiers, From Matthews to Suter
This week, Grant Campbell and I organized the league’s forwards into tiers based on projected fantasy value this season. Grant covers the Western Conference here at DobberHockey, and you can check out his forward tiers [...]