DFS Saturday: Ovi Defies Father Time
Goalies (in fantasy hockey): I’m going to discuss this from a number of angles. First, for our Yahoo or Fantrax fantasy leagues, goalies tend to make up an inordinate percentage of categories (or points, to [...]
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 [...]
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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 [...]