The Blue Jackets signed RFA forward Kent Johnson to a three-year contract with a cap hit of $1.8 million. Johnson’s production fell slightly in 2023-24 with just 16 points in 42 games following a 39-point rookie campaign in 2022-23. Johnson underwent surgery for a torn labrum to end his season in late February, and he [...]
Welcome back to The Journey, where we track the development of prospects as they excel in junior, make the NHL, and push towards stardom. With most of the elite free agents now signed, we can start to get a general idea of what lineups might look like for the upcoming NHL season. With that, I thought it [...]
Patrik Laine has officially been cleared to return from the NHL/NHLPA Player Assistance Program. This is good news because Laine was in the program for mental health reasons, and it seems like he is well enough to resume his career. What this also means is that the Blue Jackets are now free to trade him. [...]
Here are the top 64 goalies to own in your salary cap league – June 26th, 2024 edition. Just like with the skaters, most of the free agent goalies have signed as well. There is still some tinkering to be done with game, win, and save projections, as the closer we get to the season [...]
Welcome back to another week of Analytics Advantage! This week we are going to be looking at the exact same bar graph as last week (5-Year IPP), but this week it is going to be CorsiFor% (CF%) over the past five seasons, as well as more graphs because those do more talking than I could [...]
Today we are kicking off a mini-series focusing on helping us make smarter player decisions at the draft table. It is not enough to know how a player performed in the previous season, but we need to try to determine whether or not that level of performance was reasonable or unsustainable. We will go division [...]
In just a few days, the 2024-25 Dobber Hockey Fantasy Guide is set to be released! It has depth charts, projections, prospect coverage, rebounds, declines, breakouts, and a whole lot more. It is a digital-only copy, and that means it will be updated right up until the start of the regular season to reflect any [...]
It’s the end of July, and that means we have most of the free agents signed. The 2024 rookie crop won’t be incorporated until the next update, and there is still some tinkering to be done with point projections. Overall, still some work to do this summer. Take a gander at the rankings below, and [...]
The 2023-24 Dobber Hockey Fantasy Guide is set to release on Monday, so we are just a few days away from the big drop! The Guide is available for pre-order now in the Dobber Shop, so head on over there to reserve your copy now. Because it’s all-digital, the Guide will be updated through to [...]
Here are the top 50 prospect defensemen to own in your points-only dynasty leagues - July edition! But first, just under one week (!) from now, the 19th annual Fantasy Hockey Guide will be released. That's right, I've earned your trust for 19 years. You can pre-order your digital copy here, or for another $5 [...]
