Analytics Advantage: Shooting Percentage, Expected Goals, and Over/Underperformance
In fantasy hockey, player evaluation increasingly relies on a blend of traditional and advanced metrics. Among these, Shooting Percentage (SH%) and Individual Expected Goals (ixG) stand out for their ability to provide a deeper understanding [...]
Capped: Mark Stone, the Tampa Bay Lightning, and the Long-Term Injured Reserve
Welcome back my CapFriendlies! Stop me if you’ve heard this before, but last week Mark Stone was put onto long term injured reserve. This sparked a discussion in my main fantasy league’s chat and of [...]
Ramblings: Updates on Seider and Norris; Tanev Traded; Declines for Ekblad, Ekholm, Doughty, and More – February 29
There was some concern that Detroit defenceman Moritz Seider might miss time after blocking a shot on Tuesday night, but Ted Kulfan reports that Seider is just fine after getting X-rays completed that came back [...]
Fantasy Take: Chris Tanev Becomes a Star
The Calgary Flames shipped out Chris Tanev to the Dallas Stars, possibly opening the floodgates on the rental defenceman market around the NHL. For a sought-after right-shot defenceman, it is surprising that they weren’t able [...]
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Tuesday Game Picks: Expect Goals in Montreal; Shesterkin Looking Solid
We are back with another Tuesday edition of Game Picks, where we give out a Gold, Silver, and Bronze selection every Tuesday during the NHL season. There are only two games in the NHL tonight, [...]
Ramblings: Updates on Hoffman, Samsonov, Chychrun, And Schmaltz; Devils Still On Fire; McAvoy Producing Points – November 22
It has been a much better start to the season than many hockey fans were anticipating for the Philadelphia Flyers as they are on pace for over 80 points (as of Monday afternoon, more on [...]
Wild West: Why Zone Starts are More Important Than You Think
I’ve long held the belief that Corsi is a bit of a flawed stat, which has been unfair for players who have offensive zone starts (OZ%) below 40 percent. As of games to November 20th, [...]
Top 10 Players With a ‘0’ in Certain Stats
It's impossible to find the perfect hockey player. A player might reach 100 points but finish with a negative plus/minus. A defenseman could get a bunch of power-play points by rarely throw a hit. A [...]
Ramblings: Demko, Bobrovsky, Johnny Hockey, Sid the Kid, P. Kane and more … (Nov. 21)
The only No.1 goalie to start on Sunday – out of four – lost the game. And that’s been much of the story this season when it comes to goaltending. It often seems that whenever [...]
21 Fantasy Hockey Rambles
Every Sunday, we share 21 Fantasy Rambles from our writers at DobberHockey. These thoughts are curated from the past week's ‘Daily Ramblings’. Writers/Editors: Ian Gooding, Michael Clifford, Alexander MacLean and Dobber — 1. Whether or [...]