Alex Newhook signed a four-year deal with Montreal a couple of days ago, so the team is committed to making it work. He will have every opportunity to step into the team’s top-6 forward mix and contribute offensively. There was a good read from Arpon Basu over at the Athletic about why Newhook struggled in [...]
Here are the top 50 prospect defensemen to own in your points-only dynasty leagues - July edition! Available July 28! The 18th annual Fantasy Hockey Guide (order it here), or order one of our packages (Keeper League Pack here, and Ultimate Fantasy Pack here). Or simply subscribe! * * * * * Get Notified By [...]
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 covered here, other than trades and signings, which usually get their own separate write-ups on the main site and are also normally [...]
I’m filling in for Alex Mclean today and have a few topics that I wanted to touch on today. I did speak about player valuations in my Wild West column last week, but I wanted to expand on it a little here. Some of the questions I had were: What teams are getting the best value [...]
In this week’s Eastern Edge, we’ll begin a review of the ‘Core Four’ for every team in the East. Grant Campbell, who covers the Western Conference here at DobberHockey, kicked the series off in yesterday’s article, with a look at Anaheim, Arizona, Calgary and Chicago. As Grant established, ‘The Core Four’ are players who should [...]
Here are the top 200 prospect forwards to own in your points-only dynasty leagues - July edition! Available July 28! The 18th annual Fantasy Hockey Guide (order it here), or order one of our packages (Keeper League Pack here, and Ultimate Fantasy Pack here). Or simply subscribe! DENVER - MARCH 13: Details of the ice [...]
The anticipated trade of Alex DeBrincat finally materialized over the weekend as he was sent from Ottawa to Detroit in exchange for a first- and a fourth-round pick, Dominik Kubalik, and prospect defenceman Donovan Sobrango. The Wings turned around to extend DeBrincat for four years with an AAV under $8M. It lines up for DeBrincat [...]
The San Jose Sharks have signed newly-minted UFA winger Filip Zadina to a one-year contract worth $1.1M. The Sharks get: an intriguing, high-upside sniper who goes through bouts of injury and inconsistency. The 23-year-old was drafted sixth overall in 2018 and five years later, he mutually agreed with the Red Wings to walk away from [...]
This week we will begin our look at the Core Four of every NHL team with myself in the Western Conference and Brennan Des covering the Eastern Conference with the Eastern Edge column. I’ve done Core Three for a few years but this will be the first time I've done four players for each team. [...]
A few years ago, a Dobber reader named Striker brought forward the idea that the best system to determine a player's breakout threshold is to look at games played for specific-sized players. You can get more information on the logic behind it here, but basically, it says that 80 per cent of players need 200 [...]
