Ramblings: Sharks Take Home Lottery Win; Reichel Signs; Round Two Picks & More (May 8)
The NHL’s draft lottery yesterday was anti-climactic, with the San Jose Sharks winning the first overall selection, and the Chicago Blackhawks winning the second overall pick – exactly where they were slotted before the lottery. [...]
Fantasy Take: Green Hired to Coach Ottawa Senators
With the Ottawa Senators firing head coach DJ Smith in December and moving Jacques Martin into that role, the search for a new head coach effectively started before Christmas. With so much turnover in that [...]
Keeping Karlsson: Leaving Letang
Elan and Brian find a couple volume and potential starters showing up midseason, consider whether Jake Walman really is on the league’s longest hot streak, and encourage you to pause the pod for a Columbus 1C stepping onto one of the NHL’s best lines.
Ramblings: Casey and Sandin-Pelikka Sign; Bowness Retires; Reviewing the Seasons of Keller, Schmaltz, Cooley, Durzi, Ingram, and Others – May 7
Winnipeg Jets head coach Rick Bowness announced his retirement on Monday. Bowness was Winnipeg’s coach for these last two seasons, leading them to the playoffs twice. He had a Cup Final run with Dallas in [...]
Stars On The Rise: Top-10 Players Who Have Boosted Their Fantasy Value This Postseason
In the fantasy hockey world, it’s never too early to look ahead at draft season to start pondering and plotting moves to get a leg up on other GMs who might be slacking. Digging into [...]
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| 20.7 | NICK SUZUKI JURAJ SLAFKOVSKY COLE CAUFIELD | |
| 19.8 | ALEX NEWHOOK PATRIK LAINE KIRBY DACH | |
| 14.6 | BRENDAN GALLAGHER CHRISTIAN DVORAK JOSH ANDERSON | |
Wild West: Re-Ranking the Western Conference Teams
I ranked the Western teams in two Wild West articles back in late August of 2022 a few months before the start of this season. We are going to look at the teams at the [...]
Eastern Edge: Midseason Fantasy MVPs From Each Team Like Thompson And Ullmark
The 2023 Dobber Hockey Midseason Guide is now available! It has all the information you need to secure your league championship, including first-half analysis, second-half projections, and prospect coverage to prepare you for the future. [...]
DFS Tuesday: Great Matchups For Draisaitl, DeAngelo, Zegras, And More
There are some really good matchups tonight, at least on paper. Florida, fighting to retain relevance in the East’s playoff hunt, are visiting a Toronto club that’s seen both Auston Matthews and John Tavares average [...]
Ramblings: Boldy Extended; Kochetkov Demoted; Futures of Terry and Meier; Full Day of NHL Games – January 17
Monday was Martin Luther King Jr. Day in America so there were games all day long. That leaves news a bit more sparse than usual as there were fewer teams having full practices and providing [...]
Top 50 Fantasy Prospect Defensemen – January 2023
Here are the top 50 prospect defensemen to own in your points-only dynasty leagues - January edition! But first, an announcement. The 15th annual Midseason Fantasy Hockey Guide is now available. Pick it up here! [...]
Top 10 Things I Learned About Goalies Writing for the Midseason Guide
Last Friday, Dobber released his midseason guide (purchase it here). This season, I was fortunate enough to contribute to the guide by writing blurbs about the netminders of all 32 teams. Although I enjoy poring [...]
DobberHockey Podcasts
Keeping Karlsson: Leaving Letang
Elan and Brian find a couple volume and potential starters showing up midseason, consider whether Jake Walman really is on the league’s longest hot streak, and encourage you to pause the pod for a Columbus 1C stepping onto one of the NHL’s best lines.
Fantasy Hockey Life: Mitch Brown on the WJC
Prospect maven Mitch Brown of Elite Prospects joins the show to break down performances from the recently concluded World Juniors tournament. Hear Jesse and Victor ask about Sam Dickinson, Berkly Catton, Bradley Nadeau, Eduard Sale, Jakub Stancl, Matej Mastalirsky, Adam Jecho, Danny Nelson, Cole Hutson, Brodie Ziemer, Kasper Haltunen, Victor Eklund, and Tom Willander. Have […]
Keeping Karlsson: Matchup Maximizer Week 15
Elan looks at the schedule for the upcoming week of NHL action and recommends some players with good schedules that you should consider streaming in to win your head to head matchups.
Keeping Karlsson Short Shifts – Thanks for Vejmelkmories
Elizabeth and Lewis reunite to bring you all the latest fantasy news and strategy, such as how our siblings would fare if called on to fill our roles like Owen Sillinger did for bro Cole. Then it’s onto news including coverage of the postponed CGY/LAK game and defensive injuries piling up in MIN and putting some strain on Gustavsson’s performance. Injuries and outjuries include a pair of goalies returning to their teams in Ingram and Shesterkin, as well as how Monahan’s wrist injury opens the door for big minutes for Fantilli. Finally, the pair touch on Voronkov and PLD’s hot streaks, and discuss John Carlson’s rollercoaster in light of Chychrun’s production.
Keeping Karlsson: Tuch Hunch
On this edition of the Keeping Karlsson Fantasy Hockey Podcast mega-show, Elan and Brian tour every team, ranking a slate of the least bad goalies, noticing the wind in some Red Wings’ and Stars’ sails, dangling snoozer status above a pair of commonly rostered power-play quarterbacks, and rushing or strolling, accordingly, to some skaters on the up and up.