Ramblings: Moving Goalies; Kylington’s Possible Return; Clarke; Othmann; World Juniors & More (Jan 5)
We haven’t had a big goalie moved mid-season in a while now, and I’m curious if we see one this year. Between Jacob Markstrom, Juuse Saros, John Gibson, Karel Vejmelka, Jake Allen, Anton Forsberg, and [...]
Analytics Advantage: Corsi, Expected Goals, and Rookie Performances This Season
The NHL's landscape is continually reshaped by the influx of rookie talent, each bringing a fresh wave of skill and potential to the ice. In the realm of fantasy hockey, understanding these emerging stars is [...]
Capped: What does a Salary Cap-Compliant Team Canada Look Like?
Welcome back my Cap-friendlies! Hope everyone out there had a great New Year’s! The World Juniors are going on right now and to be honest this is a tourney that I used to really watch [...]
Ramblings: Brothers Clarke Get Called Up; Roslovic Moved Up; Improvements from Kyrou, Marchenko, Engvall, Reinhart, and More – January 4
There were some notes from Columbus that fantasy owners may want to keep an eye on. First, Jack Roslovic worked his way to the top line with Adam Fantilli and Johnny Gaudreau at practice on [...]
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Frozen Tool Forensics: Players on the Breakout Threshold
As with the faceoff article posted a few weeks ago, I like to occasionally check in on stats, and therefore players, that are a bit more on the peripheral (see what I did there?) Categories [...]
Dobber’s Offseason Fantasy Grades: Tampa Bay Lightning
The 20th annual review will appear here on DobberHockey throughout the summer/fall. This is not a review of the likely performance on the ice or in the standings, but in the realm of fantasy hockey [...]
Ramblings: Oettinger Signs, Draisaitl vs. Matthews, Drafting D-Men Early (Sept 2)
Anyone relying on Jake Oettinger this season no longer needs to worry about his contract status. The Stars signed Oettinger to a three-year extension worth $4 million per season. This amount certainly seems affordable given [...]
Dobber’s Offseason Fantasy Grades: St. Louis Blues
For the last 19 years (12 with The Hockey News) Dobber has reviewed each team from a fantasy-hockey standpoint and graded them. The 20th annual review will appear here on DobberHockey throughout the summer/fall. This [...]
Dobber Ramblings: Deep Dive on Tage Thompson and His New Contract; Thoughts on Tuch and Quinn – September 1
The big news from the last couple of days is surely the huge extension from Sabres centre Tage Thompson. He signed a seven-year, $7-million AAV contract with Buffalo, a deal that will take him through [...]
Dobber’s Offseason Fantasy Grades: Seattle Kraken
The 20th annual review will appear here on DobberHockey throughout the summer/fall. This is not a review of the likely performance on the ice or in the standings, but in the realm of fantasy hockey [...]