This summer’s free agent class is almost wrapped up, and that means we get to spend the next few months in the offseason doldrums before we get offseason hockey again. Usually during the latter half of the offseason I’ll bring back the team by team buy/sell series, but first we need to cover the annual [...]
Marco Rossi is heading to Switzerland with the blessing of the Minnesota Wild. He is expected to be in the lineup for the ZSC Lions, according to Mr. Russo, by this weekend. At the risk of reading far too much into this, Rossi starting up his hockey season overseas at a point in time where [...]
Now that the dust has settled for the most part on free agent signings, poolies are left to wonder what the ramifications might be for their players or their teams as a whole. Have no fear, as the mailbag is a resource for me to answer your fantasy hockey questions while also giving advice that [...]
We had a few signings take place on Tuesday. First up was Josh Ho-Sang settling with a two-way contract worth $750K in the bigs and $250K in the minors. It was a tumultuous 2019-20 season for the 24-year-old - more so than the rest of us. After failing to make the Isles out of camp, [...]
Are you tired of losing your fantasy hockey pool? Sick of the teasing that comes with falling short in a close matchup? Do you long for the sweet bragging rights and financial rewards that come with a fantasy hockey title? Well, do I have something for you! Dobber’s Fantasy Hockey Guide is filled with player [...]
Chris Tierney has signed a two-year deal with the Sens carrying an AAV of $3.5M. It is noteworthy because the team could be going into the season with an unproven Colin White as their 1C. It is far from a lock that White is the top-line centre all year. We saw what J-G Pageau did [...]
With only a handful of prominent free agents still on the market (Mikael Granlund, Mike Hoffman, Alex Galchenyuk, Travis Hamonic and perhaps Anthony Duclair), here are the notable additions and subtractions from each roster in the Western Conference (not including 2020 draft picks). This week we will look at the last five teams in the [...]
One of the concerning trends in fantasy hockey in the past few seasons is the decrease in the quantity of dedicated number one goalies. Gone are the days of 70-plus starts in the NHL for a netminder. Heck, we may be at a stage where we see only five goaltenders start 60-plus games. It seems [...]
On this episode of the Keeping Karlsson Fantasy Hockey Podcast, Elan and Brian are joined by prospects writer and podcaster (and Keeping Karlsson patron!) Victor Nuño to break down and analyze Elan's first every Dynasty League prospects draft. All players with fewer than 82 NHL Games Played are eligible to be drafted, and so the [...]
I have good news and bad news for you. The good news is that Dobber is currently working hard on the 15th annual Fantasy Hockey Guide, and it will be available in just under a week! From then, it will be updated regularly until a few weeks after the season starts (which is sounding more and more like [...]
