We’re back with the “first round” of the playoffs in August, and we have the 23rd and 24th overall regular season teams playing games. We saw the fourth-longest game in NHL history on Tuesday night, prompting morning hockey on Wednesday. And, most shockingly, the Edmonton Oilers didn’t win a draft lottery. There’s a lot that [...]
It was clean out day for teams that have been eliminated. There were lots of quotes to come out of the Toronto dressing room – Auston Matthews used “embarrassing”; Zach Hyman used some variation of “sucks” a lot – but I’ll leave those alone for now. They need to back up words with actions. What [...]
Here are the top forwards to own in your points-only keeper leagues - August edition! Not a whole lot of changes this month, just some tweaks. As always, players within +/- 5.0 rating points of each other should be considered equal value and at that point are based on personal bias or team need. o=offensive [...]
Welcome back to Forum Buzz, where I peruse the DobberHockey Forums and weigh in on very active, heavily debated, or otherwise relevant recent threads, reminding everyone how great of a resource the Forums are, especially now that the season is paused. Nearly anything might be covered here, other than trades and signings, which usually get separate write-ups [...]
Do you know who would be suffocatingly frustrating to play against? The Columbus Blue Jackets. After dismissing a top-five offensive team in the Maple Leafs during the play-in round, CBJ took on the Lightning in a rematch of last year’s first-round series. One in which they handily swept the Eastern Conference powerhouse. In Tuesday’s game, [...]
In this week’s Eastern Edge, we preview the Eastern Conference playoff matchups. Let me know your thoughts in the comments below or shoot me a message on Twitter @BrennanDeSouza! Check out all the Dobber writers’ playoff predictions here and feel free to tell us how foolish our picks are! Philadelphia Flyers vs. Montreal Canadiens [...]
After a four-month layoff, the play-in round and round-robin turned out to be as unpredictable as they could have been. The panel as a whole took it on the chin as far as majority rankings went, only choosing two of the eight play-in series (NY Islanders over Florida, Vancouver over Minnesota) correctly. Three series in [...]
The big news we’ve been waiting a month for was which play-in team would end up with the first overall pick in the lottery. Because of the abbreviated season, teams agreed to allow the play-in franchises to the lottery draft, and they won. The lottery for first overall was Monday night and as hockey fans [...]
Now that the inaugural Play-ins are completed we know the matchups for the playoff series that will begin Tuesday, August 11th in Edmonton and Toronto. Some pretty large upsets saw both conferences 12th seed make it past the 5th seeds and continue. It will be interesting to see if the teams from the round-robin, Vegas, [...]
One of the most underrated aspects of the play-in/round robins when it comes to fantasy hockey has to do with postseason hockey pools. While many pools have already started, there are numerous taking place in the next day or so that will exclude the last week of games. Instead, like a traditional playoff pool, the [...]
