I saved Christmas week for my “What’s Wrong With…” piece on the Colorado Avalanche - I planned to be charitable until some of the research and statistics that follow. Wrong, you say? The Avs have been considered strong options, if not favorites, to repeat as Stanley Cup champions! Nathan MacKinnon, Cale Makar, Mikko Ranranen, those [...]
If there’s one area of the Ottawa lineup that probably needs some stability, it’s on the blue line (once they get their centers healthy). The team is trying to give the roster some stability on the back end by re-signing Artem Zub to a four-year extension: https://twitter.com/SunGarrioch/status/1605577872478900225 He is not a big producer with 40 [...]
Here are the Top 100 goalies to own in your points-only dynasty leagues - December edition! We delve deep into goaltenders and their second-half outlook in our 15th annual Midseason Fantasy Hockey Guide! This is out January 13 - pre-order it here! The full Top 100 list was posted on Goalie Post last week. Visit [...]
Here’s the latest injury news from across the NHL! If you’re looking for information about a specific player and don’t see their name in this article, there probably haven’t been any significant updates about their progress since our last article. If you ever need injury updates for a specific player, shoot me a message on [...]
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 [...]
As of today I am off work until the New Year. It’s a great feeling, and it’s made even better by the fact there are eight games to cover tonight (not staggered at all on the start times unfortunately) and the World Juniors are almost here as well. Only a few days until they’re back [...]
In this week’s Eastern Edge, we’ll discuss a few players who produced at an impressive rate this past calendar year. Obviously, 2022 isn’t over just yet, so the calendar-year period we’re discussing runs from January 1st, 2022, to December 19th, 2022. Taylor Hall The 31-year-old winger has collected 74 points through 86 games in 2022. [...]
We are back with another Tuesday edition of Game Picks, where we give out a Gold, Silver, and Bronze selection every Tuesday during the NHL season. We have been gifted eight really good NHL games for tonight, which should give us plenty of betting options. I’ve done my best to research every game and I [...]
Welcome back to another edition of Lining Up. Leading up to the holidays and before we jump into the year in review, we will examine some hot or returning lines as well as players who have very recently been deployed on their respective teams’ lethal power-play units. All using data from the Frozen Tools section [...]
Last night, I stayed up a bit past my bedtime to watch the rare dual-shutout game between the New York Islanders and Colorado Avalanche. Two comments - first, the outstanding save by Ilya Sorokin with just six seconds left in OT, just wow. https://www.puckfeed.com/videos/14322753 Second, Evan Rodrigues won the night’s first star for his shootout [...]
