Fantasy Take: Jets and Penguins Swap Rutger McGroarty and Brayden Yager
It isn’t often we see two very recent mid-first round picks traded for each other, but here we are. It has been no secret that Rutger McGroarty was likely not going to be a Winnipeg [...]
Dobber’s Offseason Fantasy Grades 2024 – New Jersey Devils
For the last 21 years (12 with The Hockey News) Dobber has reviewed each team from a fantasy-hockey standpoint and graded them. The 22nd annual review will appear here on DobberHockey throughout the summer. This [...]
Analytics Advantage: Fantasy Points Per Game and Z-Score
Welcome back to another week of Analytics Advantage! This week, we are continuing our deep dive into player performance by focusing on Fantasy Points Per Game (FPPG) z-scores—a key metric that helps define fantasy hockey [...]
Ramblings: Beniers Extension; Demko; Draft Values on Stützle, Fantilli, Walman, Ingram, and More – August 22
On Tuesday night, the Seattle Kraken extended forward Matty Beniers for seven years with a cap hit just over $7.1M per season. Beniers was the Rookie of the Year in 2023 thanks to posting 57 [...]
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Ramblings: Oilers Force Game 7! Chinakhov Signs, Cogliano Retires, Possible Values of More Players that Could Be Traded (Jun 22)
Can the Edmonton Oilers complete an improbable comeback in the Stanley Cup Final? We will find out on Monday evening in Game 7. I’ll get to the individual player stats shortly, but let’s take a [...]
Frozen Tools Forensics: Analyzing 2023-24’s Most Consistent Skaters
There are a couple of more playoff related topics that we are going to hit in this column, but they need to wait until the finals have wrapped up. In the meantime, let’s return to [...]
Ramblings: McDavid for Conn Smythe, Nedeljkovic Signed, Possible Values of Players That Could Be Traded (Jun 21)
Well, we have a Stanley Cup Final series now. There’s no way the Panthers wanted to make the long trek back to Edmonton for another crack at winning the cup. The good news for Florida [...]
Ramblings: Markstrom and Dubois Traded; Hronek’s Extension; Thoughts on Ehlers, Larkin, Couturier, Hertl, and More – June 20
On Tuesday, Vancouver extended defenceman Filip Hronek for eight years at $7.25M. While that might seem like a big number, as a percentage of the cap in 2024-25, that works out to just over 8%, [...]
Fantasy Take: Kings and Capitals Swap Kuemper for Dubois
Unlike the Jacob Markstrom to New Jersey trade that had been teased for months if not a year, this bombshell came out of nowhere. https://twitter.com/PierreVLeBrun/status/1803502883041898781 The Capitals are taking on some huge term, banking [...]
Fantasy Take: Flames Finally Make a Markstrom Deal With the Devils
The New Jersey Devils acquired Jacob Markstrom (salary 31.25% retained), and he will now form a tandem next year with Jake Allen. This is a /significant/ improvement over the options from last season. The return [...]