21 Fantasy Hockey Rambles
Every Sunday, we’ll share 21 Fantasy Rambles from our writers at DobberHockey. These thoughts are curated from the past week’s 'Daily Ramblings'. Writers/Editors: Ian Gooding, Michael Clifford, Cam Robinson, and Dobber […]
Ramblings: Crawford a Play-in Threat? Larkin Still Top 100? (May 24)
On the new website, you may have noticed that the Dobber 2020 Playoff Draft List is now available. Go ahead and preorder yours. It will be available for download once playoff dates are announced. So if Dobber has the Playoff Draft List for sale, the playoffs must be a go. Right? We still don’t know [...]
The Journey: The Now, The Near and The Future of Goalie Prospects
It’s time to talk goaltenders, more specifically, those that are potential rising stars. We are currently seeing a nice crop of young, promising netminders rising from the depths. Whether it was on a full-time basis or just a few matches, 2019-20 brought us a nice glimpse into the future. The raw talent displayed in goal [...]
Ramblings: Frozen Tools Top Searches – Malkin, Reinhart, D. Strome (May 23)
Hopefully you like the new modern design of the Dobber Hockey website. As I was telling Dobber, I like how you can now see hot players and a sampling of line combinations on the home page. Once play resumes, you’ll also be able to see upcoming games and starting goalie information, which will give you [...]
Frozen Tools Forensics: You down with IPP?
We have spent some time looking at power-play IPP before (and marveling at the accomplishments of one Evgeni Malkin), but the stat that shows up in a player’s profile on Frozen Tools is a combined IPP. This week we are looking at that IPP number, checking in on a couple of player’s extraordinary results and [...]
Ramblings: Searching for a 2C; Ty Smith; reviewing incorrect predictions – May 22
We hope everyone is enjoying the new site. Most of it will be familiar as the general layout was released a few months ago, but now we have new tools and features to help fantasy hockey owners on every decision they need to make. Please take the time to look around the site and familiarize [...]
Capped: Cheap defencemen to target in cap leagues
In the second half of answering Alx Lussier’s question from last week, we look into some defencemen that may be able to help you out in fantasy next year. Any of these NCAA and KHL signees worth a pickup in points only league, say 1 to 3 year window? If needed, say 12 teams, [...]
Fantasy Hockey Podcast: 31 Beats – New York Islanders ft. Arthur Staple
In the Keeping Karlsson Fantasy Hockey Podcast's 31 Beats series, Elan and Brian are on a league-wide odyssey to explore the fantasy present and future landscapes of each of the NHL's 31 teams, gathering info by interviewing the people who know them best: beat writers! Since the hiring of Barry Trotz as head coach, [...]
Ramblings: Playoff format and reviewing predictions
The new Dobber Hockey has launched! Our development team has been working at this for months and the day finally came yesterday as we were able to launch in full. We had a re-design months ago, but now this battle station is fully operation. Again, kudos to our dev team as they’re the ones that [...]
Fantasy Hockey Poll: Peaking In The Over-30 Club
When it comes to owning forwards in fantasy, most would agree that banking on them peaking after age 30 is usually a bad bet. But some defy the odds and produce their best season(s) once they’ve blown out 30 birthday candles. Let’s use this poll to determine which current forwards you think are more likely [...]