Frozen Tools Forensics: Past top World Junior performances
The World Junior Hockey Championships are underway in 2020 and we can look back at a decade of tournaments ending in 2019. I’d like to focus on the IIHF top forward and top defenceman of each tournament over the decade and see how those players have fared. 2010 Champion – United States over [...]
Looking Ahead: December 27 – January 8
All fantasy owners need help in the short term AND the long term. The Looking Ahead feature identifies one player to plug into lineups in the short term, a second to invest in for the long term, a third to bench for the coming week, and a fourth who will struggle to meet expectations [...]
Ramblings: Blackhawks updates on Seabrook, Saad, de Haan; World Juniors – December 27
We got significant updates on a few Blackhawks players, and none of them good. Brandon Saad is going to miss a few weeks with an ankle injury while both Calvin de Haan and Brent Seabrook are out for the season with shoulder surgeries of their own. On top of that, for Seabrook, he will [...]
Capped: Boxing Day shopping in the West
Since we were interrupted by the trade of Taylor Hall, let’s conveniently cover him for our first West team, and then get to the other 14 teams in the NHL that we didn’t get a chance to discuss two weeks ago. Here’s a 2000-word edition to peruse over your Boxing-Day Bailey’s. **** Arizona [...]
Top 10 Underrated Players of the Decade in Fantasy Hockey
One of my favourite top-10 columns every year is looking at players who are undervalued and underrated. **** Don’t forget to pre-order Dobber’s midseason guide, available Jan. 10. **** These players are special, and it’s good to make note of them as they can produce at a high level and you can usually [...]
Ramblings: Happy World Juniors Day – December 26
With the World Juniors underway, maybe just a little reminder that fans shouldn’t get their hopes up too high. It’s not just the yelling and screaming at teenagers – some of whom have been in the NHL already – but it’s just the success rate of prospects. For a quick little exercise on just [...]
Top 10 Fantasy Hockey Defensemen of the Decade
It’s time for nice (and even naughty!) readers to unwrap another present from under the DobberHockey Christmas tree - a list of the top ten fantasy defensemen from this decade (factoring in games through December 22nd). And although reliving the past is great fun, winning your current league is also of the utmost importance, [...]
Top 10 Fantasy Centers of the Past Decade
The unflagging Sidney Crosby ushered in the decennium by netting Team Canada’s golden OT winner at the 2010 Olympics in Vancouver. Connor McDavid carries the torch into the new decade at supersonic speed. Two generational talents, perfect bookends to venerate the hockey years 2010 to 2019. (Pre-order the 12th annual Midseason Fantasy Hockey Guide now [...]