Ramblings: Players to Avoid In Early Drafts, Including Point, Hughes, Vasilevskiy, and More – August 23
The Winnipeg Jets and Pittsburgh Penguins swapped prospects Rutger McGroarty and Brayden Yager yesterday. I wrote up my thoughts on the trade here. In yesterday’s Ramblings, I went over some players whose ADPs I think [...]
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 [...]
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Eastern Edge: Florida’s Potential X-Factors in the Stanley Cup Final
At this time of year, who doesn’t love an X-factor?Aside from it being up there in the realm of elite postseason-related jargon along with stranglehold, barnburner, and on-the-brink, it’s a term that regularly gets circulated [...]
Ramblings: Notes on Dylan Strome, Vasilevskiy, Pastrňák, Barzal, and Shesterkin – June 4
I have spent the offseason reviewing the fantasy seasons of non-playoff teams. This covered the San Jose Sharks, the Chicago Blackhawks, the Anaheim Ducks, the Columbus Blue Jackets, the Montreal Canadiens, the Arizona Coyotes (now [...]
Top 300 Keeper League Skaters – June 2024
Here are the top 300 skaters to own in your points-only dynasty leagues - June edition! After a two-month hiatus due to my battle with cancer, the rankings are back! I believe this is the [...]
MVP In The Making: The Top-10 Conn Smythe Trophy Threats
The stage is set and the stars are all in place - no, unfortunately for Dallas fans not those ones. All bad jokes aside, the better team is moving on to the Stanley Cup Final [...]
The Wild West – NHL Edge Stats – Skating Speed
This week, we will look at each team in the Western Conference and see who had the fastest top speeds during the 2023-24 regular season. I will also look at what players hit 20 miles [...]
Ramblings: Skinner & Special Teams Sink the Stars; Power-Play Production Boosts for O’Reilly, Granlund, Jarvis, Vatrano & Drouin (June 3)
Stuart Skinner and the Oilers’ power play carried the team to a series-clinching 2-1 victory over Dallas on Sunday. Connor McDavid and Evan Bouchard factored in on both of Edmonton’s goals while Zach Hyman and [...]