Ramblings: Breaking Down Recent Player News – Askarov, Laine, Demko, and More (Aug 24)
Summer is usually a dead time in the hockey world after early July. However, we’ve had a mini-bump in player news over the past week or so. Included have been offer sheets for two players, [...]
Fantasy Take: Sharks Acquire Yaroslav Askarov
When the Nashville Predators signed goaltender Juuse Saros to a long-term extension, the writing was on the wall that prospect goalie Yaroslav Askarov was not likely to remain with the franchise for very long. After [...]
Dobber’s Offseason Fantasy Grades – New York Islanders
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 [...]
Frozen Tool Forensics: Bounce-Back Players, and Those to Avoid, in the Atlantic Division
This week, after a brief break for Bubble Week, we are here to finish our division review. Over the past few weeks we have looked at advanced stats and flagged players whose point pace from [...]
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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 [...]