Analytics Advantage: Ice Time and Fantasy Points From Shots, Hits, and Block

By |2024-03-14T07:29:06-04:00March 14th, 2024|Analytics Advantage|

As the NHL season unfolds, fantasy hockey managers are on a perpetual quest for strategies that can give them the edge in their leagues. While the allure of goals, assists, and goaltending victories often dominates drafting strategies, the savviest of managers know the value of digging deeper. Our previous analysis ventured into the less trodden [...]

Capped: Hertl and Hanifin to Vegas; Toffoli to Winnipeg; Guentzel to Carolina

By |2024-03-14T07:21:28-04:00March 14th, 2024|Capped|

Welcome back my CapFriendlies! We were given a trade deadline gift this season as there was plenty of player movement up until the last minute before the deadline. Literally. I think a week removed, the Flames still may have a trade pending out there somewhere, and there are rumors still floating around about Jeremy Swayman [...]

Ramblings: Updates on Dunn, Zary, and Jeannot; Fantasy Playoff Schedules to Target – March 14

By |2024-03-14T07:15:20-04:00March 14th, 2024|Hockey Rambling|

There was a lot of good injury news from Wednesday so let’s start with Calgary Flames forward Connor Zary. He was on the ice for an optional practice on Wednesday and given the team’s changes/injuries elsewhere, they need him. It still doesn’t mean an imminent return, but certainly trending in the right direction. * It [...]

Forum Buzz: Hintz; Benson; Tavares; L. Hughes; Fantilli; B. Thachuk; Sharangovich; Stankoven; Necas & More

By |2024-03-11T22:00:59-04:00March 13th, 2024|Roos Lets Loose|

Welcome back to Forum Buzz, where I peruse the DobberHockey Forums and weigh in on active, heavily debated, or otherwise relevant recent threads, reminding folks just how great a resource the Forums are. Nearly anything might be covered here, other than trades and signings, which usually get their own separate write-ups on the main site and are also normally [...]

Ramblings: How Players are Fitting into New Surroundings, Featuring Guentzel, Mantha, Bunting, Miromanov, Chrona & More (March 13)

By |2024-03-13T07:16:46-04:00March 13th, 2024|Hockey Rambling|

With the trade deadline in the rearview mirror, there are a lot of thoughts here covering players in new situations, be it new teams, or with new roles as a result of recent additions/subtractions. Let’s start with the big fish. Jake Guentzel played his first game with the Hurricanes, lining up alongside Evgeny Kuznetsov, and [...]

Eastern Edge: Tarasenko’s Impact in Florida; Byram’s Opportunity; Marner’s Injury

By |2024-03-12T13:29:09-04:00March 12th, 2024|Eastern Edge|

Welcome inside the latest edition of Eastern Edge, a weekly fantasy hockey column at Dobber Hockey analyzing the top trending fantasy news impacting your fantasy hockey squad on a week-to-week basis. With the NHL’s trade deadline firmly in the rearview, fantasy hockey GMs can focus on the most important chunk of the schedule: fantasy playoffs. [...]

Ramblings: Updates on Ekblad, Norris, and Demko; Ottawa’s Power Play; Zadina’s Production Rise – March 12

By |2024-03-12T06:25:09-04:00March 12th, 2024|Hockey Rambling|

With Jack Roslovic traded to New York before the deadline, there was an open spot on Columbus’s top line next to Boone Jenner and Johnny Gaudreau. There were a number of candidates to take the role but Yegor Chinakhov ended up on that line. Part of that may be the injury suffered by Justin Danforth, [...]

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