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 13 games on tap Tuesday night and two remaining Eastern Conference playoff spots still up for grabs, the majority of the headlines dominating [...]
There were a couple of big injury updates that came on Monday with both regular season and playoff fantasy hockey implications. As for the playoffs, the leg fracture suffered by Tampa Bay defenceman Mikhail Sergachev looked absolutely gruesome at the time and very much put his season in doubt. Whether he would be back in [...]
We’re almost there, hockey heads, the NHL postseason and push for the Stanley Cup are both agonizingly close. The best time on the hockey calendar at the end of April always features five or six amazing games of intense action every single night, with teams laying it all on the line for a shot at [...]
This week we are going to look at each team in the West and document any notable stats from the All-Star break till now. Anaheim Ducks (7W-18L-3OT) Frank Vatrano (28-10-9-19) led the team with 19 points in 28 games, while Alex Killorn (25-11-5-16) had 11 goals in 25 games to lead them in that category. [...]
Lucas Raymond led Detroit to a 3-1 win over Buffalo, posting a goal and power-play assist on Sunday. Raymond just turned 22 and is on pace for 67 points this season. I don’t think he’s received enough recognition for the level of production he’s managed at such a young age. With Alex DeBrincat and Patrick [...]
Hello and welcome back to Geek of the Week! If you have a fantasy matchup next week, congratulations on making the finals! If not, maybe there’s some consolation matchups that will give you some bragging rights or better draft positions next year. Either way, I’m going to highlight some streaming options for multicategory leagues. A [...]
Every Sunday, we 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, Alexander MacLean, Brennan Des and Dobber — 1. Every season, there are three kinds of fantasy breakouts: Breakouts predicted. (Matt Boldy in 2022-23)Breakouts missed but that made sense [...]
Of all the games I caught at least a part of on Saturday, the Pittsburgh/Tampa Bay game was easily the most enjoyable. Playoff implications, goal swings, and standout performances from some established stars. The Penguins finished with a 5-4 win, grabbing a playoff spot in the process. Considering where they were when they traded Jake [...]
Welcome back to The Journey, where we track the development of prospects as they excel in junior, make the NHL, and push towards stardom. *** Picking up where we left off last week, we will finish revisiting the star potential of the 2023 draft class (top 30) using the Hockey Prospecting model. Even though it [...]
Who wants it? Years ago, as I coached a tournament championship soccer game, at halftime I sent my kids to just look at the trophies under the tournament tent, and then come back. I explained that whichever team wanted it more would play harder, and then win. Prophetic. But what craziness are we watching in [...]
