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 entire NHL - and Eastern Conference - abuzz with countless rumours, tantalizing storylines, and juicy roster updates to cover, we’re switching things [...]
There are just 10 days until the Trade Deadline and the Washington Capitals have a number of players that will garner interest, including both Anthony Mantha and Nic Dowd. Both have been injured recently, though, and that’s always a concern at this time of year. There was good news at practice with Mantha back on [...]
This week, we’ll go through each team in the Western Conference to see which players provide the most fantasy value for their contract and which players provide the least. Part two will be next week. I’ve come up with a dollar value for each forward and defender, using (1) my player game ratings, (2) the [...]
With the fantasy trade deadline looming, it's crucial that you look at more than just overall season statistics to ensure you have a full picture of the player you are acquiring. One quick way is to look at Dobber's Hot and Cold Players lists. This will let you know that Brandon Hagel has 20 points in [...]
Nikita Kucherov became the first player to break the 100-point mark this year, a title held by Connor McDavid for the past three seasons. Kucherov registered a point on all four of Tampa’s goals, bringing him to 102 points through 59 games. One of the things fuelling Kucherov’s career season is an increased willingness to [...]
Hello and welcome back to Geek of the Week! With fantasy hockey trade deadlines upon us, I am going to bring up some undervalued players one last time. If your trade deadline is soon, this is quite literally your last chance to buy somewhat low. I expect each of these players to improve to finish [...]
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 players that break out offensively and provide fantasy owners with tremendous value. We are at a [...]
Of course, the morning (to me) after I applaud Jordan Binnington for his bounce-back season, he is tagged with a really bad start after allowing four goals in the first period against Detroit. Remember the old SI cover jinx? It lives in a way at Dobber Hockey. The goals might not be all his fault, [...]
Welcome back to The Journey, where we track the development of prospects as they excel in junior, make the NHL, and push towards stardom. *** Dallas prospects Logan Stankoven and Mavrik Bourque have taken the American Hockey League by storm this year. They have been the top two AHL scorers for a while now, nearly [...]
As we inch anticipatingly closer to the NHL’s March 8 trade deadline, hockey fans and NHL bettors can expect the next two-to-three weeks of action to have a frenetic pace - both on and off the ice. Teams usually utilize the trade deadline leadup to get deals done ahead of the cutoff, avoiding the pitfalls [...]
