The NHL trade deadline is usually framed through the lens of veterans, contenders loading up for playoff runs, and rebuilding teams stockpiling draft picks. But quietly embedded within those transactions are prospects changing organizations, sometimes dramatically altering their development paths. For fantasy managers and prospect watchers, those moves can be just as important as the [...]
Here are the first four Tiers of goaltenders to own in your points-only dynasty leagues - March edition! As always, if you need to go deeper, you can find the full list at our sister site Goalie Post. Check out our new format over there: Also, coming in early April - Dobber's 20th annual Interactive [...]
An MRI confirmed the worst for Auston Matthews, who will miss the rest of the regular season with a Grade 3 MCL tear and quad contusion. In case you missed it, Matthews was injured on a knee-on-knee hit from Radko Gudas during the second period of Thursday’s game against Anaheim. https://twitter.com/MapleLeafs/status/2032598575428022668 Given the recent winless [...]
Fantasy playoffs don’t reward “good players” , they reward usable roles. At this point in the season, you’re hunting for three things: top-unit power-play exposure, minutes that won’t disappear after one mistake, and category floor that survives a quiet night. This week’s batch is built around that logic: Alexs Lafreniere is the classic “new pecking [...]
Today on Frozen Tool Forensics we are going to look at some potential free agent adds to help round out your roster going into the playoffs. We won’t be doing an in-depth schedule analysis but looking at production from less rostered players. To do this I ran a report on the Dobber Reports page called [...]
Welcome back to ‘Looking Ahead’ as the Trade Deadline is in the rearview mirror and the stretch run of the NHL regular season, and fantasy hockey season, is officially on. We have the information you need when scouring the waiver wire. Managers, let’s leer ahead at the upcoming weeks in fantasy hockey. Fantasy Hockey Player [...]
The Calgary Flames have signed forward Tyson Gross, per Eric Francis. The 23-year-old college free agent can report to the team as soon as he’s able, so we’ll see what the timeline is like soon. His Dobber Prospects profile can be read here. * Mikhail Sergachev was back in the lineup for the Utah Mammoth [...]
Good day, all! I didn’t play any DFS lineups last night on the short slate, but I did catch the second and third periods of a very entertaining matchup between the Habs and Sens. Sometimes it’s not the worst thing to take a night off — but you guys know I’m right back to the [...]
Welcome back to Puck Picks! Each Thursday, I break down some of my favorite NHL bets, explain the reasoning behind them, and track performance transparently. The goal of this column isn’t just to share picks, but to help you recognize why certain spots have value so you can identify them throughout the season. I’ll be [...]
Welcome back in, everyone! Deadline day has come and gone, and after taking in the day itself—and the days leading up to it—I must agree with the general sentiment: this was a slow one. It gave me flashbacks to the Kevin Shattenkirk deadline, where it felt like nothing happened outside of a few fringe moves. [...]
