Let’s suppose you have two teachers, identical in every way, except one’s class is full of hard working, diligent students while the other is saddled with goof-offs and kids that don’t study. Who comes across as being better at their job? To a non-informed observer, probably the first teacher. What I’m getting at is, in [...]
Nico Daws got another start, and in a game that could have affording him much more leash through to the trade deadline, but instead Alex Ovechkin (two goals, one assist, two hits, and four shots) and the Capitals turned back the clock to the early 2010s and put up a six-spot on him. If that [...]
Welcome back to another edition of Lining Up! This week we will examine how a few injuries have impacted line combinations around the league, whether it be from players returning to or recently leaving the roster. Let’s dive in. Bryan Rust and Rickard Rakell After spending much of their recent tenure on Pittsburgh battling back [...]
Welcome inside the latest edition of Eastern Edge, a weekly fantasy hockey column at Dobber Hockey analyzing all of the top trending fantasy news impacting your fantasy hockey squad on a week-to-week basis. When it comes to the main points of discussion and hot topics percolating the NHL, trade chatter and potential moves for contending [...]
Miro Heiskanen was out of the Dallas lineup on Monday afternoon as he was away from the team for the birth of his child. With Jani Hakanpää and Nils Lundkvist already out, the Stars dressed Joel Hanley and called up some AHL depth to fill out the blue line. It is always interesting to see [...]
We looked at the top-12 rookies after the first quarter here. I thought it was time to check in and update the list, to see if anyone had burst onto the scene or started to slip. Some notable rookies who aren’t on this list and could make an impact for the rest of the season [...]
Most of the time, people like to sort teams into buyers and sellers as they approach fantasy trade deadlines. However, that's not really fair. Even for those who aren't contending, you should still consider yourself a buyer. Instead of buying players who can help you win a championship this season, you're buying players who can [...]
Happy Family Day to (most of) our Canadian readers, Happy Presidents’ Day to our American readers, and Happy Monday to everyone else. With Monday being a holiday in much of the NHL’s territory, puck drop starts at 12:30 PM EST, so make sure to set your lineups early! Since there were only three games on [...]
Hello and welcome back to Geek of the Week! In this week’s article, I am going to revisit my True Value Goalie Rankings for multicat leagues. I presented these rankings in a previous article if you’re interested. I’ll be reviewing goaltenders’ true value for category leagues so far this season using Quality Weeks, Really Bad [...]
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. With the Superbowl on Sunday, there wasn't much hockey for us to unpack. To fill the void, I thought I'd [...]
