Ramblings: Markstrom and Dubois Traded; Hronek’s Extension; Thoughts on Ehlers, Larkin, Couturier, Hertl, and More – June 20
On Tuesday, Vancouver extended defenceman Filip Hronek for eight years at $7.25M. While that might seem like a big number, as a percentage of the cap in 2024-25, that works out to just over 8%, [...]
Fantasy Take: Kings and Capitals Swap Kuemper for Dubois
Unlike the Jacob Markstrom to New Jersey trade that had been teased for months if not a year, this bombshell came out of nowhere. https://twitter.com/PierreVLeBrun/status/1803502883041898781 The Capitals are taking on some huge term, banking [...]
Fantasy Take: Flames Finally Make a Markstrom Deal With the Devils
The New Jersey Devils acquired Jacob Markstrom (salary 31.25% retained), and he will now form a tandem next year with Jake Allen. This is a /significant/ improvement over the options from last season. The return [...]
Fantasy Hockey Poll: Scoring Increase Streaks
It’s time for another of my annual offseason polls. This one focuses on players who have seen their scoring pace rise for three or more consecutive seasons, or who’ve played a total of only three [...]
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Ramblings: Most Improved Power Play; More Shots for Eichel, Lafrenière & Bouchard; Fewer for Meier, Robertson & Burns (June 10)
With no games on Sunday, I thought we’d see how individual and team performances differed between this season (2023-24) and last season (2022-23). Specifically, we’ll focus on the greatest power-play decline/improvement, team offenses, and player [...]
21 Fantasy Hockey Rambles
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 — The [...]
Ramblings: Bobrovsky Leads Florida to 1-0 Cup Lead; Power Play Usage for Lapierre, Meier, Newhook, Lindholm, Skinner, and More – June 9
Florida got off to a quick start in Game 1 of the Stanley Cup Final as Aleksander Barkov was able to break down the Edmonton forecheck, get up the ice, and two quick passes later [...]
The Journey: Evaluating the Top 50 Skaters Rankings in the Fantasy Prospects Report
Welcome back to The Journey, where we track the development of prospects as they excel in junior, make the NHL, and push towards stardom. *** If you do not yet have a copy of Dobber’s [...]
Ramblings: Evaluating A. Nylander and Pinto; Hronek’s New Contract; Drysdale Injury Update & More (Jun 8)
I’m trying to evaluate two players who may fly under the radar heading into drafts this year but did put up solid numbers in the games they did play in 2023-23. First off, Alex Nylander, [...]
Frozen Tools Forensics: Most Valuable Fantasy Hockey Defensemen
While we wait for the conclusion of the Cup Finals, we return to our MVP series. Today is the final installment of our skater portion. We have concluded the forwards and are moving on to [...]