It has been a frustrating year for Andrei Svechnikov. He started the season late due to his knee surgery and was slow out of the blocks with zero goals in his first 11 games. He started torching the opposition afterwards to the tune of 11 goals and 12 assists in 18 games, but another injury [...]
Now that the All-Star festivities have come to Toronto and left, we can look at each team in the West to find players with notable production (good and bad) between the start of 2024 and the All-Star break. Anaheim Ducks (5-7-2 in 2024) Troy Terry was back to his point-per-game ways with 15 points in [...]
If you're trying to figure out which players may regress post-All-Star festivities, one of the best tools to use is individual points percentage, otherwise known as IPP. Basically, IPP measures how frequently a player picks up a point on any goal that is scored while that player is on the ice. To make it simple, [...]
Before we get into the main course, allow me to whet your appetite with some injury updates and news from around the league. On Sunday, the Penguins signed Jesse Puljujarvi to a two-year deal that comes with an AAV of $800,000. It seems he’s finally ready to return to the NHL after undergoing bilateral hip [...]
Here are the top defensemen to own in your points-only dynasty leagues - February edition! As always, players rated within +/-5.0 rating points should be considered equal value, and at that point become a matter of team need (upside vs. immediate help vs. likelihood vs. track record vs. injury risk vs. age) or personal bias. [...]
Hello and welcome back to Geek of the Week! This season has been an interesting one for the three main banger cats (Hits, Blocks, and PIM). Hits are generally down, and there’s been some shifts in who have been true banger studs. I’m going to be examining some trends in these categories and seeing how [...]
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 — With the All-Star break winding down, this is the perfect time to look ahead to the rest of the season. For [...]
Team Matthews was the winner of the four-team All-Star Game, with Auston Matthews being named the game’s Most Valuable Player with two goals and an assist in the final game. Matthews was joined by Leafs teammates Mitch Marner, Morgan Rielly, and William Nylander on his All-Star team on the home ice of Scotiabank Arena. I [...]
Welcome back to The Journey, where we track the development of prospects as they excel in junior, make the NHL, and push towards stardom. *** With injuries taking down both Connor Bedard (CHI) and Adam Fantilli (CBJ), January’s Rookie of the Month Brock Faber (MIN) might just be the new favourite to take home the [...]
Hope you are enjoying your break from your fantasy team(s). But maybe you’re not, and that’s why you’re here. It wasn’t exactly a light news day, or week for that matter, so that’s what the focus will be on today. The Jets followed Western Conference rival Vancouver in adding to their scoring, acquiring Sean Monahan [...]
