Analytics Advantage: Fantasy Points Per Game and Z-Score
Welcome back to another week of Analytics Advantage! This week, we are continuing our deep dive into player performance by focusing on Fantasy Points Per Game (FPPG) z-scores—a key metric that helps define fantasy hockey [...]
Ramblings: Beniers Extension; Demko; Draft Values on Stützle, Fantilli, Walman, Ingram, and More – August 22
On Tuesday night, the Seattle Kraken extended forward Matty Beniers for seven years with a cap hit just over $7.1M per season. Beniers was the Rookie of the Year in 2023 thanks to posting 57 [...]
Dobber’s Offseason Fantasy Grades – Nashville Predators
For the last 21 years (12 with The Hockey News) Dobber and the team have reviewed each team from a fantasy-hockey standpoint and graded them. The 22nd annual review will appear here on DobberHockey throughout [...]
Forum Buzz: Theodore vs. Seider; Malkin vs. Giroux; Newhook, Josi, Vasilevskiy, Hutson, Rielly, Tolvanen, and More
Welcome back to Forum Buzz, where I peruse the DobberHockey Forums and weigh in on active, heavily debated, or otherwise relevant recent threads, reminding folks just how great a resource the Forums are. Nearly anything might be [...]
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Goldipucks and the Three Skaters: Kaprizov, Matheson & Hischier
Welcome back to Goldipucks and the Three Skaters, a play on words of the Goldilocks and the Three Bears story. Instead of there being three bowls of porridge though, I cover three skaters and declare [...]
Ramblings: Sharks Take Home Lottery Win; Reichel Signs; Round Two Picks & More (May 8)
The NHL’s draft lottery yesterday was anti-climactic, with the San Jose Sharks winning the first overall selection, and the Chicago Blackhawks winning the second overall pick – exactly where they were slotted before the lottery. [...]
Fantasy Take: Green Hired to Coach Ottawa Senators
With the Ottawa Senators firing head coach DJ Smith in December and moving Jacques Martin into that role, the search for a new head coach effectively started before Christmas. With so much turnover in that [...]
Ramblings: Casey and Sandin-Pelikka Sign; Bowness Retires; Reviewing the Seasons of Keller, Schmaltz, Cooley, Durzi, Ingram, and Others – May 7
Winnipeg Jets head coach Rick Bowness announced his retirement on Monday. Bowness was Winnipeg’s coach for these last two seasons, leading them to the playoffs twice. He had a Cup Final run with Dallas in [...]
Stars On The Rise: Top-10 Players Who Have Boosted Their Fantasy Value This Postseason
In the fantasy hockey world, it’s never too early to look ahead at draft season to start pondering and plotting moves to get a leg up on other GMs who might be slacking. Digging into [...]
Wild West: 2024-2025 Salary Cap Space Preview
This week, we will look at the salary cap space for each team in the West and look at the UFAs leaving and the RFAs who need to be re-signed. From the surface, it feels [...]