21 Fantasy Hockey Rambles
Every Sunday, we’ll 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, Cam Robinson, and Dobber […]
Ramblings: Crawford Returns, Samsonov Out, Keys To Play-In Series (July 26)
Good news for Blackhawks fans, as Corey Crawford returned to practice on Saturday. Crawford revealed that he had tested positive for COVID-19 and had been in quarantine. The Blackhawks will need a healthy Crawford in order to have a chance against McDavid, Draisaitl, and the high-flying Oilers. More on Crawford and the Hawks in a [...]
Top 200 Cap League Skaters – July 2020
The Salary Cap League Rankings are here! All of the top 200 skaters. **** Here are the top 200 skaters to own in your salary cap league - July 25 edition. Cale Makar has holds onto the pole position while a few 2020 draft eligible players make their debuts. The expected new contract for Taylor [...]
The Journey: 2019-20 Top Peripheral Prospect Forwards
Hello again and happy Saturday. I’d like to start this week’s installment by welcoming all Seattle Kraken fans and offer my congratulations to the city and the organization. While they kept us on our toes for far too long, it was well worth the wait. What a buzz it created in the hockey world, and [...]
Ramblings: Release the Kraken, Box Pool Playoff Picks, Bruins Forward Lines (July 25)
I shared a few thoughts (and even some lame jokes) regarding the Seattle team name on my Twitter account. Complete thoughts don’t always appear on Twitter, so I’ll expand on what I think. I’ll admit that I thought the Kraken name was a gimmicky joke at first. All I knew about kraken was from the [...]
Frozen Tools: Success by shot type
The new NHL playoff format is right around the corner. A few weeks ago we took a look at our high profile playoff performers, and revitalized a column that went through potential ‘unlikely’ playoff heroes. For the sake of your playoff prep go take a quick look at some of the players mentioned there. This [...]
Ramblings: Updates on Dumba, McAvoy, Hamilton, and Toews; the Seattle Kraken; Theodore; playoff viewership – July 24
The big news on Thursday was the announcement of the Seattle franchise’s new name and logo. There had been hope they’d be released earlier, but, you know, *gestures broadly*. Anyway, that announcement came and the team has settled on the Seattle Kraken. It was a name that got a lot of traction on social media, [...]
Capped: Players to target – or not – based on their fluctuating value
In the last few weeks I have put out some big topic articles that I’m going to link to again in case you missed them. First there was some deep dive research into salaries and rankings based on historical data relative to draft position – here. Then we shifted gears and went through some implications [...]
Ramblings: Notes from around the league; play-in predictions – July 23
In what is very good news for Penguins fans and very bad news for Habs fans, Sidney Crosby returned to practice on Wednesday. He had missed the last few practices with an unknown injury, but it appears it wasn’t severe at all. A welcome sight, for some. * Something I missed and noticed yesterday: Ross [...]
15 Fearless Forecasts: Results and Lessons Learned
The 2019-20 NHL season was one like no other, in the end barely half of all teams playing 70+ games. Even still, I felt it was appropriate to do my annual exercise of checks and balances in the form of reviewing my 15 Fearless Forecasts for 2019-20 to see how my predictions fared. You can [...]