Welcome inside the latest edition of Eastern Edge, a weekly fantasy hockey column here at Dobber Hockey analyzing all of the top trending fantasy news impacting your fantasy hockey squad on a week-to-week basis.The NHL’s second half is officially upon us, meaning this next stretch of the schedule for both real-world and fantasy GMs is [...]
Welcome back to another edition of Lining Up! This week we will take a look at the recent trades that have happened around the league and how the players might line up with their new rosters. Let’s dive in. Elias Lindholm Starting with the biggest fish, Elias Lindholm stands to see a massive shift in [...]
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 [...]
