Frozen Tools Forensics: Pending Restricted Free Agents – Part 1
We will begin to delve into the top-20 restricted free agent class of 2019. We will look at projected contracts (using Evolving Wild), potential offer sheets and any other interesting stats from Dobber Frozen Tools. At any moment, players from this list could re-sign with their existing teams (e.g., Esa Lindell just re-signed with [...]
Ramblings: D.J. Smith Hired in Ottawa; Larkin Injury Update; Nelson Contract; Meier and Labanc – May 24
The big news from Thursday was Ottawa hiring their next head coach, D.J. Smith. That name might sound familiar to some as he ran both the defence and penalty kill of the Toronto Maple Leafs. He will be going into 2019-20 as Ottawa’s next bench boss. You can read Cam Robinson’s take on the [...]
Player Development and the 80/20 Rule
I’d like to thank Dobber for the opportunity to share some thoughts on player development and how it can be tracked by playing the numbers. In a Statistics and Odds of Probability class I attended long ago, the one thing I took away from the class was the saying that almost everything in life [...]
Fantasy Take – Ottawa Hires D.J. Smith as Head Coach
The Ottawa Senators have found their bench boss. After an extensive search, the Canadian club has decided to give former Maple Leafs' assistant, D.J. Smith hist first shot to be the man behind the bench. He's signed for three seasons. Smith has spent the last four seasons in Toronto where he ran the team's [...]
Capped: On the Comeback Trail from Injury-plagued 2018-19
Every year there are players that bounce back after an injury-plagued season, and they can be saviours to your fantasy season with high value, and a low upfront cost in the offseason (be it through trade or draft capital). We’re going to go through a few players who played half of the season or fewer, [...]
Ramblings: Mantha’s Projected Breakout, Binnington’s Pay Cheque, & Cole Caufield Earning Every Inch (May 23)
It’s happening. A Ramblings day without a hockey game to ramble about. The surest sign that the offseason is just a whisper away. This allows some more freedom on topics but nights without hockey are like meals without meat for a carnivore – it’s doable, and even a healthy, but something is definitely missing. [...]
Top 100 Keeper League Goalies – May 2019
Here are the Top 100 goaltenders to own in your keeper leagues - May edition. We're in the midst of the fun months, where I just go team-by-team and tweak without going deep into analysis. The next month will see movement among prospects as I work through the Fantasy Prospects Report (available for [...]
Fantasy Poll: Which Non-Elite UFA Will Have The Biggest Impact Next Year?
As more and more teams are eliminated from the Stanley Cup playoffs, increasing fantasy attention is being paid to the impressive crop of UFAs set to hit the open market in just over a month. While most poolies are focusing on the potential landing spots and impact of the biggest names like Erik Karlsson, [...]
Ramblings: San Jose-St. Louis Game 6; Updates on Martinook and de Haan; Nichushkin – May 22
It was a tall order on Tuesday night for San Jose. Let alone being down 3-2 in the series and having to go into St. Louis, they would do so without Tomas Hertl, Joe Pavelski, and Erik Karlsson. At least Pavelski was a game-time decision; both Hertl and Karlsson weren’t even in St. Louis. [...]