Looking Ahead: December 28 – January 9
All fantasy owners need help in the short term AND the long term. The Looking Ahead feature identifies one player to plug into lineups in the short term, a second to invest in for the long term, a third to bench for the coming week, and a fourth who will struggle to meet expectations [...]
Ramblings: Holiday Break Over; Updates on Pietrangelo, Rakell, Carter, Subban, Arvidsson, and Many More; League Wish List – December 28
With the holiday break over, there was a sleigh-load of lineup information to get to. Let’s not waste time. * The Nashville Predators got significant reinforcements back in the lineup as both Viktor Arvidsson and PK Subban returned for the team. The former has played one game since Halloween while the latter has been [...]
Capped: Doing Some Holiday Shopping
Wishing everyone happy holidays. It really is the greatest time of the year, though mainly because of the World Juniors tournament! Closing in on the midway point of the year, here are some holiday shopping needs for every NHL team. Anaheim Ducks A reasonable extension for Pontus Aberg would be a great [...]
Ramblings: Dumba Update; World Juniors Start; Finding Value – December 27
The NHL Christmas break has come and gone with Boxing Day in the rear-view mirror but there still isn’t much to talk about hockey-wise. We did get the start of the World Junior tournament so we can begin these Ramblings by talking about that. I should be clear that I’m not a “prospects guy” [...]
Injury Ward: Dumba Lands on the Naughty List
We’re amidst the Christmas break in the NHL, which means teams are spending more time with family and less time updating us on their injured players. So even though we all want to know when the likes of P.K. Subban and Rickard Rakell will be back, the reality is that there isn’t much information [...]
Cage Match Tournament: The New Normal – Underachievers
Vladimir Tarasenko - USA Today Sports Images After your votes proclaimed Jonathan Huberdeau and Mika Zibanejad (tie) to be the players over the age of 25+ most likely to continue producing at their “new normal,” for our final winter Cage Match tournament of 2018 we shift away from successful players to instead focus on [...]
Ramblings: Christmas Present for you – lots of thoughts, stats and Top 10 lists (Dec 26)
Ramblings: Christmas Present for you – lots of thoughts, stats and Top 10 lists (Dec 26) *** You’ve bought everyone else a Christmas present, now it’s time to take care of YOU. The 10th annual Midseason Guide! It’s up for presale and the release date is Friday, January 11. Pre-order it here and make [...]
Top Lines of 2018-19 (so far)
Merry Christmas to all you folks who celebrate this wonderful holiday! In this week’s installment, I share a few quick notes about how some lines in the Western Conference have been performing this season. Using Dobber’s Line Production Tool, we compared even-strength point production around the league. ‘Time on ice’ represents how many minutes [...]
Ramblings – Merry Christmas!
Happy holidays to all the Dobber readers out there, their family and friends. It’s been quite a year here at Dobber Hockey, with everything from site re-designs, brand new Dobber Tools, the craziness of last year’s playoffs, and a whole lot more. I’d like to think it’s been a successful year for everyone here [...]