Ramblings: Wolf Called Up; Updates on Laine, Shesterkin, Pesce, and Addison; Bedard Piles on Points – November 10
Something that had been a bit confounding – maybe a lot confounding – about the Calgary Flames is their utter refusal to even bother giving minor league goalie Dustin Wolf a shot at the NHL [...]
Analytics Advantage: Comparing Expected Goal Scoring with High-, Medium-, and Low-Danger Scoring
In the realm of fantasy hockey, where every point can be the difference between triumph and mediocrity, a deeper dive into advanced statistics becomes not just a strategy, but a necessity. This season, we're peeling [...]
Keeping Karlsson: Kreider Down South
Elan and Brian check in on the NHL playoffs (and the Keeping Karlsson Playoff Pool), announce a change to the draft rules for Season 11 of the Keeping Karlsson Ultimate Patron Fantasy League (KKUPFL), share thoughts on the one single relevant offseason transaction so far, and put a handful of 2024-25 breakout performances under the microscope to see if they’ll continue into 2025-26.
Capped: Impact of Current Contracts from Campbell, Demko, and Jarry
Hello and welcome back my Salary Cap-friendlies! We haven’t really touched on goaltenders too much in Capped and there’s sort of a reason for that. Outside of Sergei Bobrovsky they mostly earn salaries and off [...]
Ramblings: Addison/Bogosian Traded; Updates on Shesterkin, Duchene, and Cozens; Changes in Shot Ratios – November 9
The Minnesota Wild made some adjustments to their blueline on Wednesday by trading Calen Addison to the San Jose Sharks, then turning around and getting Zach Bogosian from Tampa Bay. I wrote up a bit [...]
UPCOMING GAMES
Starting Goalies
Top Skater Views
| Players | Team | |
|---|---|---|
| RYAN DONATO |
 CHI | |
| TRENT FREDERIC |
 EDM | |
| SAM REINHART |
 FLA | |
| SAM BENNETT |
FLA | |
| BRAD MARCHAND |
FLA
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Top Goalie Profile Views
| Players | Team | |
|---|---|---|
| STUART SKINNER |
EDM | |
| JOHN GIBSON |
 ANA | |
| SERGEI BOBROVSKY |
FLA | |
| DUSTIN WOLF |
 CGY | |
| DREW COMMESSO |
CHI
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LINE COMBOS
| Frequency |
 STL Players
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|---|---|---|
| 22.7 | ROBERT THOMAS JORDAN KYROU PAVEL BUCHNEVICH | |
| 17.2 | NATHAN WALKER ALEXEY TOROPCHENKO RADEK FAKSA | |
| 16.3 | JIMMY SNUGGERUD BRAYDEN SCHENN JAKE NEIGHBOURS | |
Ramblings: Pietrangelo to UFA? Answering Roto Rankings Questions About Plus/Minus, Toews (Sept 19)
According to Darren Dreger, contract talks between the St. Louis Blues and Alex Pietrangelo have broken off to the point that the Blues have told their star defenseman to pursue free agency. https://twitter.com/DarrenDreger/status/1307108220935245825 I had [...]
Experts Panel: Stanley Cup Final Predictions
After some doubt about whether it was ever going to happen, the 2019-20 Stanley Cup playoffs are almost complete. For either the Tampa Bay Lightning or the Dallas Stars, life in the bubble for two [...]
Frozen Tools Forensics: 2020-21 Season Breakouts, Playoff Edition
Back in April we did a feature on 4th year breakouts, and then took a look at some players in their third year who had some solid potential to be 2020-21’s fourth-year breakout. This week [...]
Ramblings: Lightning vs. Stars in Final, Cirelli OT Hero, Players Whose Value Has Fallen in Postseason (Sept 18)
We now have a Stanley Cup Final, which gets going on Saturday. Lightning 2, Islanders 1 OT (Lightning win series 4-2) If you picked Anthony Cirelli in your overtime challenge, congratulations. Cirelli scored 13:18 into [...]
Fantasy Impact: Straight up – Eric Staal for Marcus Johansson
On Wednesday afternoon, the Wild and Sabres traded forwards with a year remaining on their deals. The Sabres brought in three-time 40-goal man Eric Staal while the Wild took in 29-year-old Marcus Johansson. No money [...]
Capped: Projecting salaries for free agent goalies
This week premiers the salary projections for the top 20 free agent goalies in salary cap leagues. It doesn’t look as fun as the top 200 skaters list that we have coming out next week, [...]
DobberHockey Podcasts
Keeping Karlsson: Kreider Down South
Elan and Brian check in on the NHL playoffs (and the Keeping Karlsson Playoff Pool), announce a change to the draft rules for Season 11 of the Keeping Karlsson Ultimate Patron Fantasy League (KKUPFL), share thoughts on the one single relevant offseason transaction so far, and put a handful of 2024-25 breakout performances under the microscope to see if they’ll continue into 2025-26.
Fantasy Hockey Life: Montreal Canadiens with Ryan Szporer
Ryan Szporer is back to report on the Montreal Canadiens. Jesse and Victor interview Ryan about returning pros Nick Suzuki, Cole Caufield, Ivan Demidov, Juraj Slafkovsky, Patrik Laine, Lane Hutson, Mike Matheson, Kaiden Guhle, Sam Montembeault, and Jakub Dobes. In Cat’s Instincts, Cat Silverman of InGoal mag breaks down Jakub Dobes, Cayden Primeau, and Jacob […]
Fantasy Hockey Life: Chicago Blackhawks with Ben Pope
Ben Pope of the Chicago Sun-Times is here to report on the Chicago Blackhawks.
Fantasy Hockey Life: Detroit Red Wings with Max Bultman
Max Bultman of the Athletic is here to report on the Detroit Red Wings. Jesse and Victor interview Max about returning pros Lucas Raymond, Dylan Larkin, Alex DeBrincat, Patrick Kane, Marco Kasper, JT Compher, Elmer Soderblom, Andrew Copp, Vladimir Tarasenko, Moritz Seider, Simon Edvinsson, Erik Gustafsson, Cam Talbot and Alex Lyon. In Cat’s Instincts, Cat […]
Fantasy Hockey Life: Utah Mammoth with Brogan Houston
Brogan Houston is here to report on the Utah Mammoth.