Once again, I’m carrying on a longstanding DobberHockey tradition of making Fearless Forecasts for the upcoming season. What makes these forecasts “fearless” is they’re plausible, yet more bold than normal predictions. As such, I expect to get more of these wrong than right, but all are rooted in logic and/or statistics, such that – right [...]
The Columbus Blue Jackets finally signed forward Adam Fantilli, extending him for six years with an average annual value of $13.75-million. The contract runs through the end of his age-27 season, and now he’s got a few days to get up to speed before the regular season starts. * Missing a day for rest in [...]
Colin Stephenson joins the program to discuss the New York Rangers.
We don’t get a lot of important fantasy hockey news in the middle of August, but Aaron Portzline reported that Columbus Blue Jackets goalie Elvis Merzlikins underwent shoulder surgery. The team said he’ll be re-evaluated in a few weeks to see when he can return to the ice. A few weeks from now would be [...]
Welcome back to another edition of the Roos Lets Loose monthly mailbag, where I answer your fantasy hockey questions by giving advice that should be useful to all poolies even if they don’t own the specific players being discussed. As a reminder, if you want your fantasy hockey question(s) answered in the next mailbag, check [...]
The Colorado Avalanche have advanced to the Western Conference Final and they did it in very dramatic fashion. After falling behind 3-0 in Game 5, Parker Kelly scored halfway through the second period, and then Jack Drury and Nathan MacKinnon scored in the final four minutes to tie the game 3-3. Then, the Avalanche finished [...]
The NHL Trade Deadline is a week from today, but many fantasy trade deadlines are either this week or next. With those deadlines looming, fantasy managers making a championship push will want to bolster their rosters. Below are 9 skaters – from top-of-the-lineup options to depth pieces – to target at this deadline. We are [...]
The Olympics are done, and I for one am going to miss having sports on in the background all day. The Men’s hockey especially, with the return of the NHL players was quite a treat. The level of play was fantastic, and hopefully it means we don’t see the NHL remove participation anymore. As a [...]
Elvis Merzlikins was the starting goalie for Columbus on Wednesday night. This is kind of important because that makes four of the last seven games started by Merzlikins, all seven games coming under the tenure of Rick Bowness. This is… not ideal for anyone with Jet Greaves on their fantasy roster. Greaves had started nearly [...]
Good morning, good afternoon, and happy new year’s eve everyone. Welcome back to the Injury Ward. My name is Logan Clarkson and every Wednesday and Sunday I will be taking you through injury news and updates from around the NHL. I’ll do my best to offer useful analysis and opinion as it relates to fantasy [...]
