This week on Frozen Tool Forensics we are looking at players who are putting up some unexpected production. Every year there are players who do surprising things, and if we can catch them early, they can be season MVPs for managers. Importantly though we have to determine if there is any reason to believe the [...]
We're getting closer to that time of year when commissioners everywhere are trying to herd cats and lock down a draft date. To those of you dealing with that annual challenge, I wish you the best of luck. Trust me, I'm sitting in that chair myself, and it's a heavy burden. While summer is still [...]
Back in August we used this article posted on June 30th, 2022 to identify a few potential breakout candidates for 2025-26. The summary is that there tends to be a game count by which players start to break out. In this case breakout is defined as a 25 percent year-over-year increase. What they found is [...]
Back in August we used this article posted on June 30th, 2022 to identify a few potential breakout candidates for 2025-26. The summary is that there tends to be a game count by which players start to break out. In this case breakout is defined as a 25 percent year-over-year increase. What they found is [...]
This week on Frozen Tool Forensics we are going to focus on some preseason storylines. Preseason is an interesting time with wild line combinations, players out of the lineup, random depth players scoring big in preseason games, and players being sent back to the minors. We are going to try sifting through some of the [...]
For the last 22 years (12 with The Hockey News) Dobber and the team have reviewed each team from a fantasy-hockey standpoint and graded them. The 23rd annual review has appeared here on DobberHockey throughout the summer, and concludes here with the Jets. This is not a review of the likely performance on the ice [...]
Over my last three Ramblings, I have been previewing my preseason projections, showing one player per team as we make our way through the league. The first Ramblings covered Anaheim through Colorado, the second was Detroit through New Jersey, and the third was Nashville through Seattle. Today, we are finishing things off by going from [...]
This week on Frozen Tool Forensics we are joining in on Bubble Week. To set some parameters for the article today, I am going to focus on data that came from a home league I play in. I am going to use that league to determine some players that were Bubble candidates for a chunk [...]
Now that August is officially here, we are going to be transitioning from our roundup-related articles (like the MVP and playoff series’) to some more specifically forward looking content. This week we are going to return to the idea of potential breakout players. Historically in this column we review the 4th year breakout candidates, but [...]
