Erik Karlsson

Analytics Advantage: How Teams Score Their Goals Affects Their Fantasy Value for 2026-27

By |2026-09-18T07:27:24-04:00September 18th, 2026|Analytics Advantage|

Same scoreboard, different engines The Dallas Stars scored 273 goals last season and the Anaheim Ducks scored 265, and they got there from opposite ends of the shot chart. Dallas took the fewest 5v5 attempts in the league (five a side, both goalies in net, and in regulation time), 49.4 per 60 minutes against a [...]

Forum Buzz: Heiskanen, Necas, Michkov, Clarke, Karlsson, Rossi, Scheifele, Guentzel & More

By |2026-04-07T22:12:30-04:00April 8th, 2026|Roos Lets Loose|

Welcome back to Forum Buzz, where I peruse the DobberHockey Forums and weigh in on active, heavily debated, or otherwise relevant recent threads, reminding folks just how great a resource the Forums are. Nearly anything might be covered here, other than trades and signings, which usually get their own separate write-ups on the main site [...]

Eastern Edge: Erik Karlsson’s Offensive Burst; Cole Caufield’s Super Season; Carolina’s Goaltending Duo, and More

By |2026-03-24T12:55:21-04:00March 24th, 2026|Eastern Edge|

Welcome fantasy managers to another edition of the Eastern Edge. This week we’ll be taking a look at Erik Karlsson’s reliable production, Cole Caufield joining the game’s elite snipers, Nikita Kucherov’s dominant run as well as the Carolina Hurricanes’ potential weakness in goal. Let’s get to it! For those of you invested in Pittsburgh Penguins [...]

Ramblings: Updates on Dach, Benn, Barkov, and Duclair; Demidov, Aho, Fiala, Karlsson, Buium, and Relative Draft Values – September 26

By |2025-09-25T12:39:17-04:00September 26th, 2025|Hockey Rambling|

After not playing in either of the Montreal Canadiens’ first two preseason games, Kirby Dach lined up for Game 3 on Thursday night. Coming off another knee surgery, there was a bit of concern when he wasn’t quite game-ready a few days ago but it seems as if all is good now, and it’s great [...]

Dobber Hockey Ramblings: Cause vs Effect; Kucherov in Elite Company, EK Returns and More

By |2017-10-18T08:05:11-04:00October 17th, 2017|Hockey Rambling|

    As Dimitri Filipovich said, “It’s Nikita Kucherov’s world, we’re all just lucky enough to live in it.”   The 24-year-old Russian superstar has scored a goal in each of his first seven games of the season, joining Mario Lemieux as the only players to accomplish that feat in the past 30 years. Before [...]

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