In last week's Analytics Advantage, we covered how the 60-start workhorse goalie doesn't really exist anymore, how much (or how little) a goaltender's workload has changed over the decades, the prevalence of back-to-back starts and performance within those starts, as well as team goaltending philosophies or lack thereof. Go read that to get the foundation [...]
There is a number on your goalie board this fall that you should stop believing in: 60 starts. Nobody in the NHL projects to get there. Karel Vejmelka led the entire league last season with 63, a figure that wouldn't have cracked the top ten in 2007-08: the year Evgeni Nabokov and Martin Brodeur both [...]
Welcome back to The Journey, where we track the development of prospects as they excel in junior, make the NHL, and push towards stardom. **** The following rookie goaltenders are poised to make an impact on their NHL teams in 2025–26. Each of them brings a mix of potential, opportunity, and question marks that fantasy [...]
Hello everyone and welcome to the latest edition of Eastern Edge! I’m Eli Feldman. There is no dispute that stellar goaltending is necessary to win fantasy hockey championships. Given the importance of goaltending, it’s tempting to shore out the position in the early rounds of drafts by selecting a proven netminder (e.g., Connor Hellebuyck) with [...]
The 2025-26 Fantasy Guide was officially released on Saturday and is now available for download! Projections by team and by point totals, sleepers, drafted players, rookies, goalies, advanced stats, and much more! Get it at the Dobber Sports Shop on its own or as part of a package. https://twitter.com/DobberHockey/status/1949122024040735191 The three topics I wrote about [...]
Welcome back to Goldipucks and the Three Skaters, a play on words of the Goldilocks and the Three Bears story. Instead of there being three bowls of porridge though, I cover three skaters and declare one too hot (i.e., doing unsustainably better than he should), another too cold (i.e., doing unsustainably worse), and a third [...]
Another week without a Tuesday game, and it’s only if we get a game seven between Edmonton and Florida that I would get to do another game recap before September, so here’s hoping that the Oilers can get their heads back on straight. * In news from yesterday, we had Lane Hutson claiming the Calder [...]
We are back this week to finish our MVP series. We have completed reviews for centers, right and left wingers, and defensemen. Today, we will be moving on to goalies. The process will be much the same as skater articles, though using different categories and scoring metrics. ‘Most Valuable’ is a tricky term that is [...]
Poolies tend to shy away from goaltenders that fall on their faces in the postseason. Even if their pool does not have a separate playoff element and goes strictly by regular season statistics, for one reason or another, weak performers in the playoffs fall in value.
(This article, and all of Dobber's articles, can also be found at The Hockey News, ESPN.com and MSN.ca. Originally posted April 23)
Poolies tend to shy away from goaltenders that fall on their faces in the postseason. Even if their pool does not have a separate playoff element and goes strictly by regular season statistics, for one reason or another, weak performers in the playoffs fall in value.
(This article, and all of Dobber's articles, can also be found at The Hockey News, ESPN.com and MSN.ca. Originally posted April 23)
