The concept of arbitrage is an important one in any fantasy sport. Its roots are from finance, but for fantasy sports drafts the concept is simple: where can I find value by drafting a player who has a similar outlook to another player but is being drafted lower? For example: if someone thinks that Moritz [...]
This week’s edition zooms out from individual player trends to the league itself. Over more than a century of NHL history, the numbers tell a clear story: the game changes in eras, not in a straight line. Scoring booms, defensive clamps, rule resets, and modern surges all leave their fingerprints on league-wide rates. The line [...]
This week sees rookie camps start across the league, and though the vast majority of participants will not have fantasy hockey relevance this year (or ever), there are key names that are going to be important for fantasy managers this season. Without getting too deep down the list, let’s get into some rookies that fantasy [...]
Hi everyone! My name is Lucas Main (@LAM1926 on X) and I will be taking over the Lining Up article this year. Here is my first stab at this, focusing on some of the acquisitions each team from the Western Conference made this offseason. Hope you enjoy! Pacific Division Anaheim Ducks - The Ducks brought [...]
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 [...]
Dustin Wolf has been the top goalie on our Cap League Goalie Rankings list for a little while now, but come next season he’s now due for a little slip down the list due to his big new extension. For the upcoming year, he’s still the best goalie bargain around on his small bridge contract, [...]
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 [...]
Hello everyone and welcome to the latest edition of Eastern Edge! I’m Eli Feldman. Several weeks ago, Yahoo released its annual preseason rankings, a comprehensive list of all 1,494 players currently featured in its database. While the rankings serve as a helpful starting point on draft day, they will inevitably contain inaccuracies when viewed at [...]
There was an article over the weekend from Mark Spector at Sportsnet regarding Zach Hyman’s status as he recovers from that wrist injury he suffered in the playoffs. Spector interviews Hyman, who says he is still rehabbing his wrist and that he has yet to start shooting pucks. There is no firm timeline or anything, [...]
Now that most roster depth charts are set and any changes outside of trades will be fairly inconsequential, I thought I’d enter all the players into my google sheets for each team roster and see how teams line up compared to this time last year. This week is a little light in terms of writing [...]
