The 2026-27 Fantasy Guide is now available! Projections, writeups on each team, and much more! Get yours at the Dobber Sports store. - Last week I wrote about several players who ran into some bad luck when it came to shooting percentage in 2025-26. That resulted in a disappointing season for these players. Today I’ll [...]
For the last 23 years (13 with The Hockey News) DobberHockey has reviewed each team from a fantasy-hockey standpoint and graded them. The 24th annual review will appear here on DobberHockey throughout the summer. This is not a review of the likely performance on the ice or in the standings, but in the realm of [...]
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 [...]
In yesterday’s Ramblings, we went over stats that are, or are not, useful when searching for future goal and point production among forwards. There were some surprising results, particularly when it came to the types of stats that were useful, so to get a foundation on these Ramblings, go read that first. Today, we’ll move [...]
For the last 23 years (13 with The Hockey News) Dobber Hockey has reviewed each team from a fantasy-hockey standpoint and graded them. The 24th annual review will appear here on Dobber Hockey throughout the summer. This is not a review of the likely performance on the ice or in the standings, but in the [...]
Welcome back in, all! There have been so many signings this summer that it's been tough to keep track of them all. With that in mind, let's dive into a few more contracts that could have an impact in your salary league. John Marino (29, D) Signs an 8-Year Contract with the Utah Mammoth, $6.5M [...]
The Analytics Era of the NHL – or since the 2007-08 season – has seen the game adopt new ways thinking about offence and defence, new ways to evaluate performance, and new ways to predict future results. Many fans don’t care about any of this, and they don’t have to. In the end, any pro [...]
For the last 23 years (13 with The Hockey News) DobberHockey has reviewed each team from a fantasy-hockey standpoint and graded them. The 24th annual review will appear here on DobberHockey throughout the summer. This is not a review of the likely performance on the ice or in the standings, but in the realm of [...]
The Columbus Blue Jackets hired Rick Bowness on January 12, 2026, and one of the players who benefited from the new coach was center Charlie Coyle: His points per game increased significantly from 0.58 (26 points in 45 games) to 0.86 (32 points in 37 games). Before Bowness came on as coach, Coyle was only [...]
Elan is joined by prospect expert Ryan Downey to talk through the first 21 picks of the 2026 NHL Entry Draft.
