Happy Monday y’all! Man, has it been fun watching Olympic hockey with the world's best playing. I know some of the games get lopsided because of the talent difference, but honestly, that has led to some beautiful scoring opportunities and pretty passing plays. Last week we covered some of the forwards playing in this tournament [...]
This winter, the hockey gods have blessed fans with what they’ve been begging for since 2014: NHL players competing at the Olympics. And with the return of the NHL comes the fascinating storyline of superstars getting their very first shot to go for gold. So without further ado, here are the Top 10 first-time Olympians [...]
Team Canada rolled over France 10–2, and the storylines just kept piling up. Macklin Celebrini added to them, scoring his third goal in three Olympic games. He is 19-years old and already producing at a goal-per-game clip on this stage. That is not normal. Then there is Connor McDavid, who is in the middle of [...]
Every Sunday, we share 21 Fantasy Rambles from our writers at DobberHockey. These thoughts are curated from the past week's ‘Daily Ramblings’. Writers/Editors: Ian Gooding, Michael Clifford, Alexander MacLean, Puneet Sharma, and Dobber — 1. With the Olympics, NHL hockey is on pause and the roster freeze shutting down trade chatter, it feels like everything [...]
The Olympic break has put the NHL on pause, which makes now a great time to re-evaluate the Roto Rankings. However, not many significant changes were made from January. Perhaps because a few days’ worth of games have been lost with the break. Still, a few prominent players have been re-ranked. The stat categories for [...]
The injury update for Kevin Fiala was quick and about what was expected. Fiala underwent surgery on Saturday and will miss the rest of the NHL season on top of the Olympic tournament. The following might explain why Fiala was wheeled off the ice while on his front: https://twitter.com/DobberHockey/status/2022668355908354443 At this point, the Kings might [...]
Welcome back to The Journey, where we track how prospect development curves translate into fantasy relevance. The Calder Trophy race is always fluid, shaped as much by opportunity and deployment as by pure talent, and this season is no different. With several elite prospects pushing into full-time NHL roles across positions, the race has quickly [...]
Men’s Olympic hockey is now well underway with many names that you’re familiar with from fantasy hockey leagues. A 5-1 win for Canada over Switzerland on Friday was overshadowed by what appears to be a serious injury suffered by Kevin Fiala late in the third period. The Swiss forward was carried off on a stretcher [...]
Happy Friday the 13th, it’s Alex MacLean here covering for Cliffy who has earned a well deserved weekend off. * Day two of the men’s Olympic Ice Hockey saw Canada and the United States make great impressions with five goals apiece in convincing wins over the Czechs and Latvia respectively. Switzerland and Germany also earned [...]
In yesterday’s Ramblings, we covered changes in market share of shots and expected goals among forwards. To get everyone up to speed, the term ‘market share’ refers to the percentage of a team’s shots or expected goals taken by a specific player when they’re on the ice. So, if Cale Makar is on the ice [...]
