Fantasy Hockey Life: New York Rangers with Colin Stephenson
Colin Stephenson joins the program to discuss the New York Rangers.
Eastern Edge: Predicting the Metropolitan Standings – Part 1
The Metropolitan Division is home to the Stanley Cup champion Carolina Hurricanes who led the Eastern Conference with 113 points. Other than Carolina, no one else finished above 98 points. The pair of Pennsylvania teams out played their expectations, claiming the remaining playoff spots. Making projections difficult is that the 21 points separating 2nd place [...]
Eastern Edge: The Rangers’ Retool; The Leafs’ Turnaround; Svechnikov’s Soaring Production
Welcome fantasy managers to another edition of the Eastern Edge. This week we are going to take a closer look at the New York Rangers’ lost season, the Toronto Maple Leafs’ changing fortunes, and Andrei Svechnikov’s offensive resurgence. Let’s get to it! The New York Rangers currently find themselves in the Eastern Conference basement in [...]
Eastern Edge: Pittsburgh’s Resurgence; New Jersey’s Post-Hughes Slide; Islanders’ Turnaround; Rangers’ Goal-Scoring
Welcome fantasy managers to another edition of the Eastern Edge. This week we are going to take a closer look at the Pittsburgh Penguins’ resurgence, New Jersey’s continued struggles without superstar Jack Hughes, Ilya Sorokin’s elite level of play, and the New York Rangers ongoing search for consistency. The Penguins are enjoying a rather successful [...]
Ramblings: Stone, McCann, Rossi, and Marchessault Injury Updates; Florida’s New Power Play; Foerster and Tippett Tally Twice – October 21
Marco Rossi was out for the Minnesota Wild on Monday night as the team was in Philadelphia. It doesn’t seem too serious but something to monitor. The Wild have one game left on their road trip – Wednesday in New Jersey – before they head home for a back-to-back on the weekend. Minnesota would go [...]
Ramblings: Early Looks at Swayman, Daccord, Shesterkin, Plus Some Younger Goalies & Many More Skaters (Oct 15)
It has been a fun start to the season thus far. The Leafs are causing panic, the Sabres are patrolling the basement, and the Avs and Panthers lead the way in the standings after the first week. Teams are also dealing with things in their usual ways. The Leafs are asking for more out of [...]
Ramblings: Rust Injured; Final Fantasy Draft Thoughts on Montreal, Carolina, Dallas, Anaheim, Sorokin, Daccord, and More – October 3
The Pittsburgh Penguins announced that winger Bryan Rust will miss a couple of weeks with a lower-body injury. Considering the season is still four days away, Rust missing a couple of weeks from right now is not a big deal, but it does give a bit more fuel to my ‘Ville Koivunen is being severely [...]
Dobber’s Offseason Fantasy Grades – New York Rangers
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 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 [...]
Fantasy Hockey Mailbag: Ranking Prospect Defensemen; Shesterkin, Nichushkin, Beniers, and Nečas; Stolarz vs. Woll; Trading Kaprizov, and More – Part 1
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 [...]
Keeping Karlsson Short Shifts – Thanks for Vejmelkmories
Elizabeth and Lewis reunite to bring you all the latest fantasy news and strategy, such as how our siblings would fare if called on to fill our roles like Owen Sillinger did for bro Cole. Then it's onto news including coverage of the postponed CGY/LAK game and defensive injuries piling up in MIN and putting some strain on Gustavsson's performance. Injuries and outjuries include a pair of goalies returning to their teams in Ingram and Shesterkin, as well as how Monahan's wrist injury opens the door for big minutes for Fantilli. Finally, the pair touch on Voronkov and PLD's hot streaks, and discuss John Carlson's rollercoaster in light of Chychrun's production.