Morgan Geekie continues to chug along and ranks second in the league in goals after scoring his 23rd and 24th goals of the season last night. He’s also ranked 39th in the league in shots, which then had me look into whether he was the top player in the league for save percentage. If you [...]
Welcome back in, to all my DFS buds! Last night I did well on the five-gamer in thanks to the Vegas second line and the Philadelphia top line…couldn’t be more opposite groups, but hey, we take the wins when we can get them. Tonight is a funky slate, because when I originally went through each [...]
During their season opener on Wednesday night, the Edmonton Oilers added to their depth by signing free agent forward Jack Roslovic to a one-year contract with an average annual value of $1.5-million. Roslovic had 22 goals and 39 points last season with the Carolina Hurricanes. He now heads to Edmonton and has a chance to [...]
Anthony Stolarz and the Toronto Maple Leafs finalized a four year, $15 million-dollar extension that carries a $3.75 million-dollar cap hit through the 2029-30 season. The agreement provides cost certainty at a position that has often been an issue for the club. At the age of 31, Stolarz is coming off the best season of [...]
Back by popular request, I’m running through the top-50 by ADP on Yahoo (well 51 since there’s an ADP tie at 50), and giving a quick note on whether I’m targeting them or not, and how I feel about them for the upcoming season. Let’s get rolling: 1 – Connor McDavid (C): Not too much [...]
For the last 22 years (12 with The Hockey News) Dobber has reviewed each team from a fantasy-hockey standpoint and graded them. The 23rd 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 realm [...]
This week’s edition takes a step back from my usual deep dive for a broader look at where shots and goals are coming from across the league. Using shot location and scoring data from MoneyPuck.com, I’ve built a set of visuals and tables that break down scoring volume, shooting efficiency, and where the league’s top [...]
We won’t be covering the NHL playoffs blow by blow in this column, though we will touch on teams a bit as they get knocked out in each round. For this week, and for several upcoming weeks, we will be taking a look back over full season data and find out which players provided the [...]
After having Joel Eriksson Ek played just one game in the last two months, and none since late February, as well as Kirill Kaprizov not being in the lineup since late January, the Minnesota Wild got great news on Wednesday as both returned to the lineup against the San Jose Sharks. Heading into that game, [...]
As Dimitri Filipovich said, “It’s Nikita Kucherov’s world, we’re all just lucky enough to live in it.” The 24-year-old Russian superstar has scored a goal in each of his first seven games of the season, joining Mario Lemieux as the only players to accomplish that feat in the past 30 years. Before [...]
