In 2025-26, it was exceedingly difficult to find success in the Atlantic Division as they had four 100-point teams, which was as many as the other three divisions combined. Each team also posted at least a .500 points percentage against the Western Conference, the only division where each team was at least .500 against the [...]
For the last 23 years (13 with The Hockey News) Dobber and his team have 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 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 [...]
Jason Robertson and the Dallas Stars agreed to a one-year $12 Million contract, which kicks the can down the road to when the Stars may have a bit more cap next season, and where Robertson will probably sign with them for at least $14 Million. This also likely makes the trade chatter between Dallas and [...]
Three of the eight first-round series were still active as of Friday. Buffalo led Boston 3–2, Montreal led Tampa Bay 3–2, and Vegas led Utah 3–2. The results from those three games shaped the second round bracket matchups. Part 1 broke down the five closed series through a full PDO and shot-quality lens. The last [...]
This is week two of our MVP series. Today we will be covering right wings. As a reminder, here is a quick intro to the work from last week. ‘Most Valuable’ is a tricky term that is going to be completely dependent on the league specific context. For the purposes of this article, we are [...]
With Charle-Edouard D’Astous out, and Victor Hedman ruled out for Round 1, the Lightning turned to Declan Carlile on defence and it went similarly to how it went in the regular season, with Montreal getting the better of him. After going minus-one with one SOG and one Hit last night, Carlile is now minus-three in [...]
This one is the generational clash. Tampa Bay has Andrei Vasilevskiy, Nikita Kucherov, Jake Guentzel, and Brayden Point — veterans who know what playoff hockey costs. Montreal has Cole Caufield, Nick Suzuki, Lane Hutson, Juraj Slafkovsky, and Ivan Demidov — the young core that has picked up the pieces along the way. Tampa's average age [...]
Small sample size crops up at this time of year when prospects get called up at the end of the season. In Carter Yakemchuk’s case, it gets him a big boost as he has two points in one game at the time of processing the rankings. Obviously he won’t keep that up, so he’s going [...]
Calvin Pickard was waived by the Oilers on Sunday after struggling in limited action this season. In 16 appearances, he went 5-6-2 with an .871 save percentage and a 3.68 GAA, clearing the path for Connor Ingram to step into the backup role. For now. Ingram has quietly earned that spot, posting a 6-3-1 record [...]
