Fantasy Hockey Life: New York Rangers with Colin Stephenson
Colin Stephenson joins the program to discuss the New York Rangers.
Lining Up: How Offseason Changes in the Metro Division Affects Line Combinations
Last week, we reviewed some of the offseason transactions from clubs in the Atlantic Division, so today we will look at the Metropolitan. Carolina Hurricanes: Why change anything when you win the Stanley Cup? The only major difference going into the season will be the goaltending, Frederik Andersen signed with the Edmonton Oilers, so it [...]
Frozen Tools Forensics: Searching for 200-Game Breakout Candidates
Historically in this column prior to the start of the season, we have looked at the 4th year breakout candidates, but over the last few seasons we have transitioned to a more games-played approach for breakout thresholds. This idea came from an article posted on June 30th, 2022 and is a good read so definitely [...]
Fantasy Hockey Mailbag: Dorofeyev, Byfield, Batherson, Hofer vs. Dobes, Raymond, Knies, Marchenko, Saros & More
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 [...]
Dobber’s Offseason Fantasy Grades – New York Rangers
For the last 23 years (12 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 Dobber Hockey throughout the summer. This is not a review of the likely performance on the ice or in the standings, [...]
Ramblings: Signs of Production Declines from Fiala, Panarin, Dorofeyev, Buchnevich, Tippett, and Toffoli – August 13
Last week, these Ramblings went through some stats that have shown good correlation to future 5-on-5 point production among forwards. On Tuesday, a separate Ramblings reviewed specific players who saw sizeable increases in the stats that correlated well with future production, and why they will (or won’t) see a points increase in 2026-27. Today, we [...]
Dobber’s Offseason Fantasy Grades – Vegas Golden Knights
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 [...]
Frozen Tools Forensics: Fantasy Stock Increases for Byram, Lafrenière, Nemec, Bourque, and Others
Last week we did a quick survey around the league to take stock of the impacts of all of the player movement we have seen this summer. We focused on players who potentially saw their fortunes dip. This week we are taking a look at players who hopefully saw theirs increase. The research for this [...]
Capped: Thoughts on Bourque in Nashville, Mantha in New Jersey, Dorofeyev in New York, and More
Welcome back, all! We continue with the summer of signings and trades with more moves that will for sure be impacting both the NHL and fantasy landscape for the upcoming season. Note that I haven’t gotten to a specific signing yet rest assured, we’re going to be covering as many of them as we can [...]
Ramblings: Crucial Fantasy Changes Including Dorofeyev, Marchment, L’Heureux, Byram, Levi, and More – July 7
Last week was very busy as we saw a handful of significant trades, plus we had free agent frenzy. To catch up on any major move you may have missed, be sure to check out the fantasy hockey analysis in our ‘Fantasy Take’ section. Those contributions come from all of the Dobber editors, not just [...]