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, [...]
Macklin Celebrini signed his anticipated contract extension with the San Jose Sharks, the team announced on Wednesday. Not sure what readers may have been expecting for the new deal, but this is a five-year extension with an $18.8-million cap hit, per Chris Johnston. Celebrini has one year left on his entry-level contract, then his new [...]
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 [...]
Rick Bowness made his coaching debut with the Columbus Blue Jackets, and between the recent lineup changes and Bowness’ own tinkering, there are a few lineup notes worth fantasy attention. Up front, Charlie Coyle seems to be in line for a bigger role, as he is the main centre on the top power play unit, [...]
Nashville Predators reporter Alex Daugherty had video of defenceman Roman Josi participating in team practice on Wednesday following their return from Europe. Josi has missed four weeks with an upper-body injury but indications are that he may be ready to go in the next few days, if not next week. A great sign for a [...]
Good morning DFS crew! I gotta say, I love this slate, and typically that’s not the case with 11 gamers, but tonight I like this board and think there are some spots that are worth drawing attention to that might be overlooked.Slate PreviewNew York RangersThis may raise some eyebrows out there but hear me out: [...]
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 [...]
Building on last week’s MoneyPuck work, I tightened the visuals and focused them on location. The shot maps now use a Kernel Density Estimation (KDE) overlay to show where shot volume piles up, and the scatter layer marks every goal with a cleaner legend (game state + shot type). The range is the last three [...]
This week we are returning to our division reviews and identifying candidates to bounce back and candidates to avoid on draft day. We have already reviewed the Pacific Division, so today we move on to the Central. As a reminder here is a little context setting from the original article. In order to make this [...]
Good morning, good afternoon, good evening everyone. Welcome to the Injury Ward. My name is Logan Clarkson and every Wednesday I will be chauffeuring you through injury news and updates from around the NHL. As always, I'd like to thank every single one of you for reading. Now, on to the bad (and some good) [...]
