The Contrarian – Measuring Sticks
Should plus/minus be abolished completely in fantasy leagues? […]
Ramblings: Defense Is the New Offense, Wait on Goaltenders
Defense is the new offense, wait on goaltenders, plus more… […]
The Journey – Dobber’s Top 200 Forward Rankings – Post-Draft Additions
The Journey examines Dobber’s Top 200 prospect forwards list after the draft and takes a closer look at some of the new additions. You can see Dobber’s July Rankings for prospect forwards here. […]
Ramblings: Mikhail Grigorenko, Zack Kassian, Leon Draisaitl and three summer deals (July 30)
We've really hit the dog days of summer here. The news is mainly regarding restricted free agents, and we've already been speculating and discussing them for much of the offseason. What we need is a big trade to shake things up. […]
Dobber’s Offseason Fantasy Grades: Buffalo Sabres
**** Dobber's offseason fantasy hockey grades - Buffalo Sabres For the last 13 years (12 with The Hockey News) I have reviewed each team from a fantasy hockey standpoint, and graded them. My 14th annual review will appear here on DobberHockey throughout the summer. This is not a review of the likely performance on [...]
Ramblings: Using Arbitrage, James Neal’s Ceiling, Drafting Joe Thornton
Using Arbitrage for Perry/Gallagher, Drafting James Neal, and Joe Thornton’s Decline **** An important part of drafting in any fantasy sport is not paying a premium for an asset. Drafting at a likely peak is the first step to low/no profitability. What can compound this problem is that paying a premium for an asset can [...]
Dobber’s Offseason Fantasy Grades: Boston Bruins
Dobber's offseason fantasy hockey grades - Boston Bruins For the last 13 years (12 with The Hockey News) I have reviewed each team from a fantasy hockey standpoint, and graded them. My 14th annual review will appear here on DobberHockey throughout the summer. This is not a review of the likely performance on the [...]
Ramblings: New Contracts for Hoffman, Mrazek, Jarnkrok; Thoughts on Nash/Toews
New contracts for Hoffman, Mrazek, and Jarnkrok; thoughts on Toews, and Nash. **** The Ottawa Senators reached terms with goal-scoring winger Mike Hoffman, signing him on Wednesday to a four-year deal with an average annual value just shy of $5.2-million. Over the last two seasons, Hoffman leads the Senators with 56 goals, and is third [...]
Cage Match Tourney: Breakout Players 2016 (Round 2)
The eight finalists for the breakout players of 2016-17 based on your votes last week. Read the results and have your say Welcome back to the DobberHockey Summer Cage Match Tournaments! Thanks to your votes, 40 forwards from round one have been narrowed to just eight for this week’s final voting in the first [...]
Ramblings: Are the Red Wings the ‘new Canucks’? (July 27)
Rambling about the Red Wings – and I’m not very nice; Also the Rangers, the Kings, DeKeyser, Schenn and more… *** These are my last Ramblings before the 11th annual Fantasy Hockey Guide comes out. The Guide will be out on Monday at around 3pm Eastern Standard Time. I’m just polishing up the Pittsburgh [...]